Head of English
Westbourne House School
West Sussex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 7 April 2020
Job overview
The Role
Communication and literacy are key life skills. Through the English curriculum, we help children to develop the knowledge and confidence that will enable them to communicate effectively and creatively with a diverse range of people.
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, well-qualified and inspirational teacher with a proven track record to lead this highly successful Department. We are looking for a well-educated English graduate who will encourage a love of literature and inspire creativity in all our pupils. You will be dedicated to, and have a passion for English. You will take the lead in the teaching of this core subject throughout the school, maintaining the current high standards and, all the while, seeking to build on the myriad successes.
As Head of English, you will have the vision and capacity to ensure that language and literature are alive in our classrooms. Beyond the classroom, the school calendar has a plan of all activities over the academic year, including author visits, which the successful candidate will be responsible for organising. As part of the position, you will manage the School Librarian who will help to promote the role of the library at school.
This role can be attached to that of Houseparent or, alternatively, there may be the possibility of staff accommodation on site in return for boarding duties. Westbourne House creates a safe, supportive and fun boarding environment for children to help them develop into caring, self-reliant and confident individuals. As a Houseparent, you will be responsible for the overall running of a boarding house including waking the boarders in the morning, supervising them at mealtimes and bedtime routine. Boarding duties may include the running of a range of activities such as art, cooking and games. Please indicate on the application form if this is of interest.
You will teach a range of year groups and will be expected to contribute to the Games programme at the school.
We can offer:
- A strong, supportive staff team committed to raising standards
- Competitive salary
- Pension Scheme
- Discretionary school fee discount
- Use of the school's facilities
- Employee Assistance Programme
Closing date: 8th April 2020
We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. For this reason, early applications are appreciated.
Please apply by completing the application form. CVs may be attached, but not in place of the application form. Please return completed applications to Robyn Aubrey at hr@westbournehouse.org
About Westbourne House School
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- Westbourne House School
- Coach Road, Shopwyke, Chichester
- West Sussex
- PO20 2BH
- United Kingdom
Westbourne House is situated just to the east of Chichester in beautiful grounds of over 100 acres. There are approximately 380 boys and girls, aged 2½ -13. Most children go on to major Public Schools across the South.
The school enjoys outstanding facilities. Teaching is extremely well resourced with excellent teaching rooms, the majority equipped with interactive whiteboards; there are also sets of laptops which can be booked for class-based work. There are rooms for Art, Ceramics, ICT, Design Technology and Food Technology, a separate Science block and Music School, as well as a modern, 300 seat theatre/assembly hall. The School also has a large (30 acre) lake on the north boundary for kayaking.
Academic standards are high, with consistently outstanding Common Entrance results together with an excellent scholarship record; last year no fewer than 36 awards and scholarships to senior schools were won across a range of disciplines, totalling 140 over the last five years.
Westbourne House uses the High Performance Learning philosophy to guide all pupils in becoming good learners. The school believes that all pupils have the potential to perform at the highest level regardless of their current performance level. The Advanced Cognitive Performance Characteristics (ACPs) and Values, Attitudes and Attributes (VAAs) of HPL are the “thinking” and “behaviour” characteristic and these are delivered specifically and systematically throughout the curriculum.
The Music and Drama departments also excel consistently: all children are involved in school productions, a large number are members of school choirs and there are regular concerts.
Saturday school consists of sports matches, as well as optional enrichment activities, such as kayaking and coding.
There is a wide variety of sport on offer, and a large number of teams represent the school most Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. As well as extensive playing fields, there is a 25-metre swimming pool, dance studio, sports hall, squash courts and a full-sized astro-turf pitch.
There are around 100 boarders, many of whom board for two or three nights in one of seven houses on the school grounds. The school offers full time boarding allowing the children to further enjoy the beautiful facilities and grounds the school has to offer.
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