Key Stage Lead in English Faculty
The Duchess's Community High School
Northumberland
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS (TLR 2.1 £3,124)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required for September 2024
- Apply by:
- 22 May 2024
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity is being advertised to join the leadership team of the English faculty. The successful candidate will support the leadership of the English faculty with a focus on the strategic implementation of teaching and learning strategies across key stages .
The department is a large, extremely friendly and supportive team who all share a passion for delivering high-quality English lessons as well as instilling a life-long love of reading and the written word within our students. We engage with subject-specific professional development, regular standardising to ensure confidence and consistency in applying mark schemes and enjoy professional discussions about the texts we teach as well as current pedagogy. We are also very keen to increase cross-curricular links as well as raise the profile of reading for pleasure within the school.
You will be joining a school that has a vision to be an educational centre of excellence based on the principle that effective relationships are the key to positive outcomes. The staff team have a student centred approach and we have a robust teacher education programme. We want to invest in successful applicants and help them progress through their own career. We are looking for candidates who share the same values as us as we continue to grow our team.
Further details of this post and an application form are available on our website (www.dchs-alnwick.org) Further questions or a virtual discussion can be arranged by emailing the school at admin@dchs-alnwick.org
The School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Closing Date: 10am on Wednesday 22 May 2024 with interviews being held on Friday 24 May 2024
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About The Duchess's Community High School
- The Duchess's Community High School
- Taylor Drive, Alnwick
- Northumberland
- NE66 2DH
- United Kingdom
We are thrilled that you are interested in joining the team here at DCHS. We took over as Co-Heads in January 2021 with an aim of DCHS being an educational centre of excellence based on the principle that effective
relationships are the key to positive outcomes. We believe that first and foremost we as teachers are here to provide high quality teaching and support to students within our care, and in doing so we will create a place where students want to be.
We are looking for team players who have a student centred approach as well as a desire to be part of a robust teacher education programme. We have a considerate approach to staff workload and are committed to investing in staff to help them progress through their own career, and in doing so create a place where staff want to work.
We are passionate that the term ‘community’ within our title is significant and cannot be undersold or underplayed. We believe that every member of staff at DCHS should leave the community in a better position than the point they arrived here and ask that, if you are to join us, you share this belief. We believe that at DCHS, community works.
We have included everything we feel is important to share in the recruitment packs and we welcome requests from anyone interested in these positions to contact us to visit in person, meet over a video call or chat on the phone about these opportunities.
View The Duchess’s Community High School’s latest Ofsted report
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