Thank You for Your Interest in a Position at North Durham Academy

Dear Applicant

Thank you for your interest in a position at North Durham Academy.

North Durham Academy opened in September 2011, on the sites of the former Greencroft Business and Enterprise Community School and Stanley School of Technology. In September 2013 the Academy will move onto a new purpose built campus in the heart of Stanley, offering unrivalled new facilities for our students and the Stanley community.

The Academy lead sponsor is New College Durham and we are co-sponsored by Durham County Council, both are award winning providers of outstanding education in our region.

North Durham Academy will be an outstanding school for the 21st century, based on three core principles:

Inclusion: We are committed to every student and seek to realise each child’s potential, ability and talent.

Progression: We will encourage and support all students, offering effective guidance and support.

Excellence: The focus on excellence will underpin all our activities and expectations as an Academy.

These ambitious objectives require an exceptional Mathematics Teacher. The successful candidate will have the ability to plan effective lessons, use student data to inform planning and progression, have high expectations of students based on a sound knowledge of their prior and potential attainment, ensure effective whole class, group or individual learning opportunities are available to students, set high standards of expectations of students’ behaviour through good classroom discipline, reinforce mathematics and numeracy skills within teaching and contribute to extra curricular activities programme for students.

The agenda is challenging, but for the right individual this presents an unrivalled opportunity to make a real difference and a lasting contribution to the success of our Academy.

This is an exciting role and we look forward to receiving your application.

Mr David C Thornton

Principal North Durham Academy