Anam Siddiqi

Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning. My main strengths include reliability, flexibility, hardworking, highly motivated and goal driven. I can work as part of a team as well as on my own in a highly pressured time driven environment.

I am keen to develop my career even more as well as become an asset to my employer. To date, I have worked hard towards my academic education and my teaching career, which I believe reflects my determination to reach the goals I have set for myself. I grew up in various parts of the world, as my father was a wing commander in the Airforce which gave me an opportunity to learn from a variety of teachers.

This vast experience of learning has allowed me to integrate these practices into my teaching methodology on a day to day basis. Since 2001, I have had the opportunity to teach professionally, after formally qualifying as a secondary school teacher in Pakistan. I taught English Literature and Language for two years before immigrating for marriage to London in 2004.

Following a short what you might call a 'honeymoon' period, I embarked on teaching at various schools for short and long terms in and around the South East of London through many teaching agencies. I taught in many of the local Secondary, Grammar, State, Private schools and later in a range of different Primary schools. In 2006, I became a mother for the first time and then I taught off and on over the next years between having my other three children.

In 2012 whilst I was seven months pregnant with my fourth child, I was accepted to join Oxford House School to complete the University of Cambridge CELTA certification. After completing this qualification, I felt invigorated with advanced teaching techniques and practices as well as a sense of being able to overcome any obstacle personally or professionally through all the trials and tribulations I had to deal with during the training, and made the decision to focus my teaching more in the Primary sector. I believe I'm a reflective practitioner, who values the opinions of those with more experience and the discussions that arise on a daily basis with my peers.

No matter which year I teach, I believe the key to children making progress is Assessment for Learning, enabling me to provide all pupils within my care with Quality First Teaching. Assessing pupils' learning is essential in ensuring they make progress and build on their continued knowledge and understanding. Conversing with parents is something I ensure at the end of every day which I feel it is essential for parents to be well informed about their child's progress and learning needs, so we are working within a team collaboratively.

As I have worked in many diverse schools and within my own class also have a very diverse and differentiated learning background, I have felt it has been very important to provide the additional support required to those children that require further support (concrete, pictorial or abstract). My own t

Undergraduate Lecturer - Kingston University

(2021-01 - 2025-12)

• Lectures for PGCE & BA
• KLM-Kingston Leading Mentor- Mentoring undergraduates to acquire their teaching degrees

Year 2 Lead - Ark Oval Primary Academy

(2020-01 - 2020-12)

• Year 2 Lead- senior SAT examination leader
• Teach First Lead mentor -senior mentor for QTS
• NASUWST Union Rep-senior leader for staff voice
• Science Lead- enquiry-based learning-organising annual Science inventions\drop down days

Year 6 Lead - Ark Oval Primary Academy

(2019-01 - 2019-12)

• Year 6 Lead- senior SAT examination leader
• Teach First Lead mentor -senior mentor for QTS
• NASUWST Union Rep-senior leader for staff voice
• Science Lead- enquiry-based learning-organising annual Science inventions\drop down days

Year 5 Class Teacher - Ark Oval Primary Academy

(2018-01 - 2018-12)

• Year 5-Class Teacher-intervention lead/SATs prep leader
• NASUWST Union Rep-echoing and protecting teachers rights in the school

Year 4 Class Teacher - Haberdasher Knights Academy

(2017-01 - 2017-12)

• Year 4-Class Teacher

Year 1 and Year 2 Class Teacher - Holy Family Catholic School

(2016-01 - 2016-12)

Christian school

• Year 1-Class Teacher ensuring secure Phonics results
• Year 2-SATs Lead

Year 3 Class Teacher - St. Mary Catholic School - Eltham

(2015-01 - 2015-12)

• Year 3-Class Teacher

Year 7/8/9 English Teacher - Babington House School

(2014-01 - 2014-12)

Private Secondary School

• Year7\8\9 English Teacher
• Literature (Poetry P&C and L&R\ Macbeth\ Romeo n Juliet/ An Inspector Calls\Dr Jekyll & Hyde/A Christmas Carol/Lord Of The Flies)
• Language (SPAG, Writing Styles, Comprehension skills, Verbal reasoning & logic)

