Head of English and Literacy

Murray Park Community School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational, 11-16 foundation school. The secondary school is located on the western edge of the city of Derby and has around 1100 students on roll, with a standard admission of 280 students.  The school operates a 25 period week on a two week timetable basis.

Headteacher

Mrs Nicola Caley MEd, NPQH, NPQEL

Murray Park School is a rewarding and professionally stimulating place to work. Over the last 3 years we have undergone a journey of rapid improvement; moving from a Requires Improvement Ofsted grading to Good in September 2022, along with a Progress 8 improvement of 0.64 to 0 from the 2019 figure, as well as now being over-subscribed. Never complacent, we are now on our next stage of development and seek high-quality staff to enable this.

Staff at Murray Park School benefit from:

• A positive approach to flexible working for all staff.
• A Senior Leadership Team who prioritise staff well-being and consider this when launching any new systems or pedagogical approaches.
  • A robust and centralised behaviour system, including an internal Alternative Provision, to ensure learning in our classrooms is disruption free.
  • A whole-school CPD package which includes the sharing of recent research and best-practice.
  • An approach to pedagogy which ensures teachers teach the highest-quality lessons possible, whilst still allowing teachers the freedom to maintain professional autonomy.