English Coordinator

Hours/Percentage of Week: 32.5
Weeks per year: 52

At Woodside School, we are at an exciting point of improvement and are seeking to appoint dedicated staff who share our vision and values. We are an all age special school (5-19), catering for children and young people with autistic spectrum disorder and/or moderate learning difficulties. Our school is part of the Belmont Woodside Federation. We have high expectations for all our young people and we strive to ensure that individual needs, interests and abilities are recognised and met. We celebrate difference whilst encouraging curiosity and creativity. We work hard to enable our young people to be independent, resilient and able to make positive life choices, confidently contributing to and being valued by the communities in which they live.

We are seeking to appoint a resourceful and energetic English Coordinator to join our committed leadership team, who will be instrumental in improving our English provision throughout the school.

The successful candidate will:

• Be inspiring and ambitious, capable of ensuring that English is a popular and highly successful subject.
• Enjoy working strategically with others to share and develop best practice.
• Be an excellent classroom practitioner with a track record of raising attainment
• Have excellent subject and pedagogical knowledge

Why choose to join our team?

This is an exciting time to join Woodside School. You will have the opportunity to put your stamp on our English curriculum offer and to make a huge difference in shaping the future or our school. You will play a pivotal role in developing, implementing and evaluating practice across our school, with the support of our dedicated Senior Leadership Team.

To support you in achieving this, we will provide:

• A comprehensive induction and an ongoing extensive CPD programme
• A very supportive SLT who are open to new and exciting ideas and initiatives
• Dedicated leadership and management time to fulfil your role
• Opportunities to develop your leadership skills
• Very small class sizes with high pupil/staff ratio

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages. The school is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.

For further information about the school please visit the school website: www.woodside.bexley.sch.uk

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. To request an application form or for an informal discussion please contact Lisa Wilson on: 01322 358802 or officemanagerwoodside@bwf.education

Closing Date for Applications: Noon on 12th January 2018
Interviews w/c: Monday 22nd January 2018

References will be requested for those short listed ONLY and prior to interview.

Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

Woodside School
Colyers Lane,
Erith DA8 3PB