Head of English/Second in English
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Marlow
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive • TLR (dependent on experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required for September 2019
- Apply by:
- 6 February 2019
Job overview
If you are passionate about teaching English, would enjoy extending and enriching the English experience of able, enthusiastic students and are eager to lead a team of experienced and dedicated colleagues then this may be the leadership role for you.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a dynamic and creative approach to teaching, a passion for the subject and the necessary skills and vision to enhance further the excellent teaching and learning within the department.
You will be responsible for leading and managing a team of experienced and dedicated teachers, and have the ability to provide clear, effective guidance to colleagues, developing their teaching practice as well as maximising standards of student attainment.
Heavily oversubscribed, the school has an excellent academic record at both GCSE and A Level. Students study English at Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group Universities.
Our English Department is a vibrant learning environment with student-led Academic Societies, large numbers of students completing EPQs and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities embracing creative writing, wider reading clubs and some excellent theatre and creative writing trips.
For an application form please visit www.swbgs.com and click on Job Vacancies or email asummerfield@swbgs.com for more information.
Applications submitted via email should be sent to Mrs Anna Summerfield at asummerfield@swbgs.com
Closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 6th February 2019, any early applications will be considered as they arrive.
From September 2020, the children of staff with two or more years service, will be given priority in the oversubscription criteria in the admissions policy.
The school is fully committed to the DCSF guidance on Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education and all candidates for the post will therefore be subject to vetting procedures following Buckinghamshire County Council's guidance on Safer Recruitment and Selection in Schools.
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About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- West Street, Marlow
- Buckinghamshire
- SL7 2BR
- United Kingdom
About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School:
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in the attractive Thames-side town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Founded in 1624 and still based on the original site, we are proud of our heritage as we approach our 400th birthday and excited to be inspiring and empowering the aspirations of our students today. Borlase is forward-looking; in 2019 we were awarded World Class School status from High Performance Learning for our innovative practice and received a government grant of over £2million to develop further our excellent facilities. We have a motivated staff of subject specialists who enjoy sharing their expertise with committed and engaged students. As a Teaching School, we have a particular strength in developing our teachers through a research-engaged professional development programme.
Headteacher
Ed Goodall.
Vision and Values
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is committed to being an inspirational learning environment for students and staff, empowering young people to fulfil their aspirations and ambitions; supporting them in developing the confidence to shape their own futures and in so doing, the future of the world around them.
Our values today are captured in the school motto, adopted by those early scholars back in 1624. Te Digna Sequere - Follow things Worthy - is a principle that underpins the distinctive ethos of the school. It reminds us all that we should have a clear moral purpose behind the choices we make; that we should value all individuals within a supportive community and that we have the potential to use our different talents to make a positive difference at Borlase and beyond.
The Borlase Curriculum provides a breadth and depth of academic learning and cultural experience to excite and extend all our students. It is rich in knowledge and in opportunities to develop creativity, instilling a life-long enthusiasm for learning. Our curriculum is delivered by passionate, specialist teachers who encourage aspiration, intellectual curiosity and the exploration of their subject disciplines inside and beyond the classroom, as independent thinkers and learners. It includes a broad range of super and extra-curricular opportunities which ignite and extend students' interests, enthusiasm and skills across a wide range of endeavours including those linked to academic subjects, to sports, the arts, engineering, AI, public speaking, creative writing, entrepreneurism and so much more.
Ofsted
"This is an outstanding school. The headteacher and senior leadership team have the very highest of expectations and have developed an inspirational learning culture which is embraced by both staff and students. Teaching and achievement are of the very highest quality and students take responsibility for their own learning.”
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