Head of English
St John's Catholic Comprehensive, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April or September 2025
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main/Upper Pay Scale
Additional allowances
TLR1b
What skills and experience we're looking for
St John’s is seeking to appoint an inspirational and dedicated full-time Head of English. The successful candidate will be joining our school to lead one of our most effective and respected departments, working and collaborating with an exceptionally committed and talented team of practitioners.
Alongside the traditional GCSEs in English Language & Literature, the school offers A Levels in English Literature, English Language & Classical Civilisation. Student engagement across all key stages and qualifications offered by the department is exceptional. These consistently excellent results have been a major contributing factor to the extremely successful whole school outcomes that have been achieved in recent years. The school’s 2024 Progress 8 score of +0.11 was the seventh consecutive examination year where the school achieved a positive score on this key performance measure, and is a wonderful reflection of the talented and dedicated students and staff we have at the school.
Applications are invited from committed and passionate English specialists with successful leadership experience, who are excited by the opportunity to play a key role within our thriving Catholic community. We are looking for a committed and talented practitioner who can bring the best out of others – staff and students alike.
What the school offers its staff
St John’s is a very successful co-ed Catholic school with over 1300 pupils including over 300 students in our Sixth Form. We have an extremely strong Catholic ethos and pride ourselves in being a warm and welcoming community, something that was externally recognised in our most recent Section 48 Inspection of January 2020, where we achieved ‘Outstanding Catholic School’ status.
Commitment to safeguarding
St John's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, Enhanced DBS check and an online social media profile check. This role includes specific safeguarding responsibilities, as defined in the job description. Our school’s dedicated Child Protection Policy can be viewed on our school website.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
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About St John's Catholic Comprehensive
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1319 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01474534718
St John’s is a very successful co-ed Catholic school with over 1300 pupils including c.300 in our Sixth Form. We have a very strong Catholic ethos and pride ourselves in being a warm and welcoming community. The school’s 2024 Progress 8 score of +0.11 was the seventh consecutive examination year that the school achieved a positive score on this key performance measure and a wonderful reflection of the talented and dedicated students and staff we have at the school. This is an excellent and exciting time to join our school and to be part of an enthusiastic, forward-thinking and supportive team.
Arranging a visit to St John's Catholic Comprehensive
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk.
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