English and Drama Teacher
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Bury Grammar School
Bury
- Expired
- Salary:
- Dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 5 February 2018
Job overview
We are recruiting for a teacher of English, that is also able to teach Drama.
The English Department at Bury Grammar School Girls is a thriving team of six members of staff, including the Head of Department. We work together to nurture excellent results from the young people we teach: in 2017 our students achieved exceptional standards in the new GCSE and A level specifications, with over 25% of pupils achieving at least one grade 9 at GCSE. We are committed to enabling our students to benefit from the very best standards of teaching and are proud of our departmental culture of collaboration. Beyond the classroom, the department offers a wide range of opportunities for girls to develop their love of English. We organise theatre trips and screenings, author visits and much-anticipated National Poetry Day and World Book Day celebrations. Alongside these events, we run a broad range of extracurricular clubs, from our literary Senior Book Club to Year 7 debating club, Scrabble club and our very own annual book award. We also work closely with the School’s excellent librarian and in Year 7 pupils have a dedicated library period in which to develop their study skills.
With close ties to the English Department, The Drama Department foster creativity, personal growth, self-confidence, communication and analytical skills through the acquisition of knowledge, skills, understanding and of course the exercise of the imagination. We promote involvement in, and the enjoyment of, drama as performers, devisers, directors and designers. Having created their performance pieces our students are the able to create technically through stage lighting and sound design.
The Drama Department provides opportunities for pupils to attend professional performances in the local area and to develop their skills as informed and thoughtful audience members. Students who do not study Drama as an academic subject are also given the opportunity to take part in our weekly Drama clubs and our annual school production.
We expect candidates to have a good honours degree, accompanied by a relevant teaching qualification. The individual should have an interest in and understanding of pastoral care with the willingness to undergo appraisal and continual professional development. Contribution to extracurricular activities is also important to us, so is highly desirable.
The closing date for applications is Monday 5th February - please see job application pack for more information regarding the post.
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About Bury Grammar School
Bury Grammar School is situated in the heart of Bury, Lancashire and is widely recognised as one of the top independent schools in the North West of England. Currently there are over 1270 girls and boys on roll.
Our School is a family of independent, selective, day schools for girls and boys aged 3 to 18, which combine a strong tradition of academic excellence with the best in modern educational practice. The School has a long and rich history of excellence extending back 450 years and our staff, pupils and alumni are proud of the School’s long-standing traditions. Our modern, inclusive School community welcomes students and staff from different faiths and cultures. It is the blend of the School’s traditions along with our modern ethos that is a source of great enrichment for the whole community and is what makes the School so special.
Every one of our pupils benefits enormously from belonging both to a small school, where they are known and nurtured as an individual, while at the same time being part of our BGS family of Schools which is able to offer a huge variety of educational experiences and an excellent learning environment. Through our unique blend of single-sex education from ages 7-16 and co-education in our Pre-School, Infant School and Sixth Form, we offer the ‘best of both worlds’ for our pupils at every stage of their educational journey. Our vibrant and rigorous curriculum is designed to engage and challenge our pupils whilst fostering an intellectual curiosity, which translates into impressive academic performance.
The School is led by our Principal, Jo Anderson, who is supported by a strong and dynamic senior management team and dedicated Board of Governors. We are a member of the Girls’ School Association (GSA) and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and have been rated ‘excellent’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
One of our key strategic objectives is to maintain, recruit, nurture and develop first class teaching and support staff. You can be sure that as an employer we are focused on creating an outstanding workplace for all our staff so that we can attract, retain and engage talented individuals who have a desire to transform the lives of others.
A successful education is very much about team work and every member of staff at Bury Grammar School recognises that together we have the opportunity to change our pupils’ lives. Whether this is part of our fantastic catering team who provide our pupils with nutritious meals, our dedicated estates team who maintain our beautiful grounds or as a member of our inspiring teaching staff, everyone has an important part to play.
Join BGS and make a difference.
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