Subject Leader for English
Pewsey Vale School
Wiltshire
- £31,750 - £43,685 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main Scale 3/UPS + TLR 2B
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 12 May 2023
Job overview
Are you imaginative, innovative with a passion for inspiring and motivating? if so, we would like to hear from you!
This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced teacher to lead our English team here at Pewsey Vale School.
We are looking for someone to join our English department, who can empower our students to develop their independent thinking and who can interact with our students to motivate to interact with themselves.
About Us
Pewsey Vale School is a small mixed 11-16 comprehensive school catering for students from widely varied backgrounds in the village of Pewsey in the Pewsey Vale of Wiltshire.
We are a fully inclusive school and are passionate about empowering all students to succeed. Our curriculum is underpinned by our core values of:
Respect, Diligence, Integrity, Fearless, Trust and Driven
These values will shape our students into becoming Exceptional, Resilient, Innovative, Aspirational, Yourself, Successful.
The Governing Body are seeking to appoint an English Subject Lead in this ambitious, forward thinking school.
The successful candidate will:
Be an enthusiastic and well-qualified teacher with a passion for English
Be able to teach English to KS3 & KS4
Have a commitment to achieving excellence in English
Plan, develop and implement whole-school and department priorities, including aspects of the school development plan and departmental action plan.
We can offer the successful candidate:
• Enthusiastic, friendly and hardworking students
• A commitment to the health and wellbeing of staff
• A commitment to professional development
A detailed applicant pack can be downloaded from the TES site. See supporting documents.
Main Responsibilities
Plan, develop and implement whole-school and department priorities, including aspects of the school development plan and departmental action plan
Plan and develop department action plans, audits, curriculum overviews and policies
Collaborate with other departments to develop English across the curriculum
Support and mentor teachers in training as requires
Ensure that the regulations and procedures relating to Health & Safety are followed, taking responsibility for the safety, welfare and discipline of students within the learning environment
Support and uphold the schools Core Values
Create a happy, secure and stimulating learning environment
Have a sympathetic understanding of every child’s needs
Have clear aims and objectives for every lesson and communicate them to students
Have well planned, imaginatively introduced which caters for all students needs
Engage in continuous formative and summative assessment, tracking progress of pupils in line with the school’s systems and provide guidance to pupils on next steps in their learning
Maintain student records and report progress to parents, guardians and carers
Ensure high standards of behaviour in line with the school’s behaviour policy
Share talents, skills, ideas and enthusiasm for the benefit of the whole school and be ready to accept responsibilities that extend beyond the classroom
Complete the requirements of the school’s performance management process
Attend to personal professional development to keep abreast of national, local and school initiative and best practice.
Closing date for Applications: Friday 12th May 2023. However, we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications
Interview date: w/c 15th May 2023.
Committed to Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding Children and Diversity. Pewsey Vale School are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
Number on roll 367
Attached documents
About Pewsey Vale School
Pewsey Vale School is a small mixed 11-16 comprehensive school catering for students from widely varied backgrounds in the village of Pewsey in the Pewsey Vale of Wiltshire. Pewsey Vale School is currently in the process of joining Acorn Education Trust and view this as an exciting opportunity.
The Pewsey Vale grounds are shared with a leisure centre and primary school. The village of Pewsey is known for its statue of Alfred the Great and its annual carnival. It also has convenient road and rail access to London.
Headteacher
Neil Pritchard
Values and vision
Pewsey Vale School espouses traditional values of courtesy, honesty and respect. The school is dedicated to serving the community of Pewsey and surrounding areas, and offers students a broad range of activities outside the classroom.
Tolerance and inclusivity are at the heart of the school's ethos. Teachers want every student to leave as a well-rounded individual who has enjoyed and been enriched by their experiences at Pewsey Vale.
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