Director of English

Wood Green Academy, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9QU

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  18 April 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year, department, curriculum or phase
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 8:20 am to 2:50 pm Mon, Tues, Thurs Fri (8:20 to 4:30 Wed) + Directed time in accordance to Teachers' Pay and Conditions
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L 10 to L14

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Highly motivated and passionate about providing all students with the very best educational opportunities
• Believe in the importance of excellent teaching in English, and can inspire students and staff
• Be a strategic leader with the vision and clarity to drive further improvement

What the school offers its staff

Please visit our website and consult the Staff Well-being document

Commitment to safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted applications will be subject to Safeguarding checks and successful applicant will be subject to enhanced DBS checks included children’s barred list and right to work in the UK regulations. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

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.

Apply for the job by following the link below

Upload additional documents

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English Department information.docx - 677 KB (opens in new tab)

PS - Director of English 2023.docx - 185 KB (opens in new tab)

Staff Wellbeing at WGA.pdf - 316 KB (opens in new tab)

Director of English JD 2023.docx - 274 KB (opens in new tab)

About Wood Green Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1546 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Wood Green Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: sylvaine.valmalette@woodgreenacademy.co.uk
• Phone number: 01215564131
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wood-green-academy (opens in new tab)

Wood Green Academy is a large 11-19 multicultural comprehensive school set in Wednesbury in the heart of the Black Country. The academy is located about 15km from the centre of Birmingham and has excellent national links by having the M5 and M6 nearby. It is an innovative, creative and forward thinking school held in high regard locally and nationally. The Academy has a long standing reputation for achieving some of the best GCSE and Post 16 results in the local area. In our most recent Ofsted of February 2020 the school was judged to be good with outstanding features. We are extremely proud of being one of a small number of secondary schools in the country to have been graded as outstanding for behaviour and attitudes under the new framework. Proud of belonging to a large and diverse school, our staff are professional, highly dedicated, collaborative, supportive and friendly. We are fully staffed in all areas with subject specialists. Our staffing is extremely stable with a large proportion of our staff having worked at Wood Green Academy for many years. We continually invest in staff development through weekly dedicated Continuing Professional Development (CPD) time, and by offering professional development opportunities and career development. We are also a National Support School and an School Direct Lead School heavily involved with Initial Teacher Training working with local universities and Teach First through post graduate courses. Our students are enthusiastic, well behaved and keen to learn. They are welcoming, positive and proud of their Academy. They have a good working relationship with staff, which is built on mutual trust, honesty and respect. The Academy, although always striving to excel and attain the very best in terms of achievement, also strongly believes in the importance of developing the whole child. We seek to give students the very best of opportunities from which they can develop self-confidence, social skills and awareness of the world in which they are valuable citizens. We believe that ‘Success Breeds Success’. For our students, life outside of the classroom is very varied and Wood Green Academy provides the best opportunities as well as they best support.

Arranging a visit to Wood Green Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sylvaine.valmalette@woodgreenacademy.co.uk.

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