English Teacher
King Solomon Academy
Westminster
- £35,000 - £50,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Ark MPS/UPS (Inner London)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 4 February 2022
Job overview
Develop as an exceptional English Teacher at King Solomon Academy
We are looking for an individual with a genuine passion for teaching English at King Solomon Academy and a belief in the potential of every child and that through hard work all pupils can access and benefit from a university education.
KSA is a rare example of a genuinely all-through school, with one curriculum, culture, staff body and leadership team supporting our pupils’ journey from nursery to university. Our approach to English is exceptionally successful. We prioritise fostering a love of reading in Primary and early Secondary so that pupils arrive to the study of literature with a genuine passion for reading and learning. We devote time and capacity to ensuring mastery of all aspects of language so that pupils are confident expressing themselves in any context. Our methodology has led to consistently impressive KS4 outcomes. Every year for the last seven years our English progress has been in the top 1% of all schools. In our last published results in 2019, we achieved 51% 7 or above and 90% 5+ in English Literature. At A-Level, we achieved 100% A*-C and our English Literature A-level course is passionately studied by a group of committed sixth form students who are currently on track for very high grades.
We are also proud of all the other achievements our pupils have made which are not captured by these grades: their performances in the Speak Out Challenge, in Twelfth Night as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, their confidence in writing personal statements that gain them access to the top universities in the country.
This role represents the opportunity for an English teacher to immerse themselves in a highly developmental environment and achieve true greatness in their teaching.
To apply, and to see more information about the school and this role please visit http://kingsolomonacademy.org/current-vacancies. The deadline is 11am on Friday 4th February 2022. To discuss the role, please feel free to email the Principal’s PA, Shaheen Riaz (s.riaz@kingsolomonacademy.org) or phone on 02075636901.
Job Description: English Teacher
Start date: September 2022
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Ark MPS/UPS (Inner London)
The Role
To provide outstanding teaching & learning to ensure exceptional progress of their students.
Key responsibilities
• Prepare, deliver and assess learning to a high standard, ensuring great outcomes.
• Provide a nurturing classroom and school environment that helps students to develop as learners
• Helping to maintain/establish discipline across the whole academy
• Contribute to the effective working of the Academy
Outcomes and activities
Teaching and Learning
• To teach engaging and effective lessons that motivate, inspire and transform pupil attainment.
• With direction from the Head of English, assist in the creation and development of challenging and innovative schemes of work which are inspiring for learners and teachers alike.
• Use regular, measurable & significant assessments to monitor progress and set targets.
• Respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring.
• Ensure that all students achieve at chronological age level or, if well below level, make significant and continuing progress towards achieving at level.
• Maintain regular and productive communication with parents, to report on progress, sanctions and rewards and all other communications.
• To develop an exciting and motivating extra-curricular and enrichment offer including university links, trips and residentials.
• For candidates who demonstrate that they are ready to do so, the opportunity to coach and develop other members of staff.
Academy Culture
• Help create a strong academy community, characterized by consistent, orderly, caring and respectful relationships
• Help develop a small school culture and ethos that is utterly committed to achievement
• Class teacher (teachers will usually be required to perform the role of form teacher / class teacher):
o Create and sustain a positive class culture
o Care for each pupil as an individual and ensure that they succeed academically and develop emotionally and socially
o Hold each pupil to account in every aspect of their school life by maintaining frequent phone/email contact with parents
Other
• Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Principal.
Person Specification: English Teacher
Qualification criteria
• Qualified to degree level and above
• Qualified to teach in the UK
• Right to work in the UK
Experience
• Experience of raising attainment in a challenging classroom environment
Skills and attributes
We are looking for these skills and attributes or at the very least, a clear, demonstrable capacity to develop them organised around our four school values:
“Aiming high”
• Prepares for success with excellent organisational skills
• Works hard to achieve goals
• Never gives up on ourselves, our teammates or our mission
• Willingness to play a full part in school life and go above and beyond to ensure success
• High energy and driven by a ‘whatever it takes’ attitude.
“Working together”
• Works effectively as part of a team
• Seeks out opportunities to build on own and others’ strengths and helps others to be better through a culture of clear, kind feedback
• Makes a strong contribution to assessments and child-led planning
“Being kind”
• Able to create a safe, happy and successful environment for everyone in our community
• Shows gratitude
• Takes care of others
• Exhibits pride in achievements of self and others
“Leading the way”
• Has a passion for working with children
• Is a positive role model to others
• Is brave
• Shows initiative
• Feels passionate about creating a better future.
Other
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
About King Solomon Academy
King Solomon Academy is an all-through school for 3 - 18 year olds in Lisson Grove.
Pupils and their immense potential are at the heart of the academy. They live and work by the philosophy that there are no excuses and no short cuts to success, and promote excellence in every aspect of academy life.
Aims, Vision and Values
Our mission is to provide our pupils with a rigorous and transformational education which prepares them for success at university and beyond. We ensure that every pupil achieves academic success and has the real option of going to university. We want to make university education something which is accessible, exciting and aspirational. We believe our pupils work hard towards this goal because we make it real for them. We name our classes after well-known university cities and we name each year group by the year in which they will graduate from sixth form. We run residential trips to universities to open their eyes to the opportunties that university study can deliver.
In order to make our dreams for our pupils a reality, we foster values and approaches that transform the lives of our pupils. At the heart of our approach is that we are an all-through school with a thriving nursery provision. We believe in investing in knowing our pupils and their families extremely well, and we prioritise our pupils making extraordinary progress in the early years of their education. This sense of long-term commitment is core to our approach.
We have high expectations for all of our pupils, and believe that with great teaching and a lot of love and care, every child here can fulfil their potential.This both warm and strict approach means pupils feel safe and secure in the school but also confident to contribute to the future of the school and their community.
Long term, we aim to play our part in removing the educational disadvantage currently experienced by those born into economic deprivation our country. We strive to create role models and leaders in our community and through them to create a safer, fairer, and happier society.
Our vision
High expectations We are climbing the mountain to university
Excellent teaching We love teaching and learning and place it at the heart of all our work.
A rigorous and transformational curriculum Our all-through curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to ensure that our pupils have a journey from nursery to university
Exemplary Character Our focus on high quality relationships creates a powerful culture which ensures that our pupils develop exemplary behaviour and character.
A long-term commitment to every pupil As one of a handful of all-through schools with consistent cohorts of children across primary and secondary, we are able to develop a unique team and family orientated culture which ensures that each of our pupils and families are known and cared for as individuals.
Investment in our team We choose to work at KSA because we know we will work together to address educational inequality.
Efficient and effective organisation We carefully organise the operational and educational activities in our school to maximise our collective impact and make our work sustainable.
Specialisms
Like all Ark academies, King Solomon Academy has a maths specialism. Proficiency in maths is essential in every sphere of adult life, so we invest in the resources to attract and train the best maths teachers. We aim to produce confident and proficient mathematicians. We will ensure that pupils acquire skills as early as possible. We will help every student to maximise their skills and qualifications and offer those with particular ability the chance to accelerate their achievement in maths and further maths.
King Solomon Academy is a music specialist school. We chose music as a specialism because it is fun and inspiring and can involve every pupil. We believe that being part of the KSA orchestra will create a great sense of shared identity as well enabling our pupils to benefit from the known academic, intellectual and social advantages of musical training.
Ofsted
King Solomon Academy was inspected by Ofsted in May 2013 and was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. You can read the full report here.
Among the points highlighted by the Inspectors in the academy's first full inspection report since opening, they say:
“King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praise KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence."
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