Assistant Subject Leader KS5 (English)

Are you passionate about how high-quality curriculum thinking, planning and delivery can transform young people’s lives?

Are you able to bring the best out in colleagues, working collaboratively to deliver on challenging targets?

Due to the internal promotion of the current post holder, we are seeking to appoint an ambitious, innovative Assistant Subject Leader to lead KS5 in our highly successful English Department. The English team are incredibly proud of the curriculum and students make excellent progress throughout their journey from KS3 to KS4. The department also has a thriving A-level cohort and the number of students choosing the subject in the sixth form continues to grow

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

Working alongside the Subject Leader for English and the wider team, the successful applicant will have: 

·        Strong personal values of integrity and compassion 

·        Excellent subject knowledge and a commitment to continually developing it 

·        A strong and sustained track record of delivering strong outcomes at A Level.  

·        Experience of developing and delivering an excellent English curriculum and will be able to motivate the team to further improve student outcomes.  

·        A keen interest in developing leadership and management skills.

·        Cognisance of current best practice and want to foster in others a research-based approach to designing and implementing a highly impactful English curriculum. 

 You will deliver lessons to a consistently high standard and you will have a proven track record of excellent outcomes at GCSE and A level.

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

 "Leaders have introduced a broad and ambitious curriculum for all…and have thought carefully about how to capture students’ wider interest in the subjects they learn." OFSTED 2022  

 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 WCS 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 and cycle-to-work scheme. 

Westminster City School is a successful 11-18 boys’ Christian non-denominational comprehensive academy with a heavily oversubscribed, 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.  

“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  

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. Applicants from a BAME heritage background are encouraged.

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 Subject Leader of English via phone or video call or to talk informally with the Deputy Headteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish to visit our website www.wcsch.com to read more about the school. 

Closing date for completed applications: Monday 20 May 2024, midday

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 20 May 2024