Deputy Head of English
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AGThis job expired on 15 March 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
15 March 2024 at 9am
Date listed
14 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS TLR 2B
Additional allowances
TLR 2B
What skills and experience we're looking for
Deputy Head of English
Permanent Role
Full Time
MPS/UPS TLR 2B
Commencing: September 2024
Are you passionate about helping every child succeed and improve their life chances?
Are you prepared to work collaboratively for the benefit of young people?
If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our successful English Department as a Deputy Head ofDepartment. We are keen to find the right candidate: an individual with a passion for teaching and learningand excellent subject knowledge. The ideal candidate will be a role model to our young people, with theability to build positive and professional relationships.
The successful candidate will have:
• The ability to teach inspirational and outstanding lessons
• A commitment to Barking Abbey’s high expectations and ethos
• Excellent subject knowledge
• A desire to work collaboratively and to make a real contribution to the future development of ourdepartment and the progress of our students
Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barkingand Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professionalenvironment.
The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainlinestation.
Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of thecommunity. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background orhistory please apply.
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
• A supportive and encouraging staff team
• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school
• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management
• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems
“Pupils learn and achieve very well... Pupils across both sites are happy and safe at Barking Abbey School…Pupils are motivated to work hard and enjoy positive working relationships with staff... Students new to theSixth Form commented on how welcoming, inclusive and diverse the community is… Leaders prioritise aspirationand ambition.” (Ofsted, December 2022)
Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:
https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/
To find out more about how teachers can secure rented accommodation at a discounted rate of 20% pleasecontact: info@bdsip.co.uk
Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal OpportunitiesEmployer.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process,including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.
Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successfulcandidates as part of our due diligence checks.
Further details about the role
Job Title: Deputy Head of Department and Head of Key Stage (TBC)
Allowance: TLR 2B
Department: English
Location: Sandringham and Longbridge Campuses
Line Manager: Head of Department
Line Management of: Selected departmental colleagues
Working Time: Full time as specified within the STPCD
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE
• To ensure high standards of teaching and learning within the department.
• To ensure the department is contributing to raising standards of progress and attainment.
• To conduct a full analysis of relevant data sources available throughout the academic year.
• To ensure teaching meets the needs and aspirations of all students.
• To ensure there is a programme of Continuing Professional Development for all colleagues and tocontribute personally to this programme.
• To ensure your own professional development is up-to-date and supportive of innovative practice.
• To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of your subject at all Key Stages.
• To monitor and identify underachieving students from performance data as well as developing andimplementing departmental strategies.
• To identify the resources needed to ensure high quality teaching and ensure that these are available tocolleagues.
• In conjunction with the Head of Department, draw up a development plan to move the departmentforward for the relevant Key Stages.
• To attend scheduled meetings, including with students and parents.
• To provide information, as required, to the Head of Department and Senior Leadership Team.
• To deputise for the Head of Department as required.
• To promote and contribute to the extra-curricular activities and intervention sessions delivered by thedepartment.
• To develop the leadership skills of colleagues within the department.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2323 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- jobs@barkingabbeyschool.co.uk
Welcome to Barking Abbey school and thank you for expressing an interest in applying for a position here.
For me there are three simple things that I want us to achieve at Barking Abbey school.
First, our motto ‘Give and Expect the best’ leads us to want to be the best in everything we do. We have some of the best results in the area, we have pupils at the best universities, we have the most pupils on apprenticeships in the entire country, we have basketball players in the best leagues and so much more. We have all of this because we push our pupils and each other to excel. All of us try to be our best every day.
Second, I firmly believe that if you can’t see it you can’t be it. We want to give our pupils the chance to see successful people of every religion, colour and background whilst they are at school. Whatever their dreams
we want to support them and provide the networks and contacts to help them to achieve.
Finally, we want our pupils to have a voice in the world. To be confident enough to express their views and also to have the knowledge to be able to make an effective contribution. The more you know the more
powerful you can be in the world.
Sir Tim Brighouse said “If a teacher makes the weather the school creates the climate.” and I firmly believe this. It is our role as a leadership team to create the best possible learning environment for our teachers
to teach in. In return we expect the best possible teaching from them and our results show this over time.
If you share our ethos and values and absolutely believe in the potential of all young people then we can offer you the chance to make a difference and change our community for the better, and look forward to receiving
your application form and welcoming you to our school.
Arranging a visit to Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@barkingabbeyschool.co.uk.
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