Beths Grammar School is a large multi-cultural school on the borders between London and Kent serving a wide range of vibrant and exciting communities. We specialise in boys' education in the main school and have a large, co-educational 6th form.
At Beths Grammar School, our English curriculum is underpinned by the premise that all students should be challenged and supported to achieve their potential. We want to expand students’ horizons, ensuring that they leave Beths as effective, literate communicators, who recognise the importance of language and literature for life and the world more generally. As such, our curriculum is designed to promote a love of literature and reading, whilst also equipping students with essential literacy skills - both written and verbal - throughout. In keeping with other core values, the English Department seeks to embed and promote appreciation, inclusivity, discipline, enjoyment and respect - in a broad and balanced curriculum. In particular, the department believes it is vital to ensure students enjoy the subject and are engaged throughout the enriching journey we intend to provide. We strive to be a beacon of excellence within the school.
Underpinned by the National Curriculum, our curriculum is designed so that knowledge and skills in English will be developed and mastered across the Key Stages. We want our curriculum to aid long term recall without being repetitive, with each year clearly building upon prior learning, adding an additional level of challenge and further broadening students’ horizons in Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and - for some - Key Stage 5. We want our students to leave with an enhanced awareness of their own cultural heritage and the cultural heritage of others, having been exposed to a diverse range of writers, historical contexts, literary forms, issues and genres throughout their time at Beths.
Students should leave Beths being able to analyse, evaluate and compare fiction and non-fiction texts, with the confidence to adapt their own writing for different purposes. Furthermore, we believe in emphasising the connections between English and the ‘real world’ throughout our curriculum, introducing students to the authentic process of a writer, able to edit and critique their own work as a writer of that form or genre would. In addition, we want students to be given a range of extra-curricular opportunities, allowing them to explore literature outside of the classroom and make connections between their own lives and the lives of others. Ultimately, through the English curriculum, we want our students to develop as people. We aim to support students in becoming literate, independent, ambitious, culturally-aware individuals, who are able to translate their study of English into their next steps and use the subject to contribute to wider society.
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Teacher of English who can teach up to A Level, who is looking to join a large, outstanding and dedicated team for September 2025 (or earlier). There is also the potential to teach Drama. This post would suit an Experienced or Early Careers Teacher.