Tendring Technology College
Essex, United Kingdom
About Tendring Technology College
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Tendring Technology College is a large split site comprehensive school for students aged 11-18, located in the pleasant village of Thorpe-le-Soken and the historic town of Frinton-on-Sea. The mix of this rural and coastal location is a lovely backdrop for our young people and at the same time there is easy access to Colchester, the oldest recorded town in the country, and the capital itself, London.
Thorpe Campus is situated in the village of Thorpe-le-Soken. It serves students aged 11-14. Our Frinton Campus serves the needs of students aged 14-19. We take children from a large area surrounding the College. This includes Thorpe-le-Soken, Kirby-le-Soken, Kirby Cross, Great Holland, Little Clacton, Weeley, Tendring, Little Bentley, Wix, Beaumont, Great Oakley, Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze as well as a number of students who travel from much further afield including Harwich, Alresford and Colchester.
Tendring Technology College is an academy and it converted in August 2011. The school was judged to be ‘inadequate’ following an Ofsted inspection in November. The outcome was ‘serious weaknesses’ rather than ‘special measures’ in recognition of the fact that the trust and school leaders were taking the right actions to improve the school and had effective capacity to do so.
WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?
Development:
We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.
Lifestyle:
We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.
Money:
All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.
Wellbeing:
We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.
OUR TRUST
We’re one of the largest networks of schools in England with 57 schools in virtually every region of the country. It’s a fascinating time to join our team as we pivot from a period of financial turnaround to becoming a truly high-performing organisation.
We believe that the achievement gap across our system is a provision gap and every child has an entitlement to an excellent education in every classroom, every day.
Our people are our single greatest resource and we want to make sure we are creating the optimum environment and conditions so that everyone in AET can do their very best work. We will only deliver on our promise of excellence for all of our children if we attract, develop and retain the very best talent in the country and surround them with exceptional development throughout their careers.
We want people on our team who are excited by scale and the prospect of having a deep and lasting impact on the lives of tens of thousands of children. We also want people who are intellectually rigorous, stay curious, and generous enough to be committed to the messy challenge of collaboration.
AET has an exciting future ahead and by joining us on this journey, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to make a lasting and meaningful impact on the children and young people in our schools.
Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
At AET, we want all of our employees to feel included bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, and we truly believe that diversity drives innovation.
We also offer teacher training programmes across our network. For more information please click here.
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Since joining TTC I've thrown myself fully into Academy life. I've been involved with lots of the sports run at the college, especially athletics and rugby along with assisting the Head of PE with regards to improving T&L and outcomes within the department. Having led on lots of department CPD sessions, I was delighted to be informed by the Head of Department they wanted me to lead the athletics and rugby development within the College due the recent success we have had at the Coastal, District and National level. This responsibility has enabled me to work with some of the College’s most able sports students within Star Squad, to aid them in their development both sporting and academic. These students also attended CPD courses with international and national coaches to learn and develop how we can keep this talent pool of athletes coming through TTC. These workshops and courses have helped me to continue to improve my own practice and to improve the PE departments teaching and learning as a whole, to ensure the PE curriculum enables everyone to have an inclusion programme of study. TTC have been very supportive through this whole process, including approving courses for me to attend to further enhance my own knowledge and that of the PE department as a whole.
- Paul Welch - Teacher of Physical EducationI first joined TTC in 2013, where I gained experience as a trainee member of staff, teaching Religion, Ethics and Philosophy. The support and encouragement I received from members of staff not only in my department but other areas of the College was very reassuring. I carried on working at TTC for my NQT year, where I was able to develop my teaching and receive the continued support that I had as a trainee teacher. This helped me develop my Teaching and Learning and also encouraged me to be a reflective practitioner. I am currently in my fourth year working at TTC and now support trainees and NQTs by delivering training sessions and mentoring. TTC is a very supportive and rewarding place to work where you can develop your career in your focused area.
- Kaciey Pennifold - Teacher of Religion, Ethics and Philosophy
