English Subject Area Leader/Class Teacher

English Subject Area Leader/Class Teacher - Hannah Ball School

Location: High Wycombe

Overview

Are you ambitious? Do you have drive, energy and determination? If so, then our English leadership role may be the exciting opportunity you have been looking for.

Hannah Ball School is a rapidly improving school, with a shared ambition to build upon the progress made to date. We are a well-resourced school and want to recruit the very best talent. We have a successful track record of mentoring and developing emerging leaders; we can develop your skills, experience and leadership potential.

Visits are warmly encouraged as the potential and culture of our school can only be appreciated by coming to see our school.

Job Title: English subject area leader/ Class Teacher

Term time only: Yes

Salary Type: MPS/UPS

Salary details: MPS/UPS and TLR

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-Time

Closing date: 30/06/2022 12:00

Interviews to be held: W/C 04/07/22

About us

Hannah Ball School is a one form entry primary school in the heart of High Wycombe. Our small and friendly school serves a diverse community and offers a broad, balanced and evolving curriculum.

We are a reflective and forward thinking school with a hardworking and dedicated team of staff, fantastic children and supportive governing body. We have close links with neighbouring primary schools and we actively encourage shared good practice, with an emphasis on high quality continuing professional development. We are seeking an enthusiastic and inspirational person to join our warm and welcoming team.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to take that next step in their career and to demonstrate positive impact on outcomes for children. You will be working within a warm, vibrant and caring school at the heart of its community.

If you are an excellent practitioner, keen to transform children’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.

Our children love their school. It represents a safe, happy and stimulating environment for them. Our school ethos is “Together We Inspire, Aspire and Achieve” and it is integral to the way we organise, work and deliver our curriculum.

For more information about the school and our daily life, please visit our website at www.hannahball.bucks.sch.uk

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to become an English subject lead within the positive, caring and collaborative atmosphere of our school. If you want to transform the life chances of our children and become a lead member of our dynamic, talented and supportive teaching team this might be the role for you. If you are open to being coached by a leadership team who are dedicated to helping you to develop an outstanding career please contact Mrs. Sullivan to arrange a tour of our wonderful school.

About you

Do you have the ambition and determination to secure positive outcomes for our pupils? Do you want to develop your career in a school that fosters excellence and can provide exciting career progression opportunities? Are you an aspiring leader? If you are highly motivated and able to demonstrate excellent classroom practice through creative, challenging teaching, and are able to inspire and empower a team, this may be the role for you. The successful candidate will be key to the development and continuing growth of the school, helping to build upon the vision and values as it continues to grow.

The post is suitable for experienced teachers, looking to take the next exciting step in their career towards leadership. You should be an enthusiastic, inspiring and outstanding classroom practitioner, capable of ensuring that all learning opportunities are challenging and engaging. You should be committed to transforming the life chances of our pupils and determined to take advantage of the excellent career progression that we can offer.

You will need to:

• Be a reflective and proactive practitioner
• Have experience of working within an all-through primary school
• Have a secure understanding of the English curriculum across the primary phase
• Show how you have used data analysis effectively to inform teaching and feed into school improvement
• Have the ability to motivate others and to lead their practice
•  Have experience of managing teams
• Be resilient, positive and have a good sense of humour
• Be ambitious and determined to succeed and secure positive outcomes for our pupils
• Make a positive and lead contribution to our school’s improvement
• Have outstanding behaviour management skills
• Have high levels of drive, energy and integrity

Other information

We strongly encourage you to visit the school to see for yourself the potential that the school could offer you. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

Tel No: 01494 522476

Email: office@hannahball.bucks.sch.uk

Hannah Ball School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expects all staff to share this. Our expectations and standards will be reflected throughout the recruitment process and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.