Temporary Teacher of English (0.6fte)
Higham Lane School
Warwickshire
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- Expired
- Salary:
- TMS/UPR
- Job type:
- Part Time, Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 26 April 2017
Job overview
We are looking to make a temporary appointment for September 2017 of a dynamic teacher of English to role model high quality learning and teaching and to maximise the achievement of students. We believe this is an exciting opportunity for a newly-qualified or experienced teacher to join our successful, high-performing and friendly English Department. This position is a maternity cover.
Applications are invited from suitably-qualified, experienced and enthusiastic teachers to teach English across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. The ability to teach English to Key Stage 5 level would also be desirable, but is not essential and would not prevent suitable candidates from being shortlisted, if they meet the person specification.
Closing Date for Applications: midday, Thursday 27th April 2017 (If you encounter a problem in meeting this deadline, please contact the school.)
If you would like to speak to a member of staff for further information about this post, please contact Kally Somel, Subject Leader for English on 024 7638 8123.
School Information
Higham Lane School is a high-performing 11-18 comprehensive academy with approximately 1330 students on roll, based on an attractive site in the north east of Nuneaton on the Warwickshire-Leicestershire border. Our school is very popular and well regarded; it is heavily over-subscribed at entry. Our students have the benefits of working in a school that has a happy, caring and purposeful environment. The School’s mission is: “Helping learners succeed” and our students are encouraged to do their very best in every aspect of their lives and to reach the highest standards. Higham Lane School is strongly committed to ensuring that all of the young people in our care make excellent academic progress and we take great pride in securing both high achievement and high attainment for our students. In 2016 the School achieved some of its highest-ever results, with 82% of students achieving 5+A*-C grades including English & Maths, with pass rates of 85% A*-C in Maths and 93% A*-C in English. Our Progress 8 score is an impressive 0.48. These results make Higham Lane one of the two highest-achieving, non-selective secondary schools in Warwickshire. In March 2015 we received a personal letter from the Minister of State for Schools, to congratulate us for the “excellent performance of our pupils in 2014”. The letter recognised that “the School is one of the top 100 performing non-selective state funded schools in England”.
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About Higham Lane School
- Higham Lane School
- Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton
- Warwickshire
- CV10 0BJ
- United Kingdom
Higham Lane School and Sixth Form College is a large, 11-18 comprehensive academy, set on an attractive site on the Warwickshire-Leicestershire border, easily accessible due to excellent road, train and bus connections. The school and sixth form college forms part of the CEAT trust and schools within our small trust work closely together bringing many benefits to both students and staff.
We offer an ambitious, broad and balanced knowledge curriculum where we value equally achievement in all its forms: artistic, academic, social, cultural, sporting and intellectual. All students achieve well at Higham Lane School, and in 2023 our Progress 8 figure was 0.56 which is testament to how well students, teachers and parents/carers work together effectively. We are committed to ensuring that an ambitious curriculum, combined with evidence-informed teaching and learning, and excellent behaviour from students make Higham Lane School a thriving environment for all that work and study here. Our Progress 8 figure for 2023 puts us in the top 6% of state-funded mainstream schools for progress, which we are delighted with, and we are committed to building upon this fantastic achievement for our students.
We were extremely pleased to have been rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2019, one of only a small number of schools in England to have achieved the highest rating that year. We are also delighted that we continue to achieve impressive A level results in our high-performing Sixth Form with an average grade of B- placing the school within the top 4 mainstream Sixth Form schools in Warwickshire and the highest-performing in North Warwickshire, which again shows how students, staff and parents/carers work together effectively. In July 2021, we were granted World Class Schools status, one of a very small number of schools to achieve this.
We are also very excited to be opening a new free school, Higham Lane North Academy, in September 2025. Just a mile away from Higham Lane School, there will be exciting opportunities for the two secondary schools, as part of the wider trust, to work together with many mutual benefits for both students and staff.
Higham Lane School and Sixth Form College has a strong ethos based on mutual respect between students and staff and very clear expectations regarding students’ effort and behaviour. We enjoy an excellent reputation with parents/carers and are always over-subscribed. You will find a happy, caring and purposeful environment at Higham Lane. Students get on exceptionally well, both with each other and with our staff, who take pride in working here. Our students are encouraged to do their very best in every aspect of their lives and to reach the highest standards, irrespective of their ability. We encourage them to ‘Work Hard, Be Kind and Take Responsibility within the overall aim to “Be the best you can be!”
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