Lead Practitioner of English
Testbourne Community School, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7JF22 days remaining to apply
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
31 March 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, part time: Full-time or part-time. Flexible working proposals will be considered.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- LP4 to LP8
What skills and experience we're looking for
Testbourne Community School, is a 11-16 comprehensive school, which provides a forward thinking, outward looking and vibrant learning environment. We pride ourselves on the strength of staff and student relationships and we have a strong sense of community at the heart of our ethos. Our shared philosophy is embodied by our strapline ‘Achievement, Excellence, Integrity.’
Testbourne is a high performing school, with students achieving excellent results. In August 2024,76% achieved a ‘standard’ pass of grade 4 and above in English and English combined. An excellent total of 52 grade 9s were achieved by our year 11s across their subjects. Progress was also good for all students including those with SEND. English achieved 82% grades 9-4, with 20% achieving grade 7 or above.
This post provides an exciting career opportunity for an ambitious and inspirational candidate who would like to further develop their career as part of our dynamic and highly effective teaching and learning team. They must have a relentless drive for the highest standards of learning and achievement. The successful candidate will join our staff team who are at the cutting edge of pedagogical thinking. We are looking for someone who has a passion for teaching English, who will be an effective member of the team, and will make a positive contribution to the day to day running of the English department. Part time and flexible working will be considered.
The successful candidate will have excellent subject knowledge, strong classroom management skills and the ability to inspire our pupils and staff with engaging teaching and leadership. The school places great emphasis on learning and achievement and, as such, the successful candidate will have a track record of excellent teaching and examination results alongside an ability to mentor, coach and lead others. We are dedicated to offering the right candidate professional development to enable them to achieve excellence. We provide a highly supportive environment with opportunities to develop as an education practitioner and leader. We offer coaching, peer support and opportunities to work with local subject networks to support new middle leaders and help them develop their leadership skills.
We highly value our staff and expect teaching staff to exercise their professional judgement in how they teach.
“I really enjoy working at Testbourne. Not only are the students enthusiastic in their learning and respectful of teachers, Senior Leadership are supportive, caring and value their staff. I have been given numerous opportunities to develop and progress in my career, and since starting a young family I have been supported in working part-time whilst maintaining responsibilities.”
To get a sense of what it is like to be part of our team, please see the Working with Us - Testbourne Community School section on our website for genuine quotes from our staff.
The successful candidate will:
- be an excellent or potentially excellent teacher of English;
- be passionate about English and engaging students in the subject;
- have a passion for learning and teaching, and be committed to continuous learning and professional development and responsive to feedback;
- have fantastic subject knowledge and be passionate about helping all students, including the most able, appreciate English and understand how to succeed in the subject;
- have the highest expectations of themselves and of the behaviour and achievement of students;
- be committed to developing the highly effective teaching and learning across the school through coaching, mentoring and contributing to high quality CPD.
- be a team player
- be ambitious and committed to ongoing professional development.
What the school offers its staff
In return we:
- offer the opportunity to be part of a highly successful, supportive, experienced, organised and friendly English team;
- provide professional development and expertise to enable staff to achieve excellence
- provide a highly supportive environment with opportunities to develop as an education practitioner;
- provide a highly professional and collaborative working environment focused on developing a love of learning;
- offer first rate personal career development to assist you in the fulfilment of your ambitions
- facilitate a culture of research, development and personal reflection to ensure that everyone can reach the high standards expected;
Commitment to safeguarding
Testbourne Community School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure Barring Service checks, along with other relevant employment checks.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@testbourne.school
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Testbourne Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 941 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Testbourne Community School website
- Email address
- recruitment@testbourne.school
Arranging a visit to Testbourne Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@testbourne.school.
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