Head of English
Stantonbury International School
Milton Keynes
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 23 March 2018
Job overview
Stantonbury Internatioal
Head of English
An opportunity exists for an inspirational Head of English. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, tenacious and highly experienced teacher to lead a large faculty into its next stage of development.
Stantonbury International is a large 11-18 school with 1,700 students based in Milton Keynes. We are forging our path to great based on proud traditions, wide horizons and high achievement with our sponsor, The Griffin Schools Trust.
Our successful candidate will be an outstanding practitioner. The role will involve a clear focus on developing outstanding teaching and learning and devising a curriculum which will stimulate and motivate our students to achieve.
You will of course, have a proven track record of improving outcomes for all young people in English, across all ages and abilities and demonstrate the necessary leadership skills to motivate and inspire a large team of committed staff.
This is a demanding job, you will need to be driven, energetic and above all else uncompromising in delivering and sustaining a culture of excellence.
If a challenge excites you, if you are passionate about making a difference to lives of our students and staff we want to hear from you.
Closing date: Friday 23rd March 2018
To apply please send your CV and covering letter to HR@stantonbury.org.uk or HR Office at Stantonbury International School, Milton Keynes, MK14 6BN
Tel. 01908 324 400
Fax. 01908 324 401
Visits to the school are welcomed.
The School is an equal opportunities employer committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students.
An enhanced DBS check is required for the post.
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About Stantonbury International School
- Stantonbury International School
- Purbeck, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes
- Buckinghamshire
- MK14 6BN
- United Kingdom
Stantonbury Campus was planned in the early 1970s as a bold social project which would see students and adults studying together and enjoying shared use with the community of a leisure centre and professional theatre which were funded by Milton Keynes Council.
It opened in 1974, under the Founding Head, Geoffrey Cooksey.
The school has been through some challenging times during the last decade or so. In 2015 the governors looked for a suitable to Trust to join and chose the Griffin Schools Trust with whom they shared values.
The vision that GST proposed to the governors was (and very much remains) of a school whose flourishing future is connected to its proud past in a number of ways:
· A strong emphasis on the Arts and Sports, using the exceptional facilities to promote excellence as well as enjoyment. We promised to increase access to the Theatre and Sports/Leisure Centre for students which had been limited since council funding ceased some 15 years ago.
· A renewed focus on international links which the campus did so well in its early years, hosting whole school staff teams and making return visits to exchange best practice and innovation in community based education.
· A revived and contemporary approach to science, maths, engineering and technology.
We used and added to the governors’ great work in winning STEM funding to secure £22m for a new building at the heart of the school to house STEM subjects. (SIS is the home of the annual Griffin Science Symposium.)
· A 100% achievement mentality (well advanced in the founding GST schools) which will see every student reaching national norms as a minimum
The full realisation of this vision (further described in in Griffin Great Schools) is a long-term project and a great deal of progress has been made in securing infrastructure, improving the estate and introducing the IB Middle Years Programme as the foundation of the curriculum. The school’s name was accordingly changed to Stantonbury International School in September 2017.
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