Teacher of English
Prendergast School
Lewisham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Inner London MPS / UPR
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Apply by:
- 28 October 2019
Job overview
We wish to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic and ambitious Teacher of English to teach across KS3 to KS5 from January 2020. This post will be offered on a fixed term contract to cover the substantive post holder’s maternity leave. You will be joining a very supportive department that achieves exceptional outcomes for students.
The successful candidate will have the experience and ability to teach across all age and ability ranges: the timetable includes teaching A Level English Literature to both Year 12 and Year 13. You will be an effective classroom teacher with the ability to raise the achievement of all students and be keen to play a full part in the life of the school.
The English Faculty offers English Language, English Literature, Drama and Media and is one of the most consistently successful departments in the school. In 2019, students’ results were outstanding with 93% of GCSE English students achieving Grade 9-4 and with a Progress 8 measure in English of 0.8. A level results are also very strong; this summer, A level Literature students achieved 89% A*- C.
Prendergast School is an Outstanding 11-16 Girls School with a mixed 6th Form of 340 and benefits from being part of the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools. Awarded its third Outstanding OFSTED grading in a row in November 2013, the school has been leading girls’ education in Lewisham for over 125 years.
We are committed to providing excellent CPD for aspirational Middle Leaders and offer the accredited SSAT National Award for Middle Leaders (NAML) to all Middle Leaders. For all new staff we offer a comprehensive and supportive induction programme. The successful candidate will also have access to a rich and varied CPD programme within the school and across the Federation.
You will have the opportunity to work with a forward thinking staff and school leadership team who have students’ wellbeing, development and progress as their core purpose.
To apply, please click here .
Closing date: 9:30am on Monday 28 October 2019
Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 28 October 2019
Please note CVs are not accepted.
The Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all employees are required to have an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Appointment will be subject to qualifications, experience checks and satisfactory references.
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About Prendergast School
- Prendergast School
- Hilly Fields, Adelaide Avenue, Brockley
- London
- SE4 1LE
- United Kingdom
Welcome to Prendergast School. It is an honour and a privilege to be Prendergast School’s eleventh Headteacher and to work with staff, students and families. Staff here are passionate about ensuring the very best opportunities and education for all students. Our motto and ethos is ‘Truth, Honour, Freedom and Courtesy.’ We are all on the same side, working to support all students to excel. We take pride in building strong relationships with students and their families.
We have a long history of providing exceptional education to young people. We were founded in 1880 as Prendergast Grammar School for Girls on a site in Catford provided by the Leathersellers’ Company, which then funded the school’s move to its current site in 1995.
We are now part of the Leathersellers’ Federation of schools, a group of three secondary and two primary schools as well as Prendergast 6th Form. We are very fortunate to be part of the Federation and receive a lot of support from the Leathersellers’ Company, that helps our students succeed.
We are very proud of our last Ofsted judgement of Outstanding in all areas, our third Outstanding judgement in a row. We are described in the most recent report as ‘exceptional’ and having ‘exemplary attitudes to learning’ across the school. We do achieve great academic results at Prendergast School (more information is on the website).
We value our talented and hardworking employees and know that in order to continue to succeed in our aims it is essential for us to support and develop them and ensure we continue to be a great place to work.
With this in mind we offer a number of employee benefits.
Kelly Lovegrove
Headteacher
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