Head of English
Longsands Academy
Cambridgeshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR £9475
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 23 February 2018
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational Head of English to join our thriving English department in September 2018. Longsands Academy is a successful 11-18 comprehensive school rated as good by Ofsted in October 2014. St Neots is a market town with good facilities, within easy reach of Cambridge and with excellent transport links to London.
We are a large and diverse department and the successful applicant would be working alongside a pre-existing leadership team who believe staff wellbeing is the key to success. The successful applicant must be an enthusiastic and ambitious specialist with an aptitude for leadership, strengths across all key stages and the ability deliver outstanding English lessons.
In return we can offer you the support of an enthusiastic, experienced and collaborative department. The English department is continually reviewing and developing strategies to improve attainment, as well as cultivating a love and passion for English with a particular emphasis on raising student engagement levels at all key stages.
At Longsands, you can expect a supportive culture within a Trust with very high aspirations. We value our staff and there are many development opportunities within the Partnership. All teachers receive an iPad or laptop to assist with planning and communications. There is a fully equipped Gym available for staff use, and a relocation allowance may also be available for those moving to the area.
Application documents may be downloaded from the Longsands Academy website http://www.longsands.cambs.sch.uk and completed applications should be emailed to HRlongsands@longsands.cambs.sch.uk
The closing date for applications is Friday 23rd February at 9am.
The St Neots Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants are thanked for their interest in this post. Please note that only the candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
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About Longsands Academy
Longsands Academy is a successful, fully inclusive secondary school and sixth form serving the community of St Neots and its surrounding area. We pride ourselves on providing an engaging, purposeful and supportive environment in which all of our students feel empowered to reach and embrace their full potential with confidence and become responsible, well rounded citizens.
The academy is at the heart of the community and has pledged to provide a rich, broad and varied education to all the pupils it serves. The academy and Trust are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture, influenced by Lemov’s Teach Like A Champion and Tom Bennett.
At Longsands Academy, our curriculum is designed to fulfil our core purpose which aims to secure the best possible experience, learning and outcomes for each young person for whom we have responsibility. As such, we believe that students are entitled to be immersed in ‘the best that has been thought and said’ which is best achieved through a broad and balanced, knowledge-rich curriculum, a Life at Longsands behaviour curriculum and our It Stops Now a strong personal development programme. In addition, our provision is tailored so that all students, whatever their background and ability, can follow suitable pathways, from Years 7 through to Year 13, which maximise their chances to progress their learning and achieve academic excellence and success in public examinations, as well as promoting emotional wellbeing and mental health, enabling them to successfully access the next chapter of their lives.
The creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful is at the heart of everything we do. At Longsands we ensure impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning in a disruption-free context.
Why work at Longsands?
- High quality curriculum which is planned with shared resources, so no planning from scratch.
- There are 8 INSET days a year to provide time to develop professionally.
- We focus on feedback that is impactful - we do not mark books.
- Students are polite, well-behaved, and committed to learning.
- All detentions are centralised and organised by pastoral and senior teams leaving you to teach.
- SLT are visible and approachable.
- We believe in strong routines to support simple effective teaching from the front.
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