Lead Practitioner – English
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie
Kent
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Lead Practitioner Pay Scale: L1 – L6
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 27 March 2020
Job overview
Hugh Christie School is a mixed all-ability school in Tonbridge, Kent, rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in 2017.
We are seeking to appoint a talented and ambitious Teacher of English as a Lead Practitioner. The successful candidate will be an excellent classroom practitioner who is highly motivated and has a real passion for English and for sharing the best range of teaching skills across colleagues in the department.
The school has established a team of Lead Practitioners who are taking an increasing role in developing pedagogy across the school and beyond just their own departments. The successful candidate would be part of this group and be encouraged to train so to be formally accredited as a Lead Practitioner.
This is an excellent opportunity for a forward-thinking colleague who is passionate about training their colleagues, their subject and developing their leadership skills in a supportive and friendly school. The successful candidate would be expected to teach in order to model excellent learning but would also be allocated appropriate non-contact time to be able to support the development of their colleagues.
Hugh Christie recognises pupils can be successful in a wide range of different ways. The school is proud of the wide variety of experiences it provides to its pupils. The school day finishes early on a Friday as well as enjoying an extended half term break in October to support the wellbeing of our staff.
Further information is available on the school’s website www.hughchristie.kent.sch.uk
Alternatively, contact Mrs. N Riddle for a briefing pack on 01732 353544 ext. 242 or nriddle@tonbridgefederation.co.uk
Closing date: 27th March 2020
The college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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About Leigh Academy Hugh Christie
Vision for the School is summarised in the following statement:
• Leigh Academy Hugh Christie is a centre of excellence. The learning experience is engaging, relevant and
personalised.
• We encourage a culture of innovation and change. We are at the forefront in developing the use of information technology as a tool for learning. Each student has the opportunity to achieve their personal highest academic performance.
• We are committed to work with our local community to widen the opportunities for everyone in the locality and beyond. We believe in creating an environment that is friendly, clean and safe.
• We aim to develop strong partnerships with other learning providers to drive forward our programme of improvement and change.
The school has always looked to try new ideas that will improve the learning experience and ensure our students become life long learners. History shows that we have been very successful in implementing innovation into children’s learning, many such innovations have now then been adopted by other schools.
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