Director of English

Blessed William Howard Catholic School, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9AB

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2025 or September 2025

• Closing date

  5 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday (inclusive)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the role:

We have an opportunity to recruit a high-quality English specialist graduate to the

role of Director of English. With opportunities to teach English Language and Literature

across Key Stages 3 – 5.

The successful candidate will have:

• a proven track record of securing the best student outcomes for all
• successful English teaching experience across all key stages
• middle leadership experience within a successful English department
• high aspirations for their professional development with their sights on becominga Vice Principal or a Principal

APPLICATION DEADLINE – Wednesday 5 February 2025 at 9am

What the school offers its staff

Why Blessed William Howard? You will have the opportunity to:

• work in a high performing school with outstanding behaviour;
• shape ‘research led’ teaching and learning;
• lead using dedicated and protected additional leadership and management time;
• receive personalisedleadership openings tofollow NPQSL;
• benefit from two days of personalised CPD entitlement designed by you;
• join a school which is committed to securing the BWH Staff Wellbeing Charter and Gold Staff Wellbeing Award;
• to work in collaboration, with outstanding English specialists, across the Painsley family of schools (Primary and Secondary);
• lead an established team of English teachers;
• as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, play a key role in the strategic development of the school.

“There is a warm atmosphere and the quality of relationships between all members of the school community are a particular strength. Pupils and staff are friendly, helpful, polite and welcoming to visitors.” Diocesan Section 48 Report

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Blessed William Howard Catholic School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 951 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Blessed William Howard Catholic School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@bwh.staffs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01785244236
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/blessed-william-howard-catholic-school-stafford (opens in new tab)

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB), which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.

Arranging a visit to Blessed William Howard Catholic School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bwh.staffs.sch.uk.

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