English and Media Teacher
Chessington School
Kingston upon Thames
- £29,915 - £45,766 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Teachers Main Payscale or Upper Payscale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2021
- Apply by:
- 18 May 2021
Job overview
Students at Chessington School love English and Media!
This is an excellent opportunity to teach in a forward-thinking, well-resourced and supportive department. We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, inspiring and ambitious English and Media
The ideal candidate will have excellent subject knowledge and be able to demonstrate well planned lessons that will achieve outstanding outcomes for your students. You will have high expectations for all and be committed to raising achievement. This is a unique opportunity to join a community of staff striving to create a truly great comprehensive school.
Ideal candidates will:
- Love English and Media in all their forms
- Be an excellent English and Media teacher who inspires and engages within the classroom. Equally, you will be willing to provide a wide range of opportunities outside of the classroom.
- Be a valued member of the English team and play a key role in raising standards.
- Have demonstrable evidence of great classroom management.
- Be passionate about developing your own practice.
- Communicate effectively to staff, students and parents.
- Provide an appropriately broad, balanced, and relevant and differentiated English and Media curriculum which is accessible for all
The successful candidate:
- will champion all of our young people
- is passionate about the importance of education for all children
- refuses to accept that disadvantage or SEND should limit ambition or potential
- is consistently an outstanding practitioner with a positive work ethic
- is student centred and progress focused
- stays solution based
- is reflective, with a constant drive to improve
- is a versatile professional who is flexible in their operational and strategic outlook
Why work at Chessington:
- Our students are wonderful. They love the school, their teachers and learning.
- £30 million state of the art modern facilities in an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ school
- Fantastic support from line managers and SLT who genuinely want to see you succeed and thrive.
- Excellent opportunities for career progression and professional development in a successful family of schools within the Every Child Every Day Trust
- A school dedicated to well-being. Increased length of October Half Term, workload reducing feedback strategies, Free gym membership, onsite childcare and more.
Here’s what our teachers say
“I have been at this school for 9 years and I love it! It gets better and better each year without losing the supportive and caring environment” Middle Leader
I am in my NQT year. The CPD, support and commitment I get has been overwhelming. I made the right choice” Newly Qualified Teacher
“This is the best school I have ever worked at.” Deputy Headteacher
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About Chessington School
I am incredibly proud to be the Headteacher at Chessington. This is a school with a rich past and such a bright future; one where Great things happen for young people each day.
We have made swift strides in recent years and are now considered a national ‘High performing School’. We have done this by instilling pride in our students and making them ambitious for their futures. Each child is valued, each day considered a vast opportunity and each moment is focussed on their success. Whomever takes on this role will need to be someone who values student wellbeing but knows that this is achieved through the very highest expectations, consistency and drive each day as a leader in the school.
The right person for this role will demonstrate passion for teaching both inside and outside of the classroom. Our students love learning and we want someone that will further fuel the fires of their passions for their subjects. Our students deserve the widest and most varied cultural experiences.
We are ambitious for the future of the school and are moving forward fast. Now judged Good by Ofsted with a number of Outstanding features such as Leadership and our Options subjects, we want to become a Great school in the next two years. This means we continue a rigorous focus on standards, a forensic approach to outcomes and of course a holistic understanding of the needs of every child that walks through our doors. The ideal candidate for this role will share this focus and will, each day, want the very best for the young people of Chessington.
Every member of staff is hugely valued. When joining us you will join a culture where we keep striving to be better each and every day. We will support your career development through internal CPD programs, mentoring, coaching and through a range of external programs including Masters in Education or Middle and Senior Leadership development programs. NQTs will be very well supported and developed through our teaching school program. Rest assured each day here the highest of learning and teaching practice will be expected but you will supported and given time so that you can deliver a Great experience to each of our students.
I look forward to meeting you and to welcoming you on our journey to becoming a truly Great school.
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