Teacher of English
Parkside School
Bradford
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 12 June 2016
Job overview
Temporary / Fixed Term 0.6 FTE
Required for September 2016 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
Salary: MPS/UPS
This role is temporary in the first instance due to the promotion of existing members of staff into senior leadership and middle leadership positions
Parkside is a rapidly improving school situated in a rural situation, close to Haworth, West Yorkshire, with good transport links to both Bradford and Leeds. It is a popular and oversubscribed 11 to 18 co-educational school with 1100 students on role. In September 2013, we welcomed our new Headteacher who is both excited and committed to developing Parkside School and making it the good school that both the students and community deserve.
In November 2014, OFSTED commented;
"The Headteacher, newly appointed senior leaders and many middle managers have high expectations. They have made large-scale changes since the previous inspection that are improving teaching and raising achievement…."
"Behaviour around the school is calm and orderly. Students enjoy coming to school and are welcoming to visitors"
"The school’s arrangements to keep students’ safe are good. Students say how well they are supported and cared for and how little bullying takes place"
We are seeking to appoint an ambitious, innovative, and highly skilled English teacher and this would be an ideal role for someone starting out in their teaching career as an NQT or an experienced member of staff looking for a new challenge. The successful applicant will report directly to the Head of Faculty and it is expected they will support the strategic direction and development of the faculty across all areas and exam courses.
The successful applicant will be joining a faculty that has:
- Significantly improved results at Key Stage 4 and key stage 5
- Worked strategically to enhance the progress of its students across all Key Stages
- A dedicated team who are hardworking, enthusiastic and collaborative in their approach to working together
- A supportive environment where staff development is an essential aspect of career development
We are seeking to appoint:
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A teacher with a passion for delivering inspiring and exciting lessons
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A candidate with high expectations of themselves and their students
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An good or outstanding classroom practitioner
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A dedicated colleague who is keen to make a significant contribution to raising the attainment and progress of their students further and to producing successful, independent learners for the future
If you are as excited by this challenge as we are and you think this might be the role for you, please follow the link below for information and an application form.
https://www.hirewire.co.uk/job/70664/
Please apply by completing the application form in full and ensure that this is returned to the Headteacher’s PA Mrs Jill Britton, by the closing date of Monday 13th June 2016 at 09.00am
Applications preferably should be uploaded to the TES/Hirewire site but may be returned to:
Mrs Jill Britton
PA to Mr Andy Taylor
Parkside School
Cullingworth
Bradford
BD13 5AD
Email: jill.britton@parksideschool.net
Telephone: 01535 272752
Fax: 01535 274693
The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Parkside School is an Equal Opportunities Employer
About Parkside School
- Parkside School
- Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford
- West Yorkshire
- BD13 5AD
- United Kingdom
It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Parkside School which recently joined Wellspring Academy Trust who were recently awarded the title of Multi Academy Trust of the year. As such, we are at the start of an exciting journey and we are looking for a like-minded, talented people to join us. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and these values are matched by Parkside School.
Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside. The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery. The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.
We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.
We believe that education is the vehicle for improved outcomes for all. Improved outcomes for all aid the cause of social justice through equity. This is why we are so passionate about what we do. We champion inclusive education, stronger communities and improving life chances. We are passionate about our social purpose: to make a difference. Ethics and values are at the heart of our culture. We have taken the harder path many times in order to remain true to our values. Our organisational thinking, philosophy of education and way of being place people and positive relationships at their heart. We invest in our workforce. We invest in our children and young people. We invest in our communities.
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