KS2 -KS4 English Teacher - Maternity Cover
Westside School, London, W6 0LT14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
14 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
29 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Negotiable subject to experience and qualifications
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Experience:
- Relevant teaching qualification including QTS
- PGCE or other relevant qualification
- Have a secure knowledge and understanding of the curriculum and related pedagogy
- Experience of working with children
- Experience of dealing with children within an educational context
- Experience of planning in accordance with specific assessment objectives (GCSE)
Skills:
- The ability to plan lessons and sequences with clear objectives to ensure progression for all students
- The ability to adapt schemes of learning to suit the needs of students and groups of students
- Experience of planning in accordance with specific assessment objectives (GCSE / EOY – KS2 – KS4)
- An ability to devise and implement a range of teaching strategies to promote learning and enjoyment of a subject
- An ability to carry your administrative tasks accurately and efficiently to meet tight deadlines
- Good IT skills and an ability to use ICT to good effect in the classroom
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of the requirements of the National Curriculum and specifications of examination course
- An awareness of and commitment to the ethos of the school
Personal competencies and qualities:
- A genuine enthusiasm for working with children and a desire to communicate this to students
- A positive attitude to the use of authority and maintaining student discipline
- A commitment to overcoming barriers to learning
- An ability to inspire confidence
- Being a positive role model
- An ability to strike a good professional rapport with student, staff and parents
- To be flexible to the needs of the students
- An interest in contributing to the extra-curricular life of the school
- Able to work well as part of team
- Able to work on own initiative
What the school offers its staff
Benefits:
- Short working days
- Longer holidays
- Small classrooms
- Cycle to work and Tech scheme
- Wellbeing and mental health support
- Continued professional development and training
- Progression opportunities
- A friendly, passionate team committed to getting the best outcome for our students
Commitment to safeguarding
Westside School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share its commitment.
We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Westside School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- 19 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Westside School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ginna.andrew@westsideschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02075040512
Westside is an outstanding provision with a strong academic base and an ethos of an individually-focused nurturing environment which allows those who were previously disengaged with mainstream school to flourish.’
We are a warm, supportive and inclusive community welcoming pupils of all backgrounds and abilities. Whilst every pupil has their own story of why they have come to us, at Westside every pupil starts with a clean slate and our focus is solely on what they do next. We seek to re-build their confidence and resilience and give them the tools they need to embark on the next chapter of their lives.
Arranging a visit to Westside School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ginna.andrew@westsideschool.org.uk.
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