Head of English
Bottisham Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9DLThis job expired on 1 March 2024
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
1 March 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (FTE) Main or Upper Pay Scale, plus TLR 1 (£15,690)
Head of English job summary
We are looking to appoint an outstanding teacher to lead our English faculty: a creative and knowledgeable leader that has a passion for teaching language and literature, and who will ensure that our strong curriculum and pedagogical foundations continue to evolve, informed by current research and statutory developments. We seek a leader who has a thirst for excellence and the drive to continually improve; someone who will nurture the talents of every member of the team, supporting them to be reflective practitioners and to continually improve their classroom practice; thus maintaining and developing the successes of our excellent English faculty.
Our English faculty prides itself on being a team that supports one another and collaborates effectively in our shared goal of providing our students with an exceptional learning experience in English that embodies the school ethos: Inspiring, Caring, and Enriching. Inspiring every student to engage with and read a variety of different texts; supporting our students to be thoughtful, compassionate, caring individuals by exploring and discussing the social and moral questions that the study of Literature raises; and enriching every student’s whole school experience through a range of extracurricular opportunities including clubs, author visits and trips.
As an employee you will benefit from a professional and supportive environment as well as a range of great benefits, including an Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox, and free membership to our onsite sports centre, including swimming pool and fitness suite. Full benefits and a job description are included within the Candidate Information Pack, along with further info about our Trust, school and the English faculty.
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 Safer Recruitment processes follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) including Children's Barred List
Medical Clearance
Online checks
Prohibition (teaching roles)
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 Bottisham Village College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1452 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bottisham Village College website
We are an ambitious, innovative, comprehensive school, based in the heart of rural East Cambridgeshire and we take great pride in our vision: to inspire, to care for and to enrich the lives of every student within our community. The student admission number is 300 for September 2023 and last year we received 454 applications of which 314 were first preference, meaning we are currently a school of 1454 students, rising to our full growth potential of 1500 students in September 2024.
We are committed to providing an outstanding education to all of our students, enabling them to develop into mature, independent young people, ready to take their place in society. In addition to our academic rigour, our relationship-driven approach permeates throughout all aspects of college life, from the maths classroom to the sports field, from the music room to the ICT suite and from the library to the auditorium, this is a college where we recognise the transformative power of positive relationships. Students will only succeed if they are happy and we make every effort to achieve this.
The college was opened in 1937, and remains a focal point for village life and a community ethos: a comprehensive adult education programme, a community sports centre and extensive provision for the arts and physical education as well as a well developed enrichment programme for all. In essence, the facilities are the gateway to connecting all our catchment communities. Henry Morris, the founding father of the Village College ideal, believed that schools should be the pulse of the local community, open to all and offering an attractive stimulating environment. As our college grows, we shall never lose sight of the Henry Morris ideal: community is at the heart of all we do.
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