Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Scale, commensurate with experience. Full-time, permanent
Date Required: 1st September 2024
Closing Date: Friday 12th July 2024 @ Midday
Interview: Immediately upon receipt of suitable applications. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon receiving suitable applications, prior to the closing date
We seek a committed and enthusiastic teacher of English to join our friendly and excellently resourced English department. The department has a strong ethos of collaborative working and in all key stages.
Principal Responsibilities
- To plan, deliver and teach English lessons and sequences of lessons to meet the individual, personal and academic developmental needs of students and so build their capacity as independent learners.
- To follow the Scheme of Work and assessment programme as provided by the Key Stage Coordinators in English to ensure that all students make progress
- To be accountable for student progress by liaising with teaching and support staff to monitor and support individual children and teaching groups
- To participate in the development of appropriate syllabuses, materials and schemes of work
- To be Form Tutor of an assigned form and to carry out related duties in accordance with the general job description of Form Tutor
General Duties
- To carry out a share of supervisory duties in accordance with published rosters
- To participate in appropriate meetings with colleagues and parents relative to the above
- To assess student progress to provide detailed feedback to students, staff, Head of English and SLT.
- Motivate and progress students’ learning by using clearly structured, engaging teaching and learning strategies.
- Promote and support the inclusion of students, including those with specific needs, both in learning activities and within the classroom
- Use behaviour management strategies, in line with school policies and procedures, to contribute to a purposeful learning environment and positive engagement
Additional Duties
- Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school by attending relevant meetings and contributing to the development of policies and procedures within the school
- At all times carry out duties with due regard to the school’s safeguarding and Health and Safety policies
- To work within and encourage the school’s Equal Opportunity policy and contribute to diversity policies
Key Attributes
- Ability to organise and prioritise workloads
- Have highly effective communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Demonstrate a high level of attention to detail
- Ability to identify stakeholders’ needs quickly and deal with queries
- Demonstrate reliability, tact, diplomacy, confidentiality and sensitivity are paramount to this post
- Work in a team with collective goals, whilst being able to work on your own initiative
- A firm yet caring approach
- The ability to undertake a variety of tasks, often at the same time
- The ability to “Think outside of the box”
- The ability to relate to both students and adults
- Be a hard worker
The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the postholder may be required by the Headteacher to carry out appropriate duties within the context of the job, skills and grade.
Our school is making rapid progress since its inspection in November 2022. A recent review by the Local Authority commented on the ‘sea change’ noted in students’ behaviour and the culture and ethos of the school. Our 2023 outcomes were the best set of Key Stage 4 results achieved by Year 11 students since 2016. Our Year 7 intake continues to be oversubscribed.
Our school is a strong, caring community underpinned by our three core values of achieve, enrich and prepare. Our school’s culture is focused on the principles of high expectations and aspirations for all members of our community; actions and conversations, however difficult, are always underpinned by kindness; that we communicate and share success; that we value each other’s views and opinions; decisions are evidence based and student centred.
Early Career Teachers undertake a fully inclusive and supportive induction programme and are mentored continually throughout their term of training to ensure guidance is on hand at all times. This is complemented by the robust two-year Early Career Framework programme. Our Governing body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be offered a position subject to full pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS clearance, satisfactory medical checks and 2 satisfactory references.
We are a small Multi Academy Trust based in the South-East of Essex and currently manage four local secondary schools. Each school within our Trust is a place where we believe in the power of education to transform lives. Our philosophy is centred around the belief that schools can achieve better educational outcomes for students by working together as a collective entity. The Compass Trust is founded on the principles of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity, with the aim of providing a supportive and nurturing environment that enables schools to flourish and students to succeed.
We encourage visits from prospective candidates to meet members of our school community and to experience our school at first hand. If you would like to do this, please contact Ann Pullin, PA to the Headteacher on 01268 627848 or via email to recruitment@bromfords.essex.sch.uk