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Teacher of English

Teacher of English

Abbey Grange Church of England Academy

Leeds

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
7 February 2018

Job overview

Reference – AG9

Plus, access to an individually tailored CPD package.

Abbey Grange is a thriving, highly successful and over-subscribed 11-18 Church of England convertor Academy which serves communities right across the city of Leeds. Our students come from all over the city to receive an education in which we all work together to challenge them academically, support them pastorally and help them develop socially and spiritually. Abbey Grange is part of the Abbey Multi Academy Trust.

Our goal is to become an outstanding Academy that delivers on our mission - In Partnership to 'Educate, Nurture and Empower' and we are well on our way to achieving this. Ofsted graded us a 'good' school in February 2017 and we celebrated our GCSE results in 2017 with 79.5% of our students achieving 9-4 in English and Maths (old A*-C).

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated teacher to join our successful English Department. The successful candidate will show a passion for teaching and learning and be committed to achieving the very best outcomes for our students. You will be required to teach throughout the age and ability range to GCSE. The ability to teach A Level would be an advantage.

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed and passionate teacher to join a successful and CPD focused department where new initiatives are welcomed and encouraged.

As a Teacher we will nurture, challenge and support you throughout your career here at Abbey Grange.

You will be:

  • A routinely good/outstanding teacher with the ability to teach all aspects of English KS3/KS4 and potentially KS5
  • A colleague looking to either start or further your career within a supportive team
  • Able to encourage and enthuse students to achieve their full potential
  • Inspirational to colleagues and students - sharing best practice

We can offer:

  • An Academy and English Department that will allow you to be inspirational, creative and play an active part on our journey to becoming ‘outstanding’
  • Tailored CPD with a commitment to support your career ambitions, free car parking and personal iPad
  • A Department which welcomes new ideas with energy and enthusiasm

This is a genuinely exciting time to join our Academy. If you are looking to join an Academy with happy positive and polite students and staff then we want to hear from you.

Visits to the Academy are encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Anne-Marie Roper.

To apply please download recruitment pack and email completed application form to Miss Fuller – Payroll & HR Assistant – recruitment@abbeygrangeacademy.co.uk

The closing date for applications is 9.00 am on Wednesday 7 February with interviews scheduled to take place W/C Monday 26 February due to half term holidays.

Abbey Grange C of E Academy 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 subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.

ABBEY GRANGE C of E ACADEMY
Butcher Hill, Leeds, |Executive Principal: Carol Kitson, Principal: Jon Norden | NOR: 1510

Principal: Mr Jon Norden

Attached documents

About Abbey Grange Church of England Academy

Abbey Grange Church of England Academy is a mixed, comprehensive, Church of England secondary school with a very popular sixth form situated in Leeds. It provides over 1,600 places for secondary school students between the ages of 11 and 18 when fully subscribed. The school is one of the most popular in Leeds.  Students come to Abbey Grange from over 70 feeder primary schools right across the City of Leeds and serves a diverse, enthusiastic and articulate student body.  We have high expectations which is reflected in our successful academic record for students in at GCSE, BTEC and A Level and in the destinations students go on to such as Apprenticeships, Conservatoires and Russell Group Universities.  We want the best staff and work hard to retain high quality leaders, teachers and support staff with a culture of CPD for all.  Engaging teaching is delivered across all areas of the broad and balanced curriculum and the academy, in line with its Christian values, has an atmosphere of positivity and inclusivity.

Abbey Grange is part of the Abbey Multi Academy Trust.  A Talk-Rich Trust of a group of schools who work together to drive standards up across Yorkshire for a students of all backgrounds, abilities and ages.  The Trust support Abbey Grange Church of England Academy in its mission to "give life in all its fullness" (John 10:10) and ensure we educate, nurture and empower the whole child with excellent results, building resilience through our Abbey character and developing cultural capital through a comprehensive enrichment, extra-curricular and competitions programme.

Principal

Simon Prinsep

Values and vision

The Abbey Grange motto is “In partnership to educate, nurture and empower”. The secondary school has an atmosphere of positivity and inclusivity, in line with its Christian values. High expectations are set for all students. Engaging teaching is delivered across all areas of the broad and balanced curriculum.

Ofsted report

“The academy provides the students with a good education. There are particular, significant strengths in its excellent provision for the students’ social, moral, spiritual and cultural development, and in the quality of the support given to individual students who either need additional help, or who are at risk of underachieving. The students are polite, good-humoured and dignified young people, who delight in conversation and discussion on a broad range of issues and conduct themselves sensibly and safely around the school.”

View Abbey Grange Church of England Academy’s latest Ofsted report

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