Assistant Head Teacher – Director of English
Granville Sports College
Derbyshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership L9 – L13
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2017
- Apply by:
- 9 October 2016
Job overview
We wish to appoint a well-qualified and outstanding classroom practitioner who is passionate about their subject and has the skills and experience to be responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the English department in order to:
- Rapidly raise standards of progress and attainment in English.
- Improve the quality of teaching across the department.
- Support the Senior Leadership Team in improving pupil outcomes and promoting a culture of high expectations, exemplary behaviour and mutual respect.
The successful applicant will become part of the school’s Senior Leadership Team and join us on our journey as we take the school to good and beyond. Additional leadership duties will be negotiated based on the successful candidate’s skills and experience.
Further details are available from the school or information can be downloaded from our website, www.granville.derbyshire.sch.uk
Closing date: 10th October 2016 – 4pm
Interviews: 18th October 2016
Granville Sports College is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are a no smoking site.
Due to the nature of the work, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the post holder must have a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure.
Granville Sports College
Burton Road, Woodville
Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
DE11 7JR
Tel: 01283 216765
Head Teacher: Mrs Jo Kingswood BEd(Hons), MA, NPQH
About Granville Sports College
- Granville Sports College
- Burton Road, Woodville, Swadlincote
- Derbyshire
- DE11 7JR
- United Kingdom
Granville Sports College is a co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16, located in Swadincote, Derbyshire.
Granville Sports College received specialised Sports College status in January 2008. The college offers a wide range of GCSEs including EBacc, as well as more practical subjects such as dance and drama.
Several areas of the school are undergoing refurbishment under the Priority Building Programme.
Headteacher
Jo Kingswood
Values and vision
The school’s motto, “The small school with a big heart”, aims to reflect its commitment to maintaining a friendly, respectful and harmonious learning environment for all its pupils. Traditional British values, identified as treating each other with respect, tolerance and courtesy, are promoted in the belief that high expectations of pupil behaviour are the foundation on which school improvement is made.
Alongside a drive to support every pupil in the ambition and determination to achieve academic excellence, the school seeks to ensure pupils feel safe, valued, listened to and welcomed for the diverse contribution they make to school life.
Granville aims to help and encourage pupils to make a positive contribution to their community, taking every opportunity to be involved in joint events and projects.
Ofsted
“Leaders ensure that all students have an equal opportunity to succeed and that there is no discrimination. They have established an atmosphere of mutual respect and tolerance within the school and encourage students and to take care of each other. They have been particularly successful in enabling students to develop leadership skills.”
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