Teacher of English
Westhoughton High School
Bolton
- Expired
- Salary:
- T1 - T9 (£22,917 - £38,633)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 26 January 2018
Job overview
We are looking to appoint, with effect from 1st September 2018, a high quality teaching practitioner who would complement our existing English Team.
We are an expanding school with a track record of sustainable school improvement. Our Ofsted Inspection (October 2015) classed us as a ‘good’ school with ‘outstanding’ personal development, student behaviour and welfare.
If you have the commitment and desire to raise standards in a fully inclusive school, we want to hear from you.
We expect to appoint someone who has:
- A record as a successful classroom practitioner
- The ability to raise student achievement for all
- A commitment to team work with excellent interpersonal skills
In return we offer:
- A school with a clear ambition to serve our community
- A team that has a clear sense of purpose, corporate vision and a clear desire to move the school forward
- A committed, supportive and enthusiastic staff
- A commitment to professional development opportunities for all staff
- Enthusiastic and supportive students who expect and deserve the best from us all
Application forms and further details are available from the school website www.westhoughton-high.org, Greater Jobs or TES Online.
Completed applications should be returned to the school office by 12:00 noon on Friday 26th January 2018.
The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and it expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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About Westhoughton High School
- Westhoughton High School
- Bolton Road, Westhoughton, Bolton
- Lancashire
- BL5 3DN
- United Kingdom
Westhoughton High School is an 11-16, mixed community comprehensive school situated close to the centre of the growing town of Westhoughton within Bolton Council’s boundaries.
Westhoughton High School is a caring and vibrant school that sits at the very heart of the local community. This is a school where high expectations and exceptional working relationships between students and staff create a learning environment where everyone is able to shine. It is our belief that a school is so much more than a series of lessons; we are an inclusive community where diversity, individuality and creativity are nurtured. Our ethos is built around our core LEARN values. These values underpin all that we strive to do in school, which is what makes WHS a happy place to work and learn.
Look after each other
Enjoy School
Aim High
Respect one another, yourself and the school environment
Never Stop Learning
Investing in Our Staff
Wellbeing is a central drive to many of our initiatives here at Westhoughton. You have an SLT that truly believe in developing and investing in our staff and the wellbeing of all who come through our doors. We have multiple activities that develop our staff wellbeing including a Wednesday wellbeing-focused briefing whereby we celebrate our staff, best practice and recognise staff who have supported other colleagues. We have staff activities such as a staff choir and a secret buddy system of supportive comments and gifts that our staff sign up to. We also offer subsidised gym membership. We believe in continually reviewing our systems and protocols to ensure that we reduce workload in as many aspects as we can.
Students leave our school site at 2:30pm every Wednesday. We deliver our personalised CPD programme from 2:40pm each week which ties together our whole school priorities, personalised CPD opportunities and talent development programmes alongside our pastoral CPD programmes to ensure we build this into our school day and value the time together.
Westhoughton’s Guide to Staff Wellbeing: LEARN
Look after each other
At the heart of Westhoughton’s community is a TEAM of individuals working to make our local and school community the best it can be. Our TEAM means Together Everyone Achieves More with all members of our school community valued for the part they play in making us the best in Bolton. Some ways that
we encourage staff to look after each other are:
-Weekly staff Shout Outs to appreciate the support colleagues offer
-Half-termly gifts for highest Shout Out nominees and nominators
- Secret Buddy Association: optional participation
-Staff Wellbeing Leads who meet half-termly to ensure wellbeing remains a priority for all
-Daily tea and coffee in the staff room and before parents’ evenings
-Free voucher for flu jabs in Autumn
-Extra commuted inset day
-On-site Occupational Health & Wellbeing self-referral appointments.
-Subsidised Gym Membership
Enjoy our school
We are always looking to expand on opportunities for staff to enjoy our school more. Our current initiatives are:
-Our weekly staff choir (all staff welcome and speak to Carol Holmes for more details)
-Opportunities to be coached through areas of practice that we lack confidence in (through our 2-2-2 and/or use of our classroom labs) *Post Covid
-Regular staff voice to ensure maximised opportunities to grow and respond to staff feedback
-Two weekly briefings for clear messages and to celebrate staff practice
-100% attendance half-termly attendance draw.
Aim high
We want to support all staff to strive for excellence and value the roles all staff play at Westhoughton. Notably we:
-Have a dedicated Wednesday CPD cycle built into the school day to ensure our staff’s learning journey is prioritised
-Personalised CPD opportunities within our talent management programme
-Three-year plan within our appraisal system to ensure personalised CPD and external opportunities to champion our staff and develop opportunities to learn
-External CPD requests encouraged when tied to growth and development within personalised appraisal
-Group attendance to conferences such as ResearchEd
-Leadership residential opportunities
-Support of cover requests when observing other members of staff or receiving support.
Respect ourselves, each other and our school community
-Staff Appreciation Days with student nominations each half-term alongside national celebration days
-Return to work meetings through line management within 24hours to ensure care and support is a priority
-We honour leave of absence requests *Where strong attendance is evident, see overleaf
-Five childcare days honoured within staff absence
Never stop learning
-CPD programmes every Wednesday with students off site from 2:30pm (3:10 finish every third week for staff) with celebration of staff learning, wellbeing and achievement in briefings
-An appraisal system that prioritises learning, research and growth for all staff
-WHS CPD diaries that can be used to evidence learning journeys in appraisal
-Department Hubs attending in our local authority for department/nominated leads
-NQT and RQT additional CPD support.
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