Teacher of English and RE
Abbey Gate College
Cheshire West and Chester
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 4.10.2019
- Apply by:
- 17 June 2019
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic teacher of English and RE to join our College to cover maternity leave on a temporary basis from 4 October 2019. The successful candidate will become part of an experienced, mutually supportive and dedicated English team, and teach across Key Stage 3 and GCSE.
As a department we frequently exchange ideas and appraise student progress in order to develop what we do; we are eager to challenge and be challenged through innovative and interesting ways of delivering our subject. Our overall aim is to develop confident, eager and independent learners, who are able to communicate clearly.
The English teaching requirements are for one class in Year 8, one in Year 9 and a GCSE Year 10 group. The successful candidate will need to be able to stretch and challenge higher ability groups while also being able to support pupils who need additional help accessing the curriculum.
The teaching in RE is a standalone teaching role that covers lessons at Key Stage 3. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering the schemes of work in line with the College’s policies and the assessing, tracking and monitoring of pupils at regular intervals. Through the delivery of RE, our aim is to foster secure critical thinking skills and enable pupils to consider and respond to a range of important questions related to their own spiritual development, the development of values and attitudes and fundamental questions concerning the meaning and purpose of life.
This role is required to cover 12 English lessons and 9 RE lessons.
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About Abbey Gate College
Our Mission
We are committed, within our safe and caring community, that each one of our pupils will become the best that they can be and have the self-belief to go forward into this changeable world with courage and with compassion.
Our Vision
To be the school of first choice for families who seek a personalised, caring, and safe educational environment, with excellent curricular and co-curricular provision, and a commitment to preserve, protect, and progress the world we all share.
Our Aims
We pursue our whole College mission, guided by three defining and aspirational aims:
1) Self: each pupil cares for their mental and physical wellbeing; learns and achieves to their individual potential; and is content, comfortable and confident to be who they are in our diverse and inclusive College.
2) Service: each pupil makes a positive difference to the lives of others in our College, as well as in our local and in wider, global communities.
3) Sustainability: each pupil contributes towards preserving and protecting the planet we all inherit and share, and has the opportunity to be creative and innovative; to help further humanity’s progress in the future.
Learning with Courage and Compassion
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