Teacher with Head of Year responsibility

Do you wish to work in a school committed to the development of all staff in its care?

Do you wish to join an aspirational and collaborative pastoral team which is improving the life chances of all students?

Westminster City School is a successful 11-18 Christian non-denominational comprehensive academy for boys with a mixed sixth form. Ours is a vibrant learning community situated in the heart of central London with all the opportunities and advantages of an inner city school. In March 2022, the school’s OFSTED inspection confirmed that the school remains a ‘Good’ school but we are restless in our ambition to be ‘Outstanding’ in time for the school’s 150th anniversary in 2027.

“Pupils are happy and safe. They typically spoke enthusiastically about their school and said that the school community feels like a family.” OFSTED 2022

You are joining a successful and supportive pastoral team who are collaborative and driven by ensuring the highest standards. We are ambitious for every student, and we use research driven approaches in order to provide an excellent standard of pastoral care.

As part of this role, you will be expected to teach across all key stages within your subject. We particularly welcome applications from colleagues who are from and Physical Education and Sports background.

The candidate:

You, like us, will share our belief in the highest standards of academic attainment and personal development in a comprehensive setting.

The successful candidate will have:

·        Strong personal values of integrity and compassion

·        Excellent subject knowledge within their curriculum area

·        A passion for ensuring that all students receive the very best opportunity to thrive academically and personally within our community

·        The desire to offer opportunities for our students beyond the classroom that strengthen awareness and understanding of the world around them

·        Awareness of current best practice and the desire to support and lead upon aspects of our research-based approach to pastoral care

You will deliver lessons to a consistently high standard.

You will be joining a team of highly motivated teachers who are ambitious in ensuring our vision of a powerful knowledge curriculum enables all students to take part in the great conversations in society.

We believe in developing our staff and have a dynamic and supportive management team and an effective CPD programme which includes a regular teaching and learning forum, peer-coaching and teacher journal club. At Westminster City School, we will offer you:

·        A supportive and collegiate staff culture;

·        An evidence-informed approach to teaching and learning;

·        A bespoke CPD programme; and

·        Staff benefits including an interest-free season ticket loan, cycle-to-work scheme, salary sacrifice for childcare and our technology scheme.

“Pupils enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular clubs, including in music, drama, sport and debating… Leaders enrich this programme with links to businesses and organisations that are based locally” OFSTED 2022

“Leaders and Governors are proud of and ambitious for the school. They consider staff workload carefully, for example when introducing recent changes to the school’s feedback policy” OFSTED 2022 

Applicants from a global majority heritage background are strongly encouraged. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.

If you would like to apply for this post, please click apply now (below) to obtain and submit our application form. If for any reason this is not possible, please print out the application and send your completed form by post to the school or e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com

If you would like to discuss the role informally with the Headteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish to visit our website (www.wcsch.com) to research more about the school. 

Closing date for completed applications: 5th January 2023 at noon.

Interviews will be held week beginning 9th January 2023.  The school reserves the right to interview suitable candidates before this deadline so early applications are welcomed.

 Start: April 2023 or earlier