Teacher of English
The Elton High School
Bury
- £25,714 - £41,604 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- 1st January 2022 until 31st August 2022.
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2021
Job overview
The Elton High School, Walshaw Road,
Bury, BL8 1RN.
Required from 1st January 2022 until 31st August 2022.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic Temporary Teacher of English to join our close-knit, supportive and high-performing team. You will work in a department that will value your ideas and creativity. We are committed to nurturing leadership potential, to support your career aspirations. Visits to the school prior to application are encouraged. We welcome applications from both NQTs and experienced teachers alike.
The department consists of 12 teachers, with a range of experience levels and a mixture of full and part time staff. The team works closely together to share planning and resources and to ensure that the workload associated with feedback is reasonable and proportionate. The school also benefits from an HLTA whose exclusive focus is on reading interventions. The English curriculum also includes Oracy and Drama at Key Stage Three and all students follow the Eduqas English Language specification and the AQA English Literature specification at Key Stage Four.
The Elton High School is a significantly oversubscribed school with a tradition of excellence. We have a history of high achievement with results regularly placing us as the highest performing school in Bury LA and amongst the top proportion of schools in the country.
Our most recent Ofsted inspection (February 2017) was a fair and accurate analysis of the fantastic progress made by the school in recent years. The inspection team noted that there is "a culture of high expectations" across the school with "high quality training" enabling teachers to provide top quality lessons as a matter of routine, with staff "focused on improving outcomes for all pupils". The inspectors were particularly impressed with the climate for learning and behaviour of our students, describing Elton as "an orderly and calm place to learn" with students who "enjoy coming to school", are "proud of their school" and are "confident in their learning".
The post is temporary due to pending staffing review.
This is a full-time position on the teacher’s pay spine currently between £25,714-£41,604.
Five years ago, in September 2016, we moved into a brand-new school building – the first new secondary school building in Bury for many decades. This further reinforced the excitement surrounding our school community. We are oversubscribed on an annual basis with over twice the number of applications to the available student limit for each Year 7 intake.
The progress that has been made across the school is not through chance or by accident but is due to a relentless focus on teaching and learning, while developing the talents of an outstanding team of staff.
This is undoubtedly a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate impact in a core subject area, enabling Elton to realise its potential as one of the very best schools in the Greater Manchester area.
The school has excellent transport links with the M60, M61, M62 and M66 Motorways crisscrossing the area plus the Metrolink Light Rapid Transit system with a fast and frequent service from Bury centre through Manchester city centre to East Didsbury.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the DBS.
Please visit our website www.eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk or contact the school 0161-763-1434 for an application pack.
Closing date: 10.00am on Monday 29 November 2021.
About The Elton High School
The Elton High School is a co-educational community secondary school based in Bury, Lancashire, for students aged 11-16. It is a non-denominational school that accommodates approximately 1,000 students in a new building opened in September 2016.
The Elton High School serves the local catchment area of Walshaw/Elton/North Bury and is heavily oversubscribed. It has a stable roll with an annual admission number of 200.
The secondary school's facilities include fully equipped science laboratories and technology rooms, a large sports hall, an activity studio and a multi-media learning resource centre, within a modern, spacious three-storey building.
Headteacher
Jonathan Wilton
Values and vision
Staff and governors of The Elton High School are devoted to contributing to the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, intellectual, creative and physical development of all students. The secondary school aims to achieve this by delivering a curriculum that contributes to student learning, attainment and personal development, and that is broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated, within and beyond the classroom.
Ofsted report
“Consistently good teaching in languages, humanities, art and physical education enables students to achieve well from their starting points. The most able students do well because they are given work that challenges them to achieve their potential. Leaders’ work to improve students’ attendance has been effective. Attendance is above average. Students enjoy coming to school.”
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