Head of English
Saint George's Church of England School, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7LS8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
13 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Upper Pay Scale plus TLR 1A
Head of English job summary
Head of English
Full time, Permanent
Upper Pay Scale plus TLR 1A
To start in September 2025
Following the retirement of our longstanding and successful Head of English, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate of exceptional ability to join us as Head of English at Saint George’s CE School.
As Head of English you will lead, develop and promote excellence in the teaching and learning of English (including Media and Film Studies) from KS3 to KS5. You will lead a passionate, enthusiastic and collaborative team of teachers to further improve the education our pupils receive in English; the successful candidate will have the vision and leadership to lead a strong department to even greater successes.
The school has an existing reputation for high quality education with a relentless focus upon high expectations and aspirations.
We are a friendly, dynamic and innovative school and pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring student progress through high quality teaching and learning provision for all. The successful applicant will share these values and play an active part in delivering on this commitment.
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Want to work in a supportive and caring environment
- Are committed to enabling every student to achieve the very best they can
- Are an ambitious professional
- Are an outstanding classroom practitioner with strong subject knowledge
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should a suitable candidate apply.
Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Commitment to safeguarding
Saint George’s Church of England School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks where applicable. Our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on our website. All new employees, volunteers and governors will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Saint George's Church of England School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 18
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1473 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 18
- Ofsted report
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Saint George's Church of England School is a popular wide ability school for boys and girls. It is located in pleasant green fields and is within easy reach of the A2/M2 motorway with excellent transport links to London. In 2016 it was the most oversubscribed high school in Kent.
Saint George’s Church of England School converted to Academy status in November 2011 and is a founder member of the Aletheia Anglican Academies Trust formed in December 2014.
The school recently underwent a section 8 inspection (February 2017) and was considered to have remained 'Good' overall with 'Outstanding' for Leadership and Management; continued improvement since the last inspection was also recognised. I recommend it to you as a friendly community, where an energetic, willing, supportive staff work enthusiastically and collaboratively to enable students to excel.
We are delighted that we have been able to expand our age range to open a new primary department on site, making Saint George's an all through school from 4-18 from September 2019.
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