Head of English
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3EFThis job expired on 3 October 2022
Job start date
1 January 2023
Closing date
3 October 2022 at 9am
Date listed
5 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- View all Englishjobs
Working pattern
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- Full time FTE 1
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR1C £12,114
Head of English job summary
An outstanding opportunity has arisen to work in Gloucestershire’s largest comprehensive school.
We wish to appoint a Head of English to develop and lead a lively and enthusiastic English Department consisting of 16 colleagues, with 2 colleagues holding TLR posts as KS3 and KS4 leads.
The English department is one of the largest and most important departments in the school; your work will have an impact throughout the school and you will have a highly influential role.
The English team is very strong and supportive. To lead our team, we are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who has experience of teaching across all three key stages and has a genuine love of literature, who is able to inspire our team and lead them forward.
We have recently redesigned our curriculum, investing in a wealth of resources to inspire a love of learning and literature. We are proud of our knowledge-rich, resource-rich curriculum with topics such as Victorian Gothic, ‘right and wrong’ in fiction and protest poetry alongside Shakespeare. However, as an experienced professional, leading one of the largest English departments in the country you will have a high degree of autonomy to establish a curriculum which leads to success in public exams whilst ensuring that our students love English and become critical readers, confident writers, and successful speakers
For further information about the role and details on how to apply please see our Candidate Information Pack.
We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1772 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- recruitment@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01242 235 555
Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2016), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.
Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.
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