English Teacher with Drama
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Bexley
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- Expired
- Salary:
- £28,355-£44,541 (Outer London M1-UPR3)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/20
- Apply by:
- 29 January 2020
Job overview
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School is looking to appoint an excellent Teacher of English with Drama with effect from 1 September 2020. The successful candidate will join an excellent English Department and be expected to teach across the ability range and up to GCSE. The Drama Department has recently benefited from a new yet highly experienced and ambitious Head of Department. Before Christmas, the school put on its first play which was challenging, well supported and very warmly received. The successful candidate will be innovative, creative, flexible, personable and inspire and motivate our students to make excellent progress and achieve outstandingly in both English and Drama.
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School is a small Catholic comprehensive school for boys aged 11 – 16 in the London Borough of Bexley. The school’s ethos and vision is that every member of our school community is a unique and special creation of God.
Our recent full Ofsted inspection (January 2019) judged the school to be a good school and said that the values we hold ‘…are evident in the safe and welcoming community the school has become.’ They also said that ‘Warm and positive relationships are a strong feature..’ and this includes the parent body who when questioned by Ofsted ‘…are extremely positive about the school’ and ‘Virtually all respondents would recommend (the school) to other parents.’
St Columba’s 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. The school is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.
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 successful candidate will be required to also complete the CES Application Form
Interviews will be held across Monday and Tuesday 3 and 4 February 2020.
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About St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
- St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
- Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath
- Kent
- DA6 7QB
- United Kingdom
St Columba’s Catholic Boys’ School is a mainstream, Catholic secondary school in Bexleyheath, Kent. This state academy caters to boys aged 11 to 16 and has approximately 800 students.
St Columba’s Catholic Boys’ School was founded on 7th May 1973. The lower and upper schools were combined in June 1990. In 2005, £5 million was spent on building the new John Paul II teaching block, which included a new sports hall. Since September 2006, the school has had specialist status in performing and visual arts. It has its own theatre and has achieved the Artsmark Gold award.
St Columba's Catholic Boy's School is proud to be part of the South East London Catholic Academy Trust (www.selcat.org.uk)
Headteacher
Dave Evans
Vision and values
St Columba’s Catholic Boys’ School aims to be an inclusive place of learning for everyone. It wants every member of the school community to feel unique, cared for and valued for their contributions. Teachers strive to challenge and support every student to reach their full potential. They work hard to get boys to actively participate in classes and to maintain a safe environment for every child to learn in. Equality is at the heart of the school’s values.
The extra-curricular activities available are varied and range from film club and basketball to choir and rugby.
Ofsted report
“The good curriculum meets the needs and aspirations of most students successfully. Through partnership work with businesses, professionals and other agencies, as well as the varied in-school activities, students have opportunities to develop a range of skills that help them prepare well for their futures.”
View St Columba’s Catholic Boys’ School’s most recent Ofsted report
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