What skills and experience we're looking for
You must hold QTS, be an experienced teacher and have a passion for your subject. Your specialism must be in English in order to best support our GCSE pupils. You should be ambitious both for pupils and the department. You should be able to work collaboratively with other departments and, being able to deliver a second subject within our curriculum, would be an advantage.
What the school offers its staff
The Island Free School is a small, successful secondary school (11-16) based in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Our school opened in 2014 and has been heavily over-subscribed ever since. We are committed to providing the best possible allround education for the children of our Island.
Further details about the role
Main Purpose
• To utilise syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching and learning strategies in identified subject.
• To deliver day-to-day course provision within the GCSE English including effective deployment of staff and physical resources.
• To actively monitor and follow up pupil progress
● To deliver an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective curriculum programme which complements the School Improvement Plan/School Evaluation.
• To be accountable for the development and delivery of the Subject
Commitment to safeguarding
Staff of The Island Free School acknowledge the duty of care to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of children and we arecommitted to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. All staff will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, full reference checking and prohibition checks.