Head of English
The Priory School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9EE28 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
11 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): 1.0 FTE as per Teaching T&C
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Salary dependent on experience UPS 1-3
Additional allowances
TLR 1b £11,409
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential
- Proven track record of successful teaching across the ability range
- Be an outstanding classroom teacher
- Monitoring standards – acknowledge excellence and challenge poor performance
- Setting and achieving ambitious goals and challenging targets
- Recent and successful experience of teaching up to GCSE
- CPD and experience which demonstrates the ambition to move to Head of Subject.
- Substantive or temporary experience of Head of Subject within English or second in department/faculty.
Desirable
- Participation in whole school initiatives
- Performance management experience
- Experience of Post 16
- Experience of successfully running extra-curricular activities, including whole school events
What the school offers its staff
Hours & Working Weeks
Work-life balance is important in our Trust.
Having the ability to organise your working hours in a way that suits you, whilst not compromising your hours and standard of work, alongside meeting the requirements of the post and the needs of the Trust can help to achieve this work-life balance. It may be to avoid a busy commute or to allow time to work around childcare or caring for dependents. We will be looking for core-working hours, which will be agreed with the successful applicant and other hours are to be worked around other commitments.
We also support home-working and this will be discussed at interview.
You must exhibit a high level of self-motivation and self-discipline and be able to manage your own time effectively for this to be successful.
In addition to a comprehensive induction and a commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, we also offer:
- Access to the Trust’s Employee Assistance Programme, which includes 24 hour access for you and your family members to legal, financial, health, parenting and life advice
- Access to same day GP online appointment 24/7 365 days a year.
- 1:1 Counselling Service
- Discount Scheme for high street retailers, mobile phone providers, holidays, electrical goods, supermarkets, restaurants, cinema, etc.
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Childcare Voucher Scheme or Tax-Free Childcare Scheme
- Access to freshly made hot meals or deli-style food on site
- Teachers Pensions (28.68% employer contributions)
- Local Government Pension Scheme (19% employer contribution)
- Generous Sickness Payment Scheme
- Eye Testing Scheme
- Flexible Working Policy
- Special Leave Policy
- Member of the Valued Worker Scheme (accredited by our recognised unions)
- A Disability Confident Committed Employer
- Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Collaborative working culture and professional development opportunities across our Trust schools
We are also currently exploring:
- Electric/Hybrid Car Lease Scheme
Healthcare Scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
The 3-18 Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as such this post requires acknowledgement and understanding of safeguarding and child protection policies which can be found on the school website. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
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About The Priory School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 852 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Priory School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- pri-hr@pri.318education.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01743 284000
Arranging a visit to The Priory School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email pri-hr@pri.318education.co.uk.
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