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Head of English

Head of English

Borden Grammar School

Kent

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Salary:
MPS/ UPS plus TLR1
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
1 September 2021
Apply by:
19 April 2021

Job overview

Start Date – September 2021

Salary UPS/ MPS plus TLR1 (£10, 202)


We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, inspiring and committed Head of English to join a forward thinking community focused grammar school under new leadership.  This is a post for a suitably ambitious professional, who is committed to achieving high standards in all areas of school life and can demonstrate the potential to contribute a great deal to the future development of Borden Grammar School.


You will have a clear personal ethos about the approach to teaching boys in English and possess up to date pedagogical and strategic thinking about how to raise achievement. You will equally be committed to the Borden values of kindness, creativity, courageousness, respect and resilience, underpinned by our ethos to ‘strive forward together’. Consequently, you will possess the enthusiasm, drive and determination to achieve the best for all students that you are responsible for and staff that you lead.


Interested candidates are welcome to telephone the Headteacher for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the school.


The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


All applications must be made on the Borden Grammar School application form.  Our application form and a job information pack is attached.  Please do not send a CV as these will not be considered.  

In your application please write a statement, of no more than 750 words, outlining:

a) What your vision for the English department would be for the next 5 years

b) What your main priorities would be to raise standards for our students


Please contact Ms Lara Bateman, PA to Headteacher with any queries.  

Telephone 01795 424192, extension 106.

 Email:    lbateman@bordengrammar.kent.sch.uk 

 Whilst the closing date for applications is 12.00pm, Monday 19th April ; the school reserves the right to consider the merit of early applications.




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About Borden Grammar School

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Borden Grammar School is a boys-only, grammar, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form situated in Sittingbourne, Kent. It is supported by its own single-academy trust, the Borden Grammar School Trust. Smaller than average for a school of its kind, it will provide 822 places for secondary and sixth-form students, when fully subscribed.

An academy converter, Borden joined its own single-academy trust in January 2012.

Headteacher

Ashley Tomlin

Values and Vision

As you enter our school you will be forgiven for failing to notice our school motto written on the entrance hall carpet. Whilst dating back to before the second world war it remains as valid as it has ever been. ‘Nitere porro’ means ‘to strive forward’ and is both a description and a goal. We are a small and personal community school committed to supporting and inspiring our young people to achieve their potential in a modern world. This means creating successful young people who understand that their future matters and so always try their best. However, the goal is not just a personal one. We genuinely want all our students to leave us with a fully developed ‘moral compass’ able to navigate the world and driven to make it a better place.

This over-arching goal is underpinned by three core aims,

To Support:
For Borden to be a happy and vibrant community, providing the skills, aptitudes, self-discipline and independence needed for future success.

To Inspire:
For all students to have high aspirations and to become ethical leaders of their future.

To Achieve:
For every student to aim, and achieve, higher.

At Borden you will find that students are honest, friendly and proud to belong to a great school. It is a school where each day students learn as much about themselves as about the constantly changing world in which they live. Alongside this you will discover that the teachers possess the expertise to stretch, support and challenge the brightest students.

Ofsted

“The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. [The headteacher has] continued to raise standards and [has] tackled the areas for improvement well, with a clear focus on improving key aspects of teaching, learning and assessment. The school is improving because of the clear leadership that [the headmaster] and [their] senior leadership team provide. There is a strong sense of community and pupils are rightly proud of their school and the opportunities it offers.”

View Borden Academy’s latest Ofsted report

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