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Head of English

Head of English

Glenmoor and Winton Educational Trust

Bournemouth

Salary:
Highly competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
4 October 2018

Job overview

Glenmoor & Winton Academies are two 11-16 secondary schools based in Bournemouth, in the picturesque county of Dorset.

The Academies are high-performing, over-subscribed and fully inclusive and form part of the highly successful multi-academy trust, United Learning. Disruption-free teaching is the promise at Glenmoor & Winton with the notion of continuous improvement underpinning all we do.

Staff, students, parents and the community are proud to be involved and associated with Glenmoor & Winton and we welcome any visitors at any time. We are GW Proud and look forward to meeting you soon.

The role

The Academies are looking to appoint an excellent leader and teacher to lead our high performing English department. The Head of English post will allow the appointed candidate an opportunity to lead a team of highly motivated individuals across the English team with a range of experiences and expertise.

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver English at KS3 and KS4 with a proven track record of raising attainment.

The successful applicant would also have the opportunity to work closely with the Academy sponsor and English subject advisor across the South.

Further information can be found in the Job Description.

About You

We are looking for a conscientious, dedicated team-player who has excellent subject knowledge and a passion for English with the ability to enthuse students and staff into continuous improvement, additionally you must be: 

  • good sense of humour
  • they have a belief that a student’s effort and attitude is more important than their innate ability
  • commitment to managing workload and well-being within themselves amongst the staff they lead 
  • a passionate English classroom practitioner across all key stages
  • able to evidence strong practice in current role and GCSE results which reflect this through both attainment and progress against national expectations
  • have Qualified Teacher Status

Further information can be obtained from the Person Specification. 

We welcome applications from people at all stages of their teaching career.

United Learning

Glenmoor and Winton Academies is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

For more information

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Di Cripps, PA to the Principal & Executive Principal dcripps@glenmoorandwinton.org.uk 01202 527818.

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/1381594?cid=1567&rsid=0&js=0&LinkType=1&FromSearch=False

Interviews: Week commencing 15th October 2018

Where teaching is better shared

United Learning comprises: UCST (Registered in England No: 2780748. Charity No. 1016538) and ULT (Registered in England No. 4439859. An Exempt Charity). Companies limited by guarantee. VAT number 834 8515 12. Registered address: United Learning, Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB.

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About Glenmoor and Winton Educational Trust

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Glenmoor and Winton Academies are based in Bournemouth and part of the United Learning group of schools. The Academies are co-located but remain single sex for all lessons. Outside of lessons students mix providing a 'best of both' culture. We are two very successful schools, which pride ourselves on academic excellence, career professional development for staff and the highest standards of student behaviour. Glenmoor and Winton are closely associated with the National College and provide regular opportunities for staff to complete nationally accredited qualifications (NPQML, NPQSL, NPQH) as well as courses led through the Academy sponsor. We believe passionately in allowing staff to flourish in a disruption free learning environment working with a committed and dedicated body of students, staff and parents.

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