Teacher of English - Full-time
Shaftesbury School
Dorset
- £24,731 - £40,490 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- QTS/MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2020
- Apply by:
- 14 June 2020
Job overview
Job title: Teacher of English
Location: Shaftesbury School
Start Date: 1 September 2020
Closing Date: Midnight on 14 June 2020
Interviews: Interviews to be conducted as soon as possible after shortlisting.
Salary: QTS/MPS/UPS
Contract: Permanent
Contract Type: Full-time
Contact Details: Website on https://shaftesburyschool.co.uk/ or e-mail HR@southernacademytrust.co.uk
Shaftesbury School is seeking to appoint an ambitious, creative and inspiring teacher or NQT with energy, enthusiasm and a love of English. The English Department is a creative and dynamic team with a real passion for literature, language and literacy. Levels of progress are good at GCSE and English courses are amongst the most popular at A Level again with excellent results.
The successful candidate will:
• Have a passion for all aspects of the written and spoken word.
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to celebrate and promote high quality
teaching and learning.
• Have the ability to embrace and contribute to the vision of the Department and school.
• Be able to build relationships quickly.
• Have a positive approach.
• Have a real interest in educational issues, approaches and alternatives from around the world.
• Be proactive and confident.
• Use resources, intellect, creativity and innovation to be successful.
• Have the ability to support, challenge and inspire our students, encouraging them to achieve the best they can through the promotion of outstanding teaching and learning.
• Have the ability to be a team player who will go the extra mile to support students and who will enjoy the opportunities of this role.
Please see the application pack for further details.
The Trust 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 have an enhanced DBS check in line with the Government’s safer recruitment guidelines.
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About Shaftesbury School
- Shaftesbury School
- Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury
- Dorset
- SP7 8ER
- United Kingdom
To empower every individual who participates in our community to realise his/her aspirations.
Our aims:
We aim to inspire every individual by
• Creating a sense of belonging, where everyone feels a valued member of the community
• Developing role models whom we can admire, respect, relate to and seek out for guidance
• Promoting a sense of accomplishment through recognition for doing our best, whatever it is, on personal, social
and academic levels
• Generating fun and excitement, curiosity and creativity on the trail to learning
• Encouraging the spirit of adventure, understanding and appreciating what it means to take a risk and be
successful, or to fail and try again
• Promoting opportunities for leadership and responsibility, by expressing our ideas and accepting the
consequences of our actions
Ethos
Pervading the ethos of our school are the values of our Christian Foundation, the ideals of the Olympic movement and the spirit of internationalism.
We value the uniqueness of every human being regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, creed or sexual orientation. We teach the importance of love and respect, tolerance, forgiveness, the need to work for peace and justice, honesty, selflessness and loyalty.
Shaftesbury School is an internationally outward-looking community promoting harmony, participation, friendly competition and opportunities for recognition and celebration.
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