Lead Learner for English
Abbey College, Ramsey
Ramsey, Cambridgeshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- L6 - £44,544
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 17 April 2018
Job overview
Lead Learner for English
Salary L6 £44,544
Start Date: 1st September 2018
Are you HIP: Humble, Intuitive and Passionate?
Here at Abbey College, we are keen to employ the ideal team player who aspires to be HIP. Are you an outstanding practitioner that can further develop the Teaching and Learning strategy of the English team? Have you got innovative curriculum ideas that meet the needs of students of all abilities? If you want to be part of a young, vibrant, enthusiastic and successful team, love English, have a presence, and are an enthusiastic and dynamic teacher with an English related degree, our school is perfect for you.
We have a supportive Senior Leadership Team and all staff here are truly fantastic. We will invest in making you a great teacher and our leading-edge professional development makes this a very exciting time to join our school. Our College vision is to ‘raise aspirations and challenge mindsets’. We strive to provide equal learning opportunities within a broad and balanced curriculum for all students regardless of ability, background or culture.
Abbey College is a secondary school with Academy status set in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, just 20 minutes from Peterborough and 40 minutes from Cambridge. It was established in 2006 following the merger of a middle and upper school in the town and it occupies the same stunningly beautiful historic grounds dating back to 1656.
Closing date: 9 am Wednesday 18th April 2018
Interviews: Monday 23rd April 2018
For an informal discussion or visit in the first instance please contact Mrs Hadeel Bennett, at Abbey College Hadeel.Bennett@abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk
Further details and a teaching application pack are available on our website www.abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk
Please send completed application packs to Brenda Mustill,
Human Resources Lead at Abbey College Brenda.mustill@abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk
Abbey College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure via the DBS which meets the requirements of the College and evidence of the right to work in the UK.
Abbey College, Abbey Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, Cambs PE26 1DG
Headteacher: Andy Christoforou BEng, MSc
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About Abbey College, Ramsey
Abbey College, Ramsey is located in a small market town, almost half way between Huntingdon and Peterborough and within easy reach of Cambridge and London. The College is set within extensive, historic and beautiful grounds close to the Parish Church of St Thomas A Becket. The College is a large 11-18 school with a catchment which extends over a wide rural area.
There are approximately 1090 students on role, including a sixth form of 120. We currently have around 70 members of teaching staff with an additional support team of over 75 members of staff.
We have high aspirations as a College as our 2016 results showed. Our A level and BTEC results placed us the sixth best in Cambridgeshire, outdoing many private schools, and our GCSE results were our highest ever, with a progress 8 figure of 0.21. We are also oversubscribed for the second year in a row this year by over 40% and our attendance is 2% higher than the national averages.
Our College ethos is to ‘Aspire and Challenge’, which means that the College strives to provide strong equal learning opportunities within a broad and balanced curriculum for all students regardless of ability, background or culture. Our values include Being polite, being Equipped for learning, Sticking to and completing the most challenging of tasks and being Tolerant, which we remember as BEST. Our motto is to: ‘challenge mind-sets and raising aspirations’.
At Abbey College we see staff well-being as a top priority and we are committed to ensuring our staff are always developing and growing. We have a full and extensive programme of CPD activities throughout the year and regularly share good practice. We have also introduced an employee of the month scheme to recognise members of staff who go above and beyond.
For more information about the day to day life and the successes happening at the College, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RamseyAbbeyCollege. Or alternatively, if you would like to visit the College please ring the office on 01487 812352 to arrange a convenient time.
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