English Teacher (Full or Part-time)
Crestwood Community School, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 4FZ9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
30 September 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 September 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- No, visa sponsorship not available
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- View all Englishjobs
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs - Full-time and part-time
- View all Part timejobs - Full-time and part-time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,000-£43,685
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR depending on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Crestwood Community School is one school, with two campuses serving central Eastleigh. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious person as a Teacher of English to start in January 2024 or sooner. The English Faculty is an exceptionally upbeat, forward-thinking, and innovative department, which is cohesive, team-spirited and collaborative. We are looking for someone who can play an active role in contributing to the already high standards within the faculty, fostering an inquisitive approach to English and inspiring a love of reading
For the successful candidate, a commitment to raising standards and a passion for developing young adults is essential: this entails a commitment to all learners, to excellence for all, and a belief that a good school makes a significant difference to learners’ life chances, levels of attainment and the wellbeing of the community as a whole.
What the school offers its staff
The English faculty is a key faculty across both campuses. We appointed a new Achievement Leader in April 2023 (following the promotion of the incumbent to Assistant Headteacher) who is a leading practitioner and has links with Winchester University. The Achievement Leader is enthusiastic, approachable and highly supportive. She works with the faculty to promote collaborative planning, enhance teaching and learning, and to drive up standards of achievement and attainment.
The faculty comprises an Achievement Leader working with three Assistant Achievement Leaders, nine main scale teachers and an Assistant Headteacher.
The faculty teaches both Language and Literature and follows AQA syllabus at KS4. In English, students will have seven 75 minutes per fortnight. At Key Stage 3, they explore a wide range of topics focusing on a variety of themes over the three years. Within each theme, students study a breadth of texts ranging from Lightning Strike, Rat and The Giver. All Key Stage 3 students also take part in the Accelerated Reader program, regularly visit the library and undertake ‘word study’ to unpick the morphology and etymology of key vocabulary. The faculty frequently take part in author and poet workshops to further broaden students’ exposure to a variety of texts. At Key Stage 4, students study Language and Literature through an interweaving curriculum, focusing on An Inspector Calls, Macbeth, Love & Relationship poetry and A Christmas Carol as their GCSE set texts. Students are able to experience these texts through a range of extracurricular trips and visits as well as their study in the classroom.
As a new member of staff you will be well supported: we have a comprehensive induction process, and you will be given an Induction Mentor and a ‘professional buddy’.
Further details about the role
Your application should comprise a completed Hampshire teaching application form, and a letter in which you should outline your experience to date, the reasons for your interest in the post and your suitability for it. Please include a paragraph on your philosophy of teaching English and what specialisms you could bring to Crestwood Community School.
Applications, with the names and addresses of two referees, should be returned to me, Krista Dawkins, Head Teacher at hr@crestwood.hants.sch.uk by 12pm on the closing date.
Application forms and a Person Specification can be found on the school website under School Information-Vacancies.
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Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@crestwood.hants.sch.uk
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About Crestwood Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1403 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Crestwood Community School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- justine.sayers@crestwood.hants.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02380 641232
Crestwood Community School is one school, with two campuses serving central Eastleigh. Crestwood Community School had an Ofsted inspection in June 2018, which confirmed that we are a ‘good’ school. We also achieved outstanding gradings in Personal Development and Behaviour and Leadership. They also said that as a school we are “passionately committed to providing a first-class inclusive education for all pupils; tenacious in their pursuit of additional resources and approaches to continually improve provision.” This is a happy school, where staff and students want to be. The #Crestwoodfamily pervades through everything we do.
Arranging a visit to Crestwood Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email justine.sayers@crestwood.hants.sch.uk.
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