Head of English
Holyrood Academy, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1JLThis job expired on 17 October 2022
Job start date
1 January 2023
Closing date
17 October 2022 at 9am
Date listed
7 October 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, Key stage 5
Subject
- View all Englishjobs
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs
- Full time teaching post
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR1B
Head of English job summary
Following the internal promotion of our existing postholder, we are looking to appoint a high quality, enthusiastic Head of English to join our large, successful English department. If you have the desire to make a real difference to the lives of young children and want to join a team of highly dedicated staff, then we would love to hear from you.
Full details of our English curriculum can be found on the Academy website. At Key Stage 4, we follow the Eduqas syllabus. Core texts include An Inspector Calls, Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol and Jekyll and Hyde. Many students sit the Literature exam in Year 10 and focus their studies in Year 11 on English Language. At Key Stage 3, we have a robust curriculum that is designed to reinforce the skills at GCSE and transition students to Key Stage 4. Students have knowledge organisers on which they self-quiz, vocabulary work to enrich their tier 2 expressive language and study topics such as Victorian childhood, a range of Shakespeare texts, descriptive and narrative writing, transactional writing, dystopian fiction and poetry. At Key Stage 5 we offer English Literature and English Language and Literature.
We will ensure the successful candidate has :
- Comprehensive induction
- Continuous professional development and improvement
- The opportunity to contribute to raising standards for all our students
Benefits include:
- An open professional culture and learning community;
- Opportunities for and dedication to your professional development;
- Opportunities to work across the Trust;
- Opportunities to contribute to our wide-ranging and popular extra-curricular and inter-House programmes of activities;
Holyrood is based in the market town of Chard in South Somerset. We are lucky enough to be situated in a beautiful part of the country surrounded by lovely countryside with the rugged Jurassic coastline on our doorstep and the regional centres of Taunton and Exeter close by.
Closing date for applications is 11am on Monday 17th October 2022
Interviews will take place on Friday 21st October 2022
Commitment to safeguarding
Holyrood Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding is our most important responsibility as a school. Happy and healthy students who are free from harm, are more likely to be successful throughout their education and thrive on their journey towards adulthood.
As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
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About Holyrood Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1319 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Holyrood Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jjames@holyrood.uat.ac
Having joined Uffculme Academy Trust (UAT) from the 1st September 2019, Holyrood Academy is entering the next exciting period of its development. By joining UAT it means that Holyrood is now part of one of the leading education providers in the South West and will be working in a highly successful family of schools providing education from 4-19 with exceptional opportunities for career progression.
Holyrood is a large 11-18 Academy with 1250 students, including 150 post-16 students.
Holyrood is based in the market town of Chard in South Somerset. We are lucky enough to be situated in a beautiful part of the country surrounded by lovely countryside with the rugged Jurassic coastline on our doorstep.
Arranging a visit to Holyrood Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jjames@holyrood.uat.ac.
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