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DCL English with responsibility for KS5 (TLR2b)

DCL English with responsibility for KS5 (TLR2b)

Thomas Tallis School

Greenwich

  • £32,157 - £50,935 per year
  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Salary:
MPS/UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2021
Apply by:
16 March 2021

Job overview

Thomas Tallis is a flourishing and popular school situated in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. We currently have over 2000 pupils on the school roll with around 600 students in our highly competitive sixth form.  We strive for excellence in all that we do underpinned by our vision of education to understand the world and change it for the better.

We wish to appoint an outstanding Deputy Curriculum Leader of English with responsibility for KS5 to join a well-established, well-resourced and successful faculty.  The department is committed to the development of powerful knowledge through innovative and creative curriculum development and disciplinary pedagogy.  You will be working alongside a team of experienced members of staff in a department with great teaching.

We are looking for someone who:

• is passionate about English with the ability to inspire students

• can demonstrate excellent teaching and classroom management skills

• demonstrates adaptive teaching strategies to meet the needs of all students from SEN to MAL

• has the ability to build good relationships with all students and adults

• has a commitment to developing curriculum activities within the faculty 

• will actively engage with extra-curricular opportunities within the department


We can offer you:

• staff who are supportive, committed to their own professional development and to improving outcomes for the students here

• an excellent physical environment with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure

• a school with humane management principles committed to your professional development

• an opportunity to take on additional responsibilities within the department for suitable candidates.


Thomas Tallis School has adopted the Framework for Ethical Leadership in Education. This means that we try to behave in a principled and correct manner in everything we do. Schools and colleges serve children and young people and help them grow into fulfilled and valued citizens. As role models for the young, how we behave as leaders is as important as what we do. We therefore behave with selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.  We demonstrate trust, wisdom, kindness, justice, service, courage and optimism. 

If you are passionate about providing young people with a safe, supportive environment in which to ensure their success, we want to hear from you.   Download an application pack from the school’s website or you can request one by contacting the HR Department via e-mail: HR@thomastallis.org.uk. 

Application forms can also be returned to HR via email. 

 Application closing date:        17 March 2021

Interview and assessment:   22 March 2021 (tbc)


Thomas Tallis School is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and procedures that seek to minimise risk and continuously promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.  All posts within the school are subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age



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About Thomas Tallis School

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+44 20 8856 0115

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Located in Kidbrooke, south-east London, Thomas Tallis School is a large co-educational secondary school providing places to pupils aged 11-18. The school was originally founded in 1971. In 2012 it moved into a brand-new purpose-built building on the site of a former airfield. 

With capacity for around 2,000 students, Thomas Tallis is larger than the average secondary school. It operates a large sixth form, welcoming students who have come up through Thomas Tallis School, as well as pupils from other schools in the local area.   

Headteacher 

Ms Carolyn Roberts   

Values and vision 

Thomas Tallis School encourages its students to be kind, honest, fair, respectful and optimistic. The secondary school is proud of its diversity and encourages acceptance of all faiths and belief systems. Teachers deliver Character Education, which supports students to develop their own independent moral compass, and to understand the importance of their education and the value of hard work.   

Ofsted report 

“Students make good progress during their time in the school so that they achieve well in their GCSE examinations. They make outstanding progress in English. Students in the two specialist resource bases make good and often outstanding progress because of the very good support that they receive. Provision is good.” 

View Thomas Tallis School's latest Ofsted report 

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