Teacher of English
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Bury Grammar School
Bury, Lancashire
- Expired
- Salary:
- The starting salary will be dependent on experience and will be commensurate with such a role in a large Independent day school.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 3 April 2018
Job overview
Teacher of English
From September 2018, we are seeking to appoint an inspiring and enthusiastic Teacher of English to join our friendly and successful department. The successful candidate will be an outstanding teacher, passionate about their subject, and willing to contribute to the wider life of a busy independent day school.
The English department at Bury Grammar School is a thriving team of ten members of staff, including the Head of Department. We work together to nurture excellent results from the young people we teach: in 2017 our students achieved exceptional standards in the new GCSE and A level specifications, with over 25% of pupils achieving at least one grade 9 at GCSE. We are committed to enabling our students to benefit from the very best standards of teaching and are proud of our departmental culture of collaboration. Beyond the classroom, the department offers a wide range of opportunities for girls and boys to develop their love of English. We organise theatre trips and screenings, author visits and much-anticipated National Poetry Day and World Book Day celebrations. Alongside events, we run a broad range of extracurricular clubs, from our literary Senior Book Club to Year 7 debating club, Scrabble club and our very own annual book award. At an exciting time for our school and department, we look forward to welcoming a dedicated and passionate teacher to our successful team.
The English department work closely with the Drama department and students are also able to study GCSE Drama and A Level Drama and Theatre Studies. Some members of the English department also teach Drama. We also work closely with the School’s librarians and in Year 7 pupils have a dedicated library period taught by the librarian.
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About Bury Grammar School
Bury Grammar School is situated in the heart of Bury, Lancashire and is widely recognised as one of the top independent schools in the North West of England. Currently there are over 1270 girls and boys on roll.
Our School is a family of independent, selective, day schools for girls and boys aged 3 to 18, which combine a strong tradition of academic excellence with the best in modern educational practice. The School has a long and rich history of excellence extending back 450 years and our staff, pupils and alumni are proud of the School’s long-standing traditions. Our modern, inclusive School community welcomes students and staff from different faiths and cultures. It is the blend of the School’s traditions along with our modern ethos that is a source of great enrichment for the whole community and is what makes the School so special.
Every one of our pupils benefits enormously from belonging both to a small school, where they are known and nurtured as an individual, while at the same time being part of our BGS family of Schools which is able to offer a huge variety of educational experiences and an excellent learning environment. Through our unique blend of single-sex education from ages 7-16 and co-education in our Pre-School, Infant School and Sixth Form, we offer the ‘best of both worlds’ for our pupils at every stage of their educational journey. Our vibrant and rigorous curriculum is designed to engage and challenge our pupils whilst fostering an intellectual curiosity, which translates into impressive academic performance.
The School is led by our Principal, Jo Anderson, who is supported by a strong and dynamic senior management team and dedicated Board of Governors. We are a member of the Girls’ School Association (GSA) and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and have been rated ‘excellent’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
One of our key strategic objectives is to maintain, recruit, nurture and develop first class teaching and support staff. You can be sure that as an employer we are focused on creating an outstanding workplace for all our staff so that we can attract, retain and engage talented individuals who have a desire to transform the lives of others.
A successful education is very much about team work and every member of staff at Bury Grammar School recognises that together we have the opportunity to change our pupils’ lives. Whether this is part of our fantastic catering team who provide our pupils with nutritious meals, our dedicated estates team who maintain our beautiful grounds or as a member of our inspiring teaching staff, everyone has an important part to play.
Join BGS and make a difference.
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