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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    7 February 2022 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    5 October 2021

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

MPS (Outer London) + £1,500 Harris Allowance + TLR/Leadership Scale for an exceptional candidate

Additional allowances

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Head of English job summary

Are you a passionate teacher looking for your next step? We are looking for a qualified, experienced teacher to join our academy as Head of English. Main Areas of Responsibility The purpose of your role will be: To be accountable for leading, managing and developing the subject area. To raise standards of student attainment and achievement within the whole subject/curriculum area and to monitor and support student progress. To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students studying in the department, in accordance with the aims of the academy and the curricular policies determined by the Governing Body and Principal. To teach the relevant subject across the age and ability range. To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential. To effectively manage and deploy staff, financial and physical resources within the department. To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth. Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of: Operational and strategic planning (including formulating the subject and faculty improvement plans, and leading the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching strategies) Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost effective curriculum and leading development of the subject and its delivery Staff development (including recruiting, building and managing an effective team of motivated staff) Student outcomes (including ensuring the effective operation of target setting, monitoring and evaluation systems and the input and maintenance of accurate student data) Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students) Teaching, including acting as an outstanding role model Qualifications & Experience The successful candidate will: Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree, and, ideally, management training Demonstrate successful teaching of GCSE at good or better level Have experience of initiation and effective management of change Show evidence of raising achievement in present post and showing good value added for groups Have knowledge of current curriculum developments in subject and their implications Have good knowledge and understanding of current educational thinking Show good understanding of how children learn and how to raise standards of achievement Have good communication skills in speech and writing Display excellent organisational skills Be able to build and sustain professional standards and relationships with students Be able to contribute towards creating a safe and protective environment Safeguarding Notice The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Before applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders. Equal Opportunities The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

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About Harris Academy Purley

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1033 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
0208 681 1141

Harris Academy Purley is an oversubscribed 11-19 co-educational academy with currently 1050 students on roll, situated on the Croydon/Surrey border. Open since September 2009, we are judged Outstanding by Ofsted, and moved into a state-of-the-art new building in September 2012.

We are a happy, hard-working and highly ambitious community in which students and staff treat on another with care and respect, combining traditional values of discipline and good manners with contemporary best practice in teaching and technology. The academy’s leadership team and staff share an expectation that each and every student who joins Harris Academy Purley achieves his or her “personal best”. With an emphasis on Enterprise, the academy strives each and every day to create a culture and ethos which promotes curiosity, initiative and leadership in all our young people.

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