What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:
• Be an outstanding practitioner who inspires our students and colleagues.
• Be creative in designing, upholding and delivering a rigorous, academic curriculum.
• Believe that every student can and will succeed.
• Be flexible, collaborative, strategic and resilient.
• Contribute to the whole life of the school through our extra-curricular programme.
• Have the highest ambitions for our students, the school and themselves.
• Have the ability to motivate students and achieve excellent results.
• Have excellent organisational and ICT skills.
• Have the capacity to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Have an enthusiasm for English and the ability to share this with students.
• Have excellent subject knowledge.
• Achieve outstanding student outcomes.
• Possess the skills and determination to make a significant difference to the lives of the community we serve.
• Uphold school policy and promote our whole school ethos: ‘Kindness – Respect – Determination’
What the school offers its staff
Within the College we have a strong focus on high quality teaching and learning, supported by excellent staff development and an active student voice group. We believe that the very best learning takes place when students and adults work together in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect. We, of course, have very high expectations for our students’ behaviour and they in turn can have equally high expectations for the quality of their lessons.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.