Working With Us

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, with a large sixth form of nearly 400 students.

The Academy has three consecutive Outstanding judgments by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection in 2014 finding the Academy to be Outstanding in every aspect. We are a consistently high performing school. Our motto, ‘All Can Achieve’ encapsulates our vision that all members of the Academy community are supported and encouraged to achieve their absolute potential. We believe that a well-supported and valued staff body is the key to our success.

We are the ‘Teaching School Hub’ for Croydon and Sutton and we are able to offer all teachers an extensive programme of first class professional development. Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is part of the Harris Federation and this enables us to offer you a comprehensive induction programme and training and development opportunities to support your career development including Masters and other qualifications.

We welcome applicants at any point in their career and are open to full consideration of part time and job share requests.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

Planning, teaching and delivering individual and small group tuition on areas identified for targeted students

Working collaboratively with class teachers to ensure learning is relevant and linked to relevant curriculum

Demonstrating a proactive approach to supporting students in the classroom

Implementing Quality First Teaching strategies and strategies within intervention sessions

Implementing an appropriate level of differentiation to meet individual needs, whilst ensuring that students retain ownership over their learning

Supporting students in the class as directed

Demonstrating a level of subject knowledge and applying this effectively in supporting students

Assessing students’ work as necessary

What We are Looking For

We would like to hear from you if you have:

Qualifications to degree standard or equivalent, ideally in a subject relevant to the area of tuition delivered

Excellent standard of written and spoken English

Previous experience of supporting learning of students

Basic knowledge of SEND and learning barriers

Some knowledge of working with young people with challenging behaviour

Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Good computer skills including a working knowledge of MS packages

Experience of working with young people in an educational or training environment

Experience of establishing and maintaining working relationships with a wide range of people

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Applying for this Position

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.