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Teacher of English

Teacher of English

Sir William Ramsay School

Buckinghamshire

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Salary:
With an R&R £2,000
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
To be confirmed
Apply by:
8 November 2021

Job overview

Full or Part Time - (Maternity Cover)

Fixed for 1 Year 

Are you looking for a role in a school that is keen to support your development, one in which you will be encouraged to stretch yourself and try new initiatives? If so, we would love to show you our school. Set in the Chiltern Hills yet only a 30-minute train ride from central London, Hazelmere is a great place to live and work. Our school is committed to empowering everyone to achieve and our values of Respect, Ambition, Reliability and Resilience drive all that we do.  

This is an exciting time for the school as we are looking for a Teacher of English with a passion to work with young people to drive their success even further. In return, you can expect effective support from our strong leadership team along with a hardworking, talented, and passionate staff body. The role will offer an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to raising standards and improving outcomes for young people.

We are looking for a person who:

  • Has an ambition to improve outcomes for young people 
  • Is commitment to building positive, respectful relationships with students and colleagues 
  • Is reliable, following through on what they say they will do
  • Can display resilience, adapting, learning and growing in the role

In return you will:

  • Receive access to a comprehensive induction and ongoing programme of continuing professional development
  • Have regular line management meetings
  • Work in an environment that prioritise student and staff health and well-being 
  • Have access to free car parking on site

The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity or religion.

Sir William Ramsay is committed to the protection and safety of its students and staff.

A job description and person specification along with the application form are available on our website at www.swr.school.  Please complete the application form and email it to Michelle French (Head’s PA) at mfrench@swr.school    

Closing Date: Monday 8th November 2021

Interviews: Monday 15th November 2021

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About Sir William Ramsay School

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+44 1494 815 211

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Headteachers Welcome

I am delighted to welcome you to Sir William Ramsay School; our vision is quite simply to empower everyone to achieve. We believe in being respectful, ambitious, reliable and resilient at all times.

The school environment is positive, supportive and purposeful so that our students are able to fulfil their potential.   This is due to the huge amount of hard work and dedication of our talented staff, governors and students, and the vital support given by their families. Through teamwork, as a whole school community, we all aspire to and share high expectations.

Our plans this year include significant development in high quality teaching and learning, the introduction of ambitious targets, a focus on developing excellent teaching, meaningful homework and improvements in behaviour for learning.

Clarity, consistency and rigour are central to our plans to ensure that all students feel safe, enjoy learning and make good progress. The best adverts for the school are our students – please visit us to see our school in action.

At Sir William Ramsay School, we are empowering every student to achieve.

Mr P A Ramsey

Headteacher

SEND/Hearing Impaired

We cater for a wide range of Special Educational Needs.  The design of the school allows us to admit students who are statemented for physical difficulties and hearing impairment.  This is an outstanding provision where students are given high quality support.  We also support students with an SEN statement for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties and other educational needs.

Benefits/CPD

We care equally as much about our staff as we do our students by offering a competitive employee benefits package which includes an employer contributory pension, meals provided at all our evening events, use of the gym, school finishes at 3pm each day, employee assistance programme, free tea and coffee and free parking along with being fully supported through our coaching and training programme, recruitment reward system and long service awards, treat Tuesday and so much more.

Our location

We are situated in the village of Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire in the Chiltern Hills, designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and situated close to the M40 and the M25.

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