Teacher of English
John Ferneley College
Leicestershire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2021
- Apply by:
- 16 May 2021
Job overview
Teacher of English
Permanent, full time, to start August 2021
Based at John Ferneley College, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
The salary will be dependent on experience but will follow either the Main scale or Upper pay range
We’re looking for a talented and enthusiastic qualified teacher to join our successful English Department here at John Ferneley College. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a highly supportive and extremely successful English team.
We are looking for a passionate, well-qualified and conscientious English teacher, with a commitment to continuing professional development, to join our outstanding English Department. The post is suitable for either a newly qualified teacher or a more experienced teacher. You would be required to teach English up to and including GCSE and achieving high quality learning across all year groups.
If you have passion and talent for English and want to work hard to ignite this in our young people, then you will fit right into our friendly team. As English is a Trust priority, our teachers also work alongside leaders across the group and with colleagues in other phases and settings.
We would warmly welcome and encourage applications from Newly Qualified Teachers.
How does our curriculum work?
- as a vehicle to improving social mobility for the town of Melton Mowbray
- regardless of starting points, all students access an aspirational and knowledge-rich curriculum
- all students study Humanities to GCSE and the vast majority will study a language over their 5 secondary years
- in addition to core curriculum, students are offered a wide range of option subjects
- we have a clear focus on transition between primary and secondary (as part of our Trust)
- we are highly committed to offering all students the opportunity to take part in a wide range of enrichment activities, through sport, performance and outdoor and adventurous activities
Working with us will give you:
- an opportunity to work in an exciting, dynamic team with a ‘can do’ attitude to securing life chances for children
- an environment with moral purpose at its heart
- an invitation to work with primary feeder schools
- a climate that takes seriously the wellbeing of its very much valued teaching team
- a comprehensive wellbeing package of benefits
- a sensible approach to teacher workload
- an opportunity to indulge in your subject specialisms and passion for teaching
- opportunities to develop your career within our growing Trust
- opportunities to extend your experience across a range of academic settings
- 1:1 support in strategic career planning
- a culture that takes work life balance extremely seriously – including sensible approaches to marking and feedback
- a personalised CPD programme to help you achieve all you’re capable of
- high expectations for all students
- high aspirations for all stakeholders
For more information about our Trust and schools and to apply for this role, please visit our website at: www.mowbrayeducation.org and www.johnferneley.org/
Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 16th May 2021
Shortlisting to take place on w/c 17th May 2021
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 25th May 2021
We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of students. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and fluency in the English language.
Attached documents
About John Ferneley College
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- John Ferneley College
- Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray
- Leicestershire
- LE13 1LH
- United Kingdom
We are an 11-16 secondary academy and part of the Mowbray Education Trust.
Located in the beautiful rural market town of Melton Mowbray, we serve around 1150 students from within Melton Mowbray and beyond.
Everything we do is focussed around ensuring that our young people get the very best support and opportunities we can give them. They deserve nothing less, it's what we're here to do.
We make 6 promises:
- The education of the children at John Ferneley will always be our priority
- Through our high expectations of the children we serve we are investing in the future of our community
- We want the children to work hard, show resilience and enjoy their time with us
- We will recruit and retain the best quality staff to ensure our children get the very best education possible
- We will be transparent in everything we do
- All children are important, we will always challenge them to be their best and no child will be left behind
The Mowbray Education Trust is committed to ensuring that all of our young people get the best support and opportunities that we can give them.
Our Trust serves our communities through providing nurseries, primary and secondary schools that cater for children throughout their formative years. We currently run one nursery and six schools: five primary and one secondary.
We are a community whose vision is that in every one of our settings the children come first. We have high expectations of both our children, and those that teach them.
We recognise and cultivate the talent in our staff and work hard to put only the highest quality teachers in front of our children.
We pride ourselves in our determination to ensure that no child is left behind, and a have a strong and energetic team working to continually drive standards up.
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