English Teacher
Alperton Community School, Wembley, Middlesex, HA0 4JEThis job expired on 23 February 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
23 February 2020 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
31 January 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £30,480 to £49,571
Additional allowances
Inner London Pay Scales MPS (£30,480 - £41,076) / UPS (£45,713 - £49,571)
The Benefits
On-going extensive CPD programme
Employee assistance programme
Ride to work scheme
English Teacher job summary
The Role
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Teacher of English. The successful candidate will be joining a successful department that inspire and excite students about their learning. We are committed to achieving success for all of our students. It will offer the successful candidate a friendly, highly supportive and committed working environment within a culture of success and professional growth. The school offers excellent support for NQTs in their induction year.
We are committed to continuous professional development. We are one of only four schools in the country to have achieved the Platinum Professional Development Mark.
The Person
You will be a passionate and caring practitioner who is committed to planning and delivering lessons to a high standard. A commitment to developing the curriculum and implementing assessment for learning is essential. Your teaching must be inclusive to all students, in particular stretching the most able and making good use of ICT. A sound knowledge and understanding of summative and formative assessment of student work is essential. The successful candidate will be expected to teach English across the full age and ability range up to and including A Levels. The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate and support all team members.
Closing Date: 23 February 2020 (23:59)
Assessment & Interview Date: Week commencing 2 March 2020
To apply, please visit our vacancies page. Completed application forms may be emailed to; hr@alperton.brent.sch.uk.
Supplementary Information
We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an inclusive community school and encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Successful candidate(s) will be required to undertake an Enhanced and Barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Please note CVs will not be considered as part of your application for this position.
Only successful candidates will be notified. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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.
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
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- School website
- Alperton Community School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@alperton.brent.sch.uk
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 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.
Recent awards include the 2022 Pearson “Making a Difference” Award; the school was recently shortlisted for the TES School of the Year and won the TES Maths Team of the Year. We are also one of only four schools in the country to hold the Platinum Professional Development Mark.
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. The school offers excellent support for ECTs in their induction year.
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