Academic Coach - A Level Physics

The London Academy of Excellence is seeking to appoint an academic coach in Physics to academically inspire our students and help them flourish in their A-level years and beyond. The role would suit a recent graduate with a passion for social mobility who is interested in education, academia and/or working with young people. The position serves as a good springboard for a career in teaching, academia or social work and public policy, and could be done alongside postgraduate study. Key responsibilities

• To support our students to develop habits of academic excellence during their time as Sixth Formers and at university or elsewhere.
• To ensure the students of LAE Tottenham are developing the literacy, numeracy, communication and oracy skills to thrive at university and beyond.
• To provide pastoral support for our students to help them develop into confident, resilient young people.
Specific tasks
• Working one-to-one or in small groups with students in order to improve and develop their understanding in Physics.
• Planning and delivering sessions relating to academic literacy to support students with skills such as time management and study skills.
• Working with students applying to the best universities in the world, especially Oxford and Cambridge, as well as those struggling with their academic workload.
• To help identify a target group of students that would benefit from academic support and to develop a personalised plan of action that enables effective academic progress.
• To deliver a measurable impact on students receiving academic support.
• To model to all students the habits that make effective and academically rigorous learners.
• To provide support across a single subject or range of subject areas in order to:
Understand our students' academic needs; Support teaching staff in developing techniques that enable academically vulnerable students to learn effectively; Pick up revision strategies, study skills, essay writing techniques and other subject specific guidance in order to continually give our students targeted support.
• To work alongside the SENDCO team and Deputy Head (Pastoral) to identify and screen any students who present signs or symptoms of a special educational need.
• To work alongside our School Librarian to ensure that the Library and other study spaces are focused, studious and calm.
LAE Tottenham
• Academically selective Sixth Form, opened in September 2017. Results in the top 2% nationally for attainment and progress.
• Principal Education Sponsor Highgate School and Lead Business Sponsor Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
• Partnered by eight other leading independent schools - Alleyn's, Chigwell, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys', Harrow, John Lyon, North London Collegiate, Mill Hill and St Dunstan's College, each offering departmental support, CPD, expertise and shared student experiences.
• Providing first-class support into top class higher education and employment, focused on academically ambitious young people.
• Opportunities within the Chrysalis East programme, working with local secondary and primary schools to raise attainment across Tottenham.
• Housed in a stunning new state of the art school building linked to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
• Sunday Times 'State Sixth Form College of the Year 2020-21' and rated "outstanding" in all areas by Ofsted.
LAE Tottenham offers a range of benefits to all directly-employed members of staff, including free breakfast and lunch and access to Benenden Health private healthcare. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and proactively seek to recruit a diverse staff body. The London Academy of Excellence Tottenham is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please note that this role 'exempt' from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore, you are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not 'protected' (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). Further information is available on the school's website. This role is available on a full-time basis, fixed-term for the remainder of the 2024-25 academic year. Closing date for applications - 22nd November 2024. Interviews are scheduled to take place w/c. 25th November 2024. (LAET will invite strong candidates to interview as applications come in throughout the designated advertisement period). Start date - 07.01.25 This role is offered on the basis of a fixed-term contract for the remainder of the academic year 2024-25.