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Head of English

Walsall Studio School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1RL

This job expired on 30 September 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  30 September 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours a Week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS +TLR

What skills and experience we're looking for

Join our team

Whether you have experience of teaching Key Stage 4 and 5 (Level 2 and 3 qualifications or you are completing your Postgraduate Certificate of Education (or equivalent teaching qualification) in secondary education, if you answered ‘yes’, we are looking for people like you to join our highly successful team at Studio School & Sixth.

If you wish to learn more about the school and this post, please get in touch via: enquiries@studio.merciantrust.org.uk

All applicants interested in this post must complete an application form via the Mercian Trust vacancies page; CV’s are not accepted.

Closing date for applications: Monday 30th September 2024 at 9.00am

Interviews: W/C Monday 7th October 2024

What the school offers its staff

Studio School & Sixth is looking to recruit an enthusiastic, hardworking teacher to lead our English Department.

About Studio School & Sixth

Studio School & Sixth is a specialist 14-19 non-selective school and founding member of The Mercian Trust.

Located in the heart of Walsall town centre, our unique small school and sixth form offers an immersive professional experience; supporting academic, vocational and personal excellence for students starting Year 10 or Year 12 who seek a creative and digitally rich curriculum.

Vocational learning is really important here, but it would be wrong to think that this means our students focus purely on practical work. There’s plenty of theory to learn and we strike a good balance between the academic and the vocational. Above all, we challenge our students to be the very best they can be in their chosen fields.

Back in the Renaissance, more than 400 years ago, ‘apprentices’ studied under the guidance of ‘masters’ and it’s this model that has influenced the way Studio Schools operate today. Of course, much has changed and now, thankfully, those ‘masters’ and ‘apprentices’ are just as likely to be women and girls as men and boys.

Studio School & Sixth has almost 300 such ‘apprentices’. It’s one of only a handful of Studio Schools in the country and opened its doors in 2013. Its students go on to universities, conservatoires and high-quality apprenticeships. The school focuses on the creative, health and digital industries, which means students have careers as paramedics, therapists, software engineers, actors, dancers, teachers and much else besides.

The Studio School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A copy of the ‘Safeguarding Policy’ is available to view or download by logging onto the School website: www.theladderschool.org.

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.

Commitment to safeguarding

Studio School & Sixth is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A copy of the ‘Safeguarding Policy’ is available to view or download by logging onto the School website: https://walsallstudio.school/

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.

This job post has expired.

About Walsall Studio School

• School type: Free School, ages 14 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 179 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 14 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Walsall Studio School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walsall-studio-school (opens in new tab)

Studio School & Sixth is a specialist 14-19 non-selective school and founding member of The Mercian Trust.

Located in the heart of Walsall town centre, our unique small school and sixth form offers an immersive professional experience; supporting academic, vocational and personal excellence for students starting Year 10 or Year 12 who seek a creative and digitally rich curriculum.
Vocational learning is really important here, but it would be wrong to think that this means our students focus purely on practical work. There’s plenty of theory to learn and we strike a good balance between the academic and the vocational. Above all, we challenge our students to be the very best they can be in their chosen fields.

Back in the Renaissance, more than 400 years ago, ‘apprentices’ studied under the guidance of ‘masters’ and it’s this model that has influenced the way Studio Schools operate today. Of course, much has changed and now, thankfully, those ‘masters’ and ‘apprentices’ are just as likely to be women and girls as men and boys.

Studio School & Sixth has almost 300 such ‘apprentices’. It’s one of only a handful of Studio Schools in the country and opened its doors in 2013. Its students go on to universities, conservatoires and high-quality apprenticeships. The school focuses on the creative, health and digital industries, which means students have careers as paramedics, therapists, software engineers, actors, dancers, teachers and much else besides.

Arranging a visit to Walsall Studio School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk.

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