Curriculum Leader for English, Languages, Drama and Music
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The Swanage School
Dorset
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main Scale/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 19 April 2021
Job overview
Curriculum Leader for English, Languages, Drama and Music.
Dates: closing date for applications: Monday 19th April 2021
interviews: Tuesday 27th April 2021
starting date: September 2021
Salary: an attractive package, matching national pay scales, plus
£8291 additional allowance to cover CAL duties
Location: Swanage, Dorset
Contract type: full-time
Contract term: permanent
Website: www.theswanageschool.co.uk
Contact details: nickytaylor@theswanageschool.co.uk
A once in a lifetime chance to join us on our journey to making our school outstanding.
The Swanage School opened in September 2013 as a brand new 11-16 comprehensive ‘free’ school. We first opened with just 106 students in years 7, 8 and 9. We are a popular school and now have over 300 students on role across years 7 to 11. Whilst popular we aim to stay small, growing to a maximum of 500 students over the coming years.
Could your inspiring teaching engage and excite our students to achieve in one of England’s finest natural environments?
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding English teacher to join our leadership team as Curriculum Leader for English, MFL, Drama and Music. As a small school each of our four Curriculum Leaders lead a number of subjects and are fully involved with whole-school leadership. It is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to be involved in developing our school and students in meeting the challenges of the 21st century.
The Swanage School has been created on ‘human scale’ principles, which means that strong and genuine relationships – within school, with the local community and with the wider world – are at its heart.
Our vision is to provide an innovative, supportive and forward-facing education to young people and to enable the highest levels of attainment.
The school is genuinely embedded in the community and has forged links with community groups, businesses and charities in the town and beyond. These links have broadened and strengthened the education and life experience of our students.
The successful candidate will be:
• Highly ambitious for their students
• An outstanding teacher
• Able to build the aspirations and confidence of students
• Committed to building an exceptional and caring learning community
We are offering the opportunity to:
• Work with and join a vibrant, motivated team who are value driven and share the same purpose
• Be part of a school at the heart of its community
• Make a real difference to the learning and achievement of young people
• Benefit from a wonderful environment in which to express your passion and make your mark
• Work with a committed Governing Body supported by the wider community
A copy of the advert and application form, is available on our website:
www.theswanageschool.co.uk
If you have any questions about the school or the role or if you would like to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Nicky Taylor on:
nickytaylor@theswanageschool.co.uk or phone 01929 500599
The Swanage School is a Free School with its own terms and conditions that broadly follow National School
Conditions but with the freedom to pay salaries that will attract outstanding teachers.
As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. A DBS check, proof of qualifications and a medical check will be required of the successful applicant.
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About The Swanage School
- The Swanage School
- High Street, Swanage
- Dorset
- BH19 2PH
- United Kingdom
About The Swanage School
The Swanage School is a thriving single-school academy trust in a unique setting on the Jurassic Coast, England’s only natural World Heritage Site, and within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It opened in 2013 as an entirely new 11-16 secondary school founded by the community on behalf of local young people and resides in purpose-built accommodation at the gateway to the town of Swanage.
The School is proud to have quickly built a reputation for excellence in teaching and learning and as a school where every child is known as an individual, can benefit from exciting opportunities, and is nurtured to reach their fullest academic and personal potential.
The School is committed to remaining human-scale with current students on roll of 350 and a tight-knit teaching and support team who ensure that good relationships remain at the heart of everything the School does. The school is very much part of the community and links with community groups and local organisations are extensive.
The Academy Trust overseeing The Swanage School is Education Swanage Ltd, a community co-operative that anyone is welcome to join if they sign up to its ethos and values.
The school was born from a vision of a happy institution which students and staff alike are proud to be part of, that is engaged at all levels with its community and its beautiful surroundings, and where students take responsibility for their learning. Our distinctive approach is perhaps best summed up by our Swanage School 12-point charter:
- Excellence is central to teaching and learning
- It is a pleasure to teach and learn
- Every student’s needs are understood and catered for
- Young people are known and treated as individuals
- Students are able to take responsibility
- All aspects of development are encouraged: intellectual, physical, creative, moral, spiritual and emotional
- All students engage in The Swanage School Challenge curriculum extension programme
- Young peoples’ experiences of school extend into their adult lives
- Behaviour is characterised by mutual respect for others and the environment
- Staff are supported through continuing professional development
- Parents and local residents are welcomed as partners in learning
- Horizons and global awareness are broadened through national and international partnerships
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