Deputy Head of English
Alperton Community School, Wembley, Middlesex, HA0 4JEThis job expired on 2 February 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
2 February 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- View all Englishjobs
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Inner London Pay Scales MPS (£32,157 - £42,624) / UPS (£46,971- £50,935) + TLR 2A £7,017
Additional allowances
On-going extensive CPD programme
Employee assistance programme
Ride to work scheme
Deputy Head of English job summary
We are looking to appoint an outstanding practitioner and talented leader who has the vision and determination to support the Head of English in leading our English department to achieve outstanding outcomes for all our students.
English is a very popular subject at Alperton Community School and students study English for at least 4 hours each week. All students study English Language and English Literature to GCSE standard. In 2021 our students achieved, on average, half a grade above expected. 80% of students achieved Grade 4+ in English, with 60% achieving Grade 5+ and 25% achieving Grade 7 and above. The number of students opting to study English Literature at A Level has significantly increased over the last two years, with many students progressing to study English related subjects at university.
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.
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About Alperton Community School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1909 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Alperton Community School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@alperton.brent.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02089022038
We are a large, mixed, 11-18 academy with over 350 students in our sixth form. Due to our increased popularity as a school, we expanded our roll in September 2018. Alperton Community School is an inclusive school with a student intake that reflects a wonderfully diverse and vibrant local community. Our students are very well behaved, work hard and are ambitious to succeed. Our most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2021 graded our school as Good "Pupils like coming to school and they enjoy their lessons"; "Pupils can focus because they feel safe"; "Leaders’ expectations of all pupils are high"; "Pupils behave well in school. They focus on their learning in lessons. Pupils follow teachers’ instructions and listen to one another".
Student progress at GCSE and A Level has been above national averages for many years with disadvantaged students performing well above national averages. Our progress 8 score has been consistently “above average”. We also see high numbers of our students’ progress to Oxbridge and Russell Group Universities. Student attendance and the percentage of students who remain in education, employment or training are also well above national averages.
We are very fortunate to have a brand new school building. The new building has 83 classrooms with purpose-built specialist drama, music, art and DT facilities as well as 14 science laboratories, 10 ICT rooms, a dance studio, an activity studio, a very large sports hall and three outdoor MUGAs. Every classroom is equipped with state-of-the-art ICT facilities. We are very fortunate to have extensive outdoor spaces for break and lunchtime activities as well as a 6 acre sports campus.
Our school has become internationally recognised following the success of our Art and Textiles teacher Andria Zafirakou who won the $1million Global Teacher Prize recently. The school was recently shortlisted for the TES School of the Year and won the TES Maths Team of the Year. We are one of only four schools in the country to hold the Platinum Professional Development Mark and one of only 100 schools to hold the Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence.
Our teachers and support staff are well-qualified, friendly and committed to student achievement.
This is an exceptional opportunity. It will offer the successful candidate a friendly, highly supportive and committed working environment within a culture of success and professional growth.
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