Teacher Of English (KS3 Coordinator)
The Bromfords School
Wickford
- £31,350 - £47,839 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS, London Fringe Pay Scale +TLR2B
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2024
- Apply by:
- 17 May 2024
Job overview
Teacher of English – Key Stage 3 Coordinator
Grade/Salary: Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Scale, commensurate with experience +TLR2B
Date Required: 1st September 2024
Closing Date: Friday 17 May @ Midday
Interview Date: As soon as reasonably possible
Required for September 2024, a well-qualified, enthusiastic and hardworking teacher to join our English Department as Key Stage 3 co-ordinator.
Our ideal candidate will be passionate about the power of education to improve the life chances of young people through raising aspirations and expectations.
The successful candidate will join a supportive English team and continue the excellent work already underway. Our English Department consists of seven full-time and one part-time English teachers, one subject specific Learning Support Assistant and an English Progress Mentor.
Job Purpose
To provide effective leadership and management and thereby build and maintain an effective teaching team which continually enhances the quality of learning and achievement within the Key Stage.
· To assist in the leadership of the English faculty in meeting the vision, aims and priorities of the school
· To establish high quality teaching and learning of English at KS3
· To promote high standards of attainment and achievement
· To collaborate with the Head of Faculty and other leaders in the faculty to promote numeracy across the curriculum
· To provide professional leadership and management of own classroom to ensure that all students have high quality learning experiences, enabling them to achieve their very best.
For more information please refer to our applicants information pack.
About the School
Our school is making rapid progress since its inspection in November 2022. A recent review by the Local Authority commented on the ‘sea change’ noted in students’ behaviour and the culture and ethos of the school. Our 2023 outcomes were the best set of Key Stage 4 results achieved by Year 11 students since 2016. Our Year 7 intake continues to be oversubscribed.
Our school is a strong, caring community underpinned by our three core values of achieve, enrich and prepare. Our school’s culture is focused on the principles of high expectations and aspirations for all members of our community; actions and conversations, however difficult, are always underpinned by kindness; that we communicate and share success; that we value each other’s views and opinions; decisions are evidence based and student centred.
Early Career Teachers undertake a fully inclusive and supportive induction programme and are mentored continually throughout their term of training to ensure guidance is on hand at all times. This is complemented by the robust two-year Early Career Framework programme.
Our Governing body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be offered a position subject to full pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS clearance, satisfactory medical checks and 2 satisfactory references.
About the Trust
We are a small Multi Academy Trust based in the South-East of Essex and currently manage four local secondary schools. Each school within our Trust is a place where we believe in the power of education to transform lives.
Our philosophy is centred around the belief that schools can achieve better educational outcomes for students by working together as a collective entity. The Compass Trust is founded on the principles of collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity, with the aim of providing a supportive and nurturing environment that enables schools to flourish and students to succeed.
Additional Benefits
As a valued member of our team, you will be entitled to the following benefits (*Subject to eligibility criteria)
· Employer Pension Contribution · Access to the “Cycle to Work” scheme · Eye test vouchers in partnership with Specsavers · Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (includes confidential counselling and online discounts) · Virtual GP Access - including minors 16 and under · Annual onsite flu vaccination programme · Free tea and coffee provided daily and cake on Fridays · Discounted Tastecard subscription · A Wellbeing week every half term (this includes no afterschool meetings)
We encourage visits from prospective candidates to meet members of our school community and to experience our school at first hand. If you would like to do this, please contact Ann Pullin, PA to the Headteacher on 01268 627848 or via email to recruitment@bromfords.essex.sch.uk
Attached documents
About The Bromfords School
The Bromfords School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18, located in Wickford, Essex. It has around 1150 pupils, over 90 of whom are in the sixth form.
Headteacher
Mr Jochen Tree
Values and vision
The Bromfords School key aim is to be a school where its pupils are happy; where they feel safe and able to express themselves; and where they can access a challenging and appropriate curriculum. Promoting positive role models and fostering individual and collective pride are viewed as important, playing a role in creating pupils who are confident learners, able and ready to conquer barriers to success.
Academic progress is regularly monitored, although success in this area is not the be all and end all to education at the school. A wide range of extra-curricular and sporting activities are on offer, reflecting a holistic approach to developing pupils’ abilities.
The school’s sixth form, which benefits from small classes, prides itself on offering students a bespoke curriculum. Its aim is to encourage its students not only to develop a lifelong love of learning but to become caring and active citizens in the local community.
Ofsted
“The governors and headteacher have a vision for the school which middle leaders and staff share. There is a clear culture of hard work and good behaviour throughout the school. Governors and leaders have a firm understanding of the school’s strengths and areas for further development.”
View Bromfords School and Sixth Form College’s latest Ofsted report
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