Teacher of English
The Island Free School (IFS)
Isle of Wight
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 31 March 2023
Job overview
The Island Free School is an extremely successful and popular secondary school based in Ventnor. Our school is highly academic and all pupils follow the English Baccalaureate, with GCSE programmes of study in all subject areas. The school, which was created by parents and teachers, opened to year 7 pupils in 2014 and we are now at capacity with 625 pupils across 5 year groups. Our model has proved very popular with Island families and we continue to be over-subscribed.
Since opening, we have built a highly effective team of teachers and support staff with a shared passion to create an extraordinary school for Island families. Our school currently has a specialism in music and all pupils are given free music tuition and instruments in key stage 3. From September 2023 we are expanding our specialism to encompass all performing arts offered at our school. At the end of each day all pupils and staff engage in a wide range of creative and sporting activities as part of our enrichment programme.
We have been rated Good with Outstanding personal development, behaviour and welfare by Ofsted in our first inspection and we encourage you to read our Ofsted report.
We seek to appoint an enthusiastic Teacher of English to join our exceptional team and help to ensure we meet the expectations of our pupils, their families and staff.
This is a teaching post and the successful applicant will hold QTS and be able to offer quality teaching in English with the ability to deliver a second subject in another area of our curriculum offer being advantageous.
The successful candidate can expect a balanced teaching load, high quality professional development, potential for career advancement, a competitive salary and the opportunity to enjoy coming to work each day.
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About The Island Free School (IFS)
The Island Free School is a mixed, non selective, non denominational secondary school (without sixth form) based in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. It is a free school supported by a single academy trust, set up by experienced teachers, parents and members of the local business community.
The school opened in 2014 in response to poor academic results on the Island and has proved popular with parents, being oversubscribed in all year groups.
The school is smaller than average offering 125 places in each year group, and reached capacity at 625 pupils in September 2018. The school has an excellent pupil to staff ratio and teachers have the opportunity to get to know every pupil.
Headmaster
Mr. Steph Boyd
Values and vision
We raise expectations and encourage independent thinking
· Pupils follow an academic curriculum built around the English Baccalaureate enhanced by sports, creative and community activities.
· As a music specialist school, everyone has the opportunity to play an instrument.
· Our pupils feel valued and proud to be part of the learning community.
· We expect pupils to work hard and behave in an exemplary way.
· We provide unrivalled teaching, resources and pastoral care.
· Small class sizes give each teacher the opportunity to get to know every pupil.
· All our teachers are passionate about learning. Staff are our most valuable asset and we ensure that they feel valued and supported.
That’s why our motto is 'nulli secundus' Latin, meaning ‘second to none’.
We are an Island school for Island families, giving parents a real choice for their child’s education.
Ofsted
Our school was inspected in June 2017 and is rated Good in all areas with Outstanding personal development, behaviour and welfare.
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