Cover Teacher - Short term - Multiple Schools (Supply)

(2013-01 - 2013-12)

Off Maternity - Supply teaching at multiple schools

• Harris Academy Secondary
• Phoenix Primary School (Chatham)
• New Horizon Academy Primary
• Alexandra Junior School
• Cobourg Primary School
• All Faiths' Children's Community School
• James Wolfe Primary School
• Oliver Goldsmith Primary School

English Literature & Language Teacher - Chatham Grammar Secondary School for Boys - Chatham

(2012-01 - 2012-12)

• Yr 9, 10, 11 - English Literature & Language
• Classical poetry, Augusten age, Elizabethan era, Romantic era, Victorian era

English Literature & Language Teacher - University Academy of Engineering

(2011-01 - 2011-12)

• Year 9, 10, 11
• Classical poetry, Augusten age, Elizabethan era, Romantic era, Victorian era, Edwardian era, Jacobean era

Supply Teacher - Multiple Schools (Supply)

(2010-01 - 2010-12)

Off Maternity - Supply teaching at multiple schools

• Harris Academy Secondary
• Phoenix Primary School (Chatham)
• New Horizon Academy Primary
• Alexandra Junior School
• Cobourg Primary School
• All Faiths' Children's Community School
• James Wolfe Primary School
• Oliver Goldsmith Primary School

English Teacher - Beths Grammar School for Boys

(2009-01 - 2009-12)

• Literature (Poetry P&C-L&R)
• Literature (Macbeth\Much A do About Nothing Inspector Calls\Dr Jekyll & Hyde\A Christmas Carol\ Romeo & Juliet\ Lord of The Flies\ Animal Farm\ The Sign of Four)
• Language (Grammar Devices\7-Writing Styles)

Supply Teacher - Multiple Schools (Supply)

(2008-01 - 2008-12)

Off Maternity - Supply teaching at multiple schools

• Harris Academy Secondary
• Phoenix Primary School (Chatham)
• New Horizon Academy Primary
• Alexandra Junior School
• Cobourg Primary School
• All Faiths' Children's Community School
• James Wolfe Primary School
• Oliver Goldsmith Primary School

Supply Teacher - Multiple Schools (Supply)

(2006-01 - 2006-12)

Off Maternity - Supply teaching at multiple schools

• Harris Academy Secondary
• Phoenix Primary School (Chatham)
• New Horizon Academy Primary
• Alexandra Junior School
• Cobourg Primary School
• All Faiths' Children's Community School
• James Wolfe Primary School
• Oliver Goldsmith Primary School

Year 6 Class Teacher - Fosters Private School

(2007-01 - 2007-12)

• Year 6 Class Teacher
• Year 6 Lead- senior SAT examination leader
• Teach First Lead mentor -senior mentor for QTS

English Teacher - Blackfen Secondary School for Girls

(2005-01 - 2005-12)

• Literature (Poetry P&C-L&R)
• Literature (Macbeth\ An Inspector Calls\ Dr Jekyll & Hyde\ A Christmas Carol\ Romeo & Juliet\ Lord of The Flies\ Animal Farm)
• Language (SPAG7-Writing Styles)

Teacher & Union Representative - Chatham Grammar School for Boys

(2004-01 - 2004-12)

• NASUWST Union Rep-senior leader for staff voice
• Science Lead- enquiry-based learning-organising annual Science inventions\drop down days

Certificate - Teaching English Language to Adults (CELTA) - Oxford House College - London (2012-01 - 2012-12)

MA - English Literature - University of Punjab Pakistan (2003-01 - 2003-12)

B.Ed - Education (English/Sciences) - Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad Pakistan (2002-01 - 2002-12)

B.A - English Language, Literature, Economics, Persian - University of Punjab Pakistan (1999-01 - 1999-12)

A-Levels - Pre-Engineering (Maths, Chemistry, Physics) - Fauji Foundation College for Girls Islamabad (1999-01 - 1999-12)

GCSE - 8 GCSEs (English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Pakistan studies, Islamic studies) - Grammar High School Islamabad (1997-01 - 1997-12)

Primary schooling - Islamia English School for Girls Abu Dhabi (2002-01 - 2002-12)