Director of English

Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 9HZ

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  13 May 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 April 2024

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
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership 7-11 (£54,816 - £60.488)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ivy Education Trust is seeking to appoint an outstanding individual with drive, passion, enthusiasm and ambition to join Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a strong team in the delivery of a curriculum that is unashamedly ambitious. The successful applicant will be an outstanding teacher of English, who is a strong team player with a proven record of raising student attainment in their own classes. They will use evidence-based research and a mutually supportive approach to drive strategic change and secure excellent teaching, effective use of resources and improved standards of learning and progress for all students. The postholder will also contribute to whole school development by taking a lead role in the delivery of instructional coaching beyond the English team. As a result, this is the ideal opportunity for anyone considering senior leadership in the future.

The successful candidate will be an innovative teacher with the following attributes:

• Ambition to make a difference to students’ learning and outcomes
• Genuine enthusiasm for the subject
• Resilience
• Ability to inspire and work within a team
• Ability to challenge and support colleagues
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent communication skills

You will have high expectations of student achievement and behaviour, good communication skills and a commitment to working as part of a team.

What the school offers its staff

Teignmouth Community School has excellent facilities, highly qualified teachers and caring pastoral staff. There is no limit to what young people can take part in and achieve here. We believe that young people who are cared for and experience success (whatever that looks like for them) will thrive at school and beyond. Achieving that is our sole job and one that we take very seriously.

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

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@ivyeducationtrust.co.uk

Visas cannot be sponsored.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

IET_Director-of-English_TCS_Infopack_Apr24.pdf - 548 KB (opens in new tab)

About Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 957 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: Rachel.Wickham@teignmouthschool.co.uk
• Phone number: 01626 774091
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/teignmouth-community-school-exeter-road (opens in new tab)

Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road is a vibrant 11-19 secondary school with excellent facilities, highly qualified teachers and caring pastoral staff.

We believe that young people who are cared for and experience success (whatever that looks like for them) will thrive at school and beyond. Achieving that is our sole job, and one that we take very seriously.

Arranging a visit to Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Rachel.Wickham@teignmouthschool.co.uk.

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