Teacher of English
Vandyke Upper School
Central Bedfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS with a TLR of up to £4442 available for a suitable candidate.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 25 April 2018
Job overview
Teacher of English
MPS with a TLR of up to £4442 available for a suitable candidate.
REQUIRED FOR SEPTEMBER 2018
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Teacher of English to join our outstanding English Team.
The English Department is an outstanding team consisting of 9 teachers. We have generously sized classrooms, all equipped with projectors and white boards.
The ethos of the team is extremely positive, with a proven track record of outstanding outcomes. We are aspirational, dedicated and innovative in our shared practice. Students at our school value their English lessons; performance in English exceeds national expectations. We continually strive to achieve at the highest level. To this end, planning together and sharing resources is very important to us and contributes to our success.
All students in Year 9 have 7 hours of English teaching per fortnight, which increases to 8 hours in Years 10 and 11.
At A-level, we offer English Language, English Combined, English Literature and Philosophy, all taught by subject specialists, and recruit very well – English is popular! At A2, we have a 100% pass rate in all subjects and we regularly have students leaving us to study Linguistics or Literature at a Russell group university.
The whole school is covered by a wireless network, which enables all teachers to use their school provided laptops in any classroom and allows students to use their own laptops and wifi-enabled devices where this is appropriate within the curriculum. Every student and member of staff has their own e-mail account and full access to the internet and intranet.
The successful candidate will need to be flexible, show initiative and be willing to learn any new skills required to support the ever-changing needs of a modern, rigorous and challenging English curriculum. You will be joining a highly successful team that provides a great deal of support including training opportunities
In return we can offer you:
- the opportunity to work in a thriving school with strong staff/student relationships
- a vibrant and supportive environment with excellent opportunities for career development
- a strong team with a clear vision and ambition for all students
- students who achieve outstanding outcomes (progress 8 for 2017 +0.41)
- excellent facilities including a laptop
Please visit our website at www.vandyke.beds.sch.uk for further information and an online Application Form or 'Apply Now'.
For any enquiries, contact Helen O’Connell at recruitment@vandyke.cbeds.co.uk or 01525 636717.
Closing date: 12 noon on Thursday 26th April 2018
Once we have received sufficient applications the vacancy will close, so if you are interested you are advised to apply immediately. If you are short-listed for interview, details will be sent to you via email to the address provided on your application form. You are therefore advised to check your email on a regular basis.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Attached documents
About Vandyke Upper School
'Everyone Matters'
Staff feel well supported and are supportive of one another*
*Source Annual School Survey Jan 2019
- Vandyke is a good place to work, with high expectations and a caring ethos.
- The support and opportunities for professional development we enjoy at Vandyke is recognised in the award of Investors in People.
- We often find that competition for posts at Vandyke is strong and the experience colleagues’ gain here can be a stepping stone to further promotion.
- Our school has a ‘special atmosphere’ - one that visitors often comment upon. This special atmosphere is based on our emphasis on high quality relationships: staff-to-staff, student-to-student and staff-to-student
- Vandyke is a thriving school, with a growing reputation for excellent teaching and achievement, innovative and inclusive practice, and excellent leadership and management that puts students and learning at the centre.
- Our commitment to high standards and to regularly reviewing, evaluating and improving our practices is recognised in the many awards we hold. We are proud to hold Sportsmark and Artsmark Gold awards, in recognition of our commitment to Sport/PE and our outstanding programme of extra-curricular sport and performing arts activities. We also hold the International School Award, which recognises the depth and breadth of our commitment to the international dimension of our curriculum.
- Facilities at Vandyke are excellent and include recently refurbished and developed areas such as a Theatre, Drama Studio, Dance Studio, Sports Hall, Sports Activity area, Music suite, Café, and Library/Study facilities.
- Facilities for staff include a generous and well-equiped staff room, free and plentiful parking and the ground breaking Vandyke Café that brings the high street café culture into school.
As a successful and popular school, Vandyke was requested by Central Beds local authority to expand to accommodate additional students. This expansion programme has added a further 10 new classrooms and PE changing rooms increasing capacity to 1200 students. A further programme to provide a new Sixth Form centre and 12 new Science Labs is also planned and will bring the number on roll to 1500.
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