Teacher of English
Oxford High School for Girls GDST
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary plus benefits
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021 or January 2022
- Apply by:
- 14 May 2021
Job overview
If you are a well-qualified and enthusiastic English Teacher seeking to work in a dynamic and creative school with exceptional academic results, this role offers a great opportunity for you to join our thriving and experienced team.
Teaching across the 11-18 age group, you will play a key role providing an excellent education for all the school’s pupils by teaching with expertise and enthusiasm and offering support to the learning of individual students.
If you are passionate about teaching English in this influential department, we would like to hear from you. Applications from NQTs are warmly welcomed.
English at Oxford High School:
The English Department is lively, committed, and friendly. We have a dynamic, academic and fun programme for KS3, which seeks to engage students with our subject whilst preparing them for the challenges of KS4. All girls take both English and English Literature IGCSE, following the CIE 0900 and 0992 courses respectively. We then offer the OCR H472 English Literature A level, which students find both challenging and engaging. A healthy number go on to read English at university each year, including Oxbridge. Our results in public examinations are excellent: in 2019 89% of students achieved grades 7-9 (70% of those 8 or 9) in IGCSE Language, and 85% grade 7-9 in IGCSE Literature.
About Oxford High School:
Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford's historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls' education.
Today, Oxford High School is a happy and vibrant place to work: our girls are highly motivated and ambitious, supportive yet self-aware. From our youngest Reception pupils through to our longest-serving members of staff, there is a real sense of pride at being part of the Oxford High community.
As well as our commitment to girls' education, we are committed to investing in our staff's personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the GDST network.
Benefits:
As part of the Girls' Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls' schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance benefit
- Free school lunches
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing date: Friday 14th May 2021 at 9am.
Interviews: Wednesday 19th May 2021.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
About Oxford High School for Girls GDST
- Oxford High School for Girls GDST
- Belbroughton Road, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX2 6XA
- United Kingdom
Oxford High School is an independent, non-denominational, all-through school for girls without nursery and with sixth form, situated in three sites in Summertown, North Oxford. It is one of 26 members of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust), meaning it is governed by the council and operates according to the trust’s policy. The school provides 906 places for primary, secondary and sixth-form students aged 4-19.
Oxford High School was founded in 1875 and is the oldest girls' school in the city. Until recently it accepted boys into its junior school, but is now girls-only.
Headteacher
Mrs Marina Gardiner Legge
Values and Vision
Oxford High believes it balances academic rigour with the chance for girls to explore their creativity and adventurous side, resulting in an encouraging and vibrant school full of high-achieving girls. As with other GDST schools, it aims to be an educational institution that shows principles, boldness, a strong network community and a girls-first attitude.
ISI
“The quality of pupils’ achievements is exceptional. Oxford High School is highly successful in meeting its aim to encourage girls to be ambitious in all areas of life and has fully met the recommendation from the previous inspection to maintain the high standards of learning and personal development. Pupils reach very high standards in their GCSE, International GCSE and A-level examinations and in the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), and most are successful in achieving their first choice of course at highly selective universities.”
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