Teacher of History
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
Birmingham
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 26 April 2024
Job overview
Teacher of History (Permanent)
ECTs/NQTs /MPS/UPS
The Governing Body is currently looking to appoint a dynamic, pro-active and innovative Teacher of History to join our School in September 2024.
At Bordesley Green Girls’ school, we provide high-quality professional development to all teachers at all stages of their career and we ensure staff feel exceptionally well-supported to do their job well and feel valued as a team. We are a highly successful and popular school with a large Sixth Form and a very stable staff team.
We are a thriving History Department, which prides ourselves in sparking the interest of our students through our curriculum choices and innovative teaching methods. We work very strongly as a team, providing regular training and development opportunities for our colleagues.
The History Department has a strong reputation for success with students making outstanding levels of progress in GCSE. We have a thriving interest in History within our cohort, frequently being one of the most popular GCSE option choices.
The successful candidate will be fully committed to raising the achievements and expectations of students, curriculum innovation and deploying a wide range of teaching strategies to ensure that every student achieves their full potential and will have:
· Excellent interpersonal skills
· Be an outstanding teacher who inspires colleagues and students
· Have the energy, drive and commitment to make a real contribution to whole school
· Be confident in teaching KS3 to KS5 History
ECTs/NQTs are welcome to apply for this role.
We are proud of our recent GCSE and A Level History results:
2023 2022
Grade 4 and above 71% 87.5%
Grade 5 and above 62.9% 66.7%
Grade 7 and above 33.9% 16.7%
Similarly at A-level we have achieved an outstanding level of success:
Exam series A*-B A*-C
2022 81.8% 100%
2023 63% 100%
An applicant information pack and an application form are available on our website at: www.bordgrng.bham.sch.uk
Interested candidates should email their completed application form to HR@bordgrng.bham.sch.uk by the closing date: 26th April 2024.
Bordesley Green Girls’ School and Sixth Form School is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS clearance is required for all successful applicants.
Attached documents
About Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
- Bordesley Green Road, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B9 4TR
- United Kingdom
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form is a school based in Birmingham for girls aged 11-18. It is a non-denominational school.
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form has roughly 1,013 students on roll including approximately 390 sixth form students, The school has 74 teachers (62.75 FTE).
Headteacher
Pritpal Hyare
Values and vision
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form stresses the importance of providing a supportive pastoral structure, insisting on challenging and effective classroom practice, and providing opportunities for its pupils to be recognised for a range of achievements. The school also expects to make “critical interventions” in students’ learning and to monitor, review and evaluate their progress.
The school also prides itself on the fact that its staff believe success breeds success and therefore look for and aim to build on the positive previous achievements of students while addressing areas of concern. At the school, it is also expected that staff be committed to raising achievement and recognising the strengths of linguistic, social and cultural diversity at the school.
Ofsted
“Leaders have developed a curriculum that is flexible and inclusive...Pupils’ outcomes are good....Non-qualification activity is varied and exciting. The school has a cosmic ray detector, engineering projects and plenty of ways in which students can become involved in work experience and community service. Pupils gain a range of personal skills from these activities. ”
View Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form's latest Ofsted report
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