Head of English
Westminster Under School
Westminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required for January 2023 (or earlier)
- Apply by:
- 18 May 2022
Job overview
Westminster Under School seeks to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic and dynamic Head of English to play a key role in the leadership of on an already well-respected department.
The successful candidate will have excellent teaching and classroom management skills and will be able to inspire and enthuse our boys. They will be expected to oversee the English curriculum across the School from Year 3 to Year 8, but also to teach in any year group from Year 5 up to Year 8.
In addition, the successful applicant must be willing to participate fully in the various co-curricular activities – both academic and cultural. Applications are welcome from those with experience of teaching across the full range of abilities.
An enthusiasm for the subject, and a creative approach to the delivery of the curriculum are all essential for this role.
English at the Under School has a high-profile status. Boys across all year groups enjoy reading and the discussion of ideas that it encourages – at breaktime and lunchtime the library is full and boys find any moment they can throughout the day to read.
About the School
Westminster Under School has been in existence since 1943, providing an independent preparatory education for boys aged 7 to 13.
Since 1981, the Under School has been situated in Vincent Square, Westminster, overlooking the School’s playing fields. Our central London location is a huge asset, adding a significant cultural dimension to the education of our 285 boys.
Ultimately, Westminster Under School is a busy, passionate and purposeful place, where boys greatly enjoy the activities of learning and are given the support and guidance they need to develop as intelligent, compassionate and inquisitive individuals.
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Application deadline: 12.00pm, on Wednesday 18 May 2022.
Interviews begin: Week commencing Monday 23 May 2022.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
Westminster Under School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About Westminster Under School
Westminster Under School is a great environment for happy and purposeful pupils. Our aim is to produce well-rounded individuals with a love of learning and an enthusiasm for life. We expect the boys to be hard working and active participants in their lessons, but we place equal importance on the boys embracing extra-curricular activities at the School.
We want our pupils to enjoy their time at School and we believe that one of the best ways to achieve this is by providing stimulating, challenging lessons. The boys are encouraged to think for themselves, to engage fully in classroom discussions and to take pride in their work. We aim to foster a love of learning in all our pupils and a love of teaching in those who educate them.
Westminster Under School is a day school with approximately 260 pupils aged between 7 and 13. The Under School was founded in 1943 in the precincts of Westminster School in Little Dean’s Yard, just behind Westminster Abbey. The 17 boys with whom it began rapidly became 60 in number and by 1950 there were 80 boys in the Under School. The boys had to compete for space with the senior school pupils who had returned from evacuation at the end of the war, but in 1951 the Under School acquired its own premises in Eccleston Square. Numbers of pupils continued to rise during the 1960s and 1970s and in 1981 the School moved once again to its present site overlooking the Westminster playing fields in Vincent Square.
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