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Head of English

Pimlico Academy, London, SW1V 3AT

This job expired on 23 October 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  4 January 2021

• Closing date

  23 October 2020 at 8:59am

• Date listed

  15 October 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS
• Additional allowances:

  • Excellent CPD. The Trust is knowledge-centric and encourages CPD at all levels with excellent opportunities for swift career progression, within the Academy and Trust. This includes Leadership Development opportunities.

  • Perkbox. Access to our employee benefits platform where you can access over 200 different Perks.

  • Access to the government-backed Cycle to Work Scheme.

  • Competitive salary and generous holiday entitlements alongside perks such as a season ticket loan and pension scheme.

Head of English job summary

The ideal candidate for this role will have the ability to inspire children and young people, instilling a love of English both as an academic subject and in the world around them. Someone who is a tireless advocate for the subject, who is forward thinking in their approaches to development, change and improvement is essential for this role and school culture; we are developing an academic culture where the highest standards are expected of staff and students.

You will provide leadership for an already exemplary English department, developing the quality of teaching and ensuring high-quality learning takes place. You will ensure that outstanding attainment and progress are continued to be secured at all key stages.

In developing the Curriculum provision, the Head of Department will work closely with the Curriculum Centre and Trust subject leads, aligning their work with the Future Curriculum Design principles and Eight Habits. In KS3, there is a Trust requirement to use centrally produced Curriculum Centre resources.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• A strong academic record with a 2:1 degree or above from a leading university

• Qualified Teacher Status

• Great passion for their subject with high cultural literacy to deliver sophisticated lessons and continue to raise teaching standards across the English Department

• The enthusiasm and energy required to work with the children and young people in our schools

• An inspirational leader, with the capacity to develop excellence in others

• An unwavering belief in the power of education to change lives, as per our trust’s motto, libertas per cultum (freedom through education). We expect all teachers to share in, and feel empowered by, this concept

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 recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
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.

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About Pimlico Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1136 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Pimlico Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@futureacademies.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pimlico-academy (opens in new tab)

Pimlico Academy (Ofsted rated “Outstanding) is a state-funded secondary school based in the heart of Westminster in central London. We are part of Future Academies, a Multi-Academy Trust which includes three primary schools and six secondary schools in and around London. We are motivated by a mission of social change and reducing educational inequality. Our school and Trust are unique in our approach to a knowledge-rich curriculum; our school moto is Libertas per cultum (Freedom through education), and in our strong emphasis on raising young people’s aspirations and outcomes through the teaching of classical and traditional subjects. Our children and young people study a bespoke curriculum developed by researchers at our Curriculum Centre, which places a focus on developing their cultural literacy and their awareness of the forces, words and events that have shaped our society today.

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