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Head of English

The Willink School, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 3XJ

This job expired on 9 March 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  9 March 2020 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 February 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490
• Additional allowances:

  Management Allowance is available for a suitable candidate ; Training - CPD

Head of English job summary

We are seeking to appoint an inspirational classroom practitioner with strong subject knowledge, who has a proven track record of leadership or effecting change, to lead our highly successful English Faculty (90% GCSE grades 4-9 in 2018 and 2019).

The successful candidate will be expected to teach, and have strategic oversight of curriculum planning and delivery, for English Language and Literature throughout the school and across the age and ability range. We expect the Head of Faculty to teach A Level. As a Teaching School we can offer the successful candidate excellent support and professional development.

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 The Willink School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1250 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Willink School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: lbailey@willink.w-berks.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-willink-school (opens in new tab)

The Willink is a successful and oversubscribed school with a strong international ethos, listed in the top ten non-selective schools in Berkshire in 2019. The school has 1250 students on roll including 220 in the Sixth Form, and is situated in a pleasant semi-rural setting south west of Reading.

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