Teacher of History

Walthamstow School for Girls (WSFG) is a mainstream, non-denominational secondary school for girls aged 11-16. It is situated in Walthamstow, East London, and it has  900 pupils on its roll.

WSFG is a highly successful state comprehensive, with a proud history of educating girls since 1890. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. Although we are an Outstanding School, achieve exceptional outcomes and have consistently been in the top 10% of schools nationally for progress, our focus is on developing exceptional young women, not just on academic achievement. We want to recruit staff who actively embrace diversity and inclusion and who are committed to social justice as part of the state comprehensive system.

The school was founded in 1890, originally as a private school, situated on West Avenue. It later moved to the current location on Church Hill. In the 1920s unemployed workers built the school an amphitheatre known as the "Greek Amphitheatre" which still exists in the grounds today. The most recent additions to the school buildings were made in 2010 and the school now benefits from excellent facilities as well as beautiful school grounds.

Walthamstow School for Girls is a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and lead. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality for all and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. We are a truly comprehensive school, proud of our diversity and committed to social justice.

Headteacher

Helen Marriott

Values and vision

Our motto is “Neglect not the gift that is thee”. The school has an exceptional track record of academic excellence, which is achieved through high expectations, inspirational teaching and learning and exciting extra-curricular opportunities.

Our vision at WSFG vision is to:

• Foster a lifelong love of learning
• Look after ourselves and treat others with kindness and respect
• Embrace our diverse community and value our environment
• Empower everyone to make courageous choices
• Celebrate each unique gift

The school values are:

• Courage
• Compassion
• Aspiration
• Integrity

The school offers strong pastoral support, with the provision of a Wellbeing Hub, plus regular monitoring, target setting and dialogue with students and parents/carers. It is consistently among the top-performing non-selective schools in the country and the pupils take great pride in their school.

Ofsted report

In June 2018 the school was awarded an "outstanding" judgement in all categories.

“There are very strong working relationships between staff and pupils based on mutual trust and respect.”

“Pupils hunger for information from teachers to satisfy their desire for learning.”

“The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is outstanding.”

“Governors are committed and ambitious for the school’s future”

“Tolerance and diversity are strengths of the school.”

“Pupils very much enjoy coming to school.”

“Pupils leave Year 11 having made outstanding progress from their starting points.”