Teacher of English
The Summerhill School
Kingswinford
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- Easter 2018
- Apply by:
- 12 March 2018
Job overview
TEACHER OF ENGLISH (MPS) REQUIRED FROM EASTER 2018
Fixed Term Contract to cover Maternity Leave
We are looking to appoint an outstanding English teacher to join our current English team. Governors appointed a new Executive Headteacher in October 2016 and you will be joining the school at an exciting time as we are on a journey to become beyond outstanding.
Do you have the drive, high standards and passion to ensure our students make a real difference to their outcomes and life chances?
Do you possess the following attributes?
- Ability to be an exceptional member of staff with clear capacity and the desire to improve
- Potential to progress in your career
- Possession of a wide range of skills to support our staff, students, parents and community towards excellence
- The skills, experience and ability to gain the confidence of students and staff
- Professional presence, capability and clarity with an excellent demonstration of the ability to motivate and empower
- A clear sense of fun, energy, drive and passion
You will be able to plan and deliver stimulating and challenging lessons whilst setting appropriate and challenging work for all abilities. We are looking for someone who is committed to working with colleagues across the school and who is ambitious for their own professional development.
Applications from NQTs would be welcome, as would applications from more experienced colleagues, who want to work with our lovely children. The school strongly supports the professional development of all staff.
If you would like an informal conversation with Mr Bowkett prior to applying, or to arrange a visit, please contact Miss K Stone by emailing kstone@summerhill.dudley.sch.uk
You should complete an online application form through the WM Jobs website. Online application forms only will be accepted for this vacancy. If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application or have experienced a problem whilst applying for a position, please contact the HR Resourcing Team on 01384 811300 (option 1) or via e-mail to HR Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk. Online facilities for job applications are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.
The above post requires an enhanced disclosure in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1999.
Closing date: Monday 12th March at 12:00 p.m.
All applications will be considered on receipt. We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised date.
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About The Summerhill School
Summerhill School is a mainstream, co-educational, non-denominational, community secondary school for children aged 11-16. It is situated in Kingswinford, outside Dudley in the West Midlands, and there are 1,093 students on its roll.
We are a school that is grounded in our local community. We have wonderful children, caring and supportive parents and a great team of staff. We have modern, well-equipped facilities and are located within beautiful countryside. We are heavily over-subscribed and members of our school community can be genuinely proud to be part of Summerhill.
Headteacher
Mr Tim Harris
Vision and values
Every Summerhill student wears the words “Success through Caring” on their uniform and every Summerhill staff member wears "Success through Caring" on their lanyard - this philosophy genuinely runs through everything we do. We are very proud of the success we have achieved, but we never forget that this is built on a bedrock of caring.
At Summerhill, our House system is absolutely central to school life. It provides nurturing, challenge, teamwork, and fun for all members of our school, building upon a foundation of supportive relationships, family and British values within a global society. Mature and mutually respectful relationships characterise our community and we strive for excellence in every way as we develop young people in partnership with parents and the wider community.
High Expectations
The values that are instilled into young people during their formative years will stay with them forever. We want to be proud of every single Summerhill student, so we focus on 4 key elements that together spell “CARE”. These will lead to success at school, but also for the rest of our students’ lives:
Courage
• Honesty, integrity, doing the right thing even when it’s difficult
• Trying new experiences
• Being resilient and never giving up
Ambition
• Always aiming to be brilliant and demonstrating self-discipline
• Setting a great example as a role model and helping other people to improve
• Being curious and looking for ways to learn more
Respect
• Respecting differences; standing against prejudice and discrimination
• Caring for our local / global environment
• Working well with a wide range of other people; being a great team player
Effort
• Always being focused and organised
• Taking pride in being smart, meeting deadlines and producing high-quality work
• Having high levels of attendance and punctuality
Summerhill students achieve superb examination results. Our attainment levels have been well above the national and local patterns for many years: our attainment 8 score for 2025 of 51.5 is almost 5 points higher than the national average and more than 8 points above the local average. Our Progress 8 score for 2024 was +0.43 and modelling suggests that our 2025 score would be at a similar level if national figures were being published. We are proud of what we have achieved but are not complacent and keep looking for ways to improve!
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