Second in Faculty - English Department
Shevington High School, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 8ABThis job expired on 22 November 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
April 2024 ( or January 2024)
Closing date
22 November 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 November 2023
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: Full Time Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Teacher Pay Scale
Additional allowances
TLR2b
What skills and experience we're looking for
Shevington High School is a successful and popular 11-16 community school seeking to appoint a 2ndin the Faculty of English. The post offers a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, progress driven and adaptable teacher looking for progression and development into this middle leadership role.
The English, Film Studies and Media Faculty is a hub of excellence at the heart of a thriving school. There is collegiate ethos within the faculty which secures progress and excellent attainment for our pupils based on individual starting points on entry. As a team, we work hard to inspire and promote a love of learning in all our pupils, as well as ensuring that all pupils have mastered the varying communication skills through English, Film Studies and Media that they will need for the future. We obtain this by supporting the students to believe that challenging goals are achievable with personal commitment.
This exciting opportunity in our current team has arisen due to promotions within the team and a need to expand staffing in line with the increased pupils in school. For this role we are seeking someone who has a desire to explore enquiry style questions that allow us to research new developments in pedagogy and explore an innovative approach to teaching which will strengthen our blended learning strategy.
What the school offers its staff
The English and Media Faculty is a thriving and vibrant area of the school. We work incredibly hard as a team to support pupils to make excellent progress in their learning from their varied starting points on entry. The Faculty has celebrated very good examination results over recent years and we pride ourselves on our constant drive for improvement. As a team, we work hard to inspire and promote a love of learning and Literature in our pupils, as well as ensuring that all pupils have mastered the skills in English that they will need in the future. The expansion of our current team is an exciting development and we look forward to hearing from applicants who feel they can complement and enhance the learning experiences that we currently offer
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Shevington High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 886 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Shevington High School website
- Email address
- lthompson@shevingtonhigh.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01257 400990
About the School
Shevington High School is a very popular and successful 11-16 secondary school with a track record for achieving the best possible outcomes for the pupils it serves.
The school located in the village of Shevington, 3 miles from Wigan town centre and five minutes from the M6 motorway. The school is smaller than the average size secondary school but grown significantly over the last 5 Years. We currently have 178 students in every year group.
As a School, we have developed a learning culture of high aspirations and expectations for all students.
At Shevington, we are committed to maintaining the very highest standards. Our positive approach seeks to identify and nurture the ability and talent in every learner and to ensure through an array of experiences and opportunities that everyone has the chance to shine.
Shevington High School is a happy school where individuality and difference are recognised and embraced and curiosity, creativity and leadership are fostered. In addition, every learner has the right to strive for success and to have their successes celebrated. We are a disciplined and caring environment where respect for each other, small courtesies and good manners are held in very high regard.
Learning is at the heart of all that we do and in order to prepare young people to become the citizens of the future the learning must be stimulating, challenging and be about real life and the real world.
We are immensely proud to be a Laboratory School as part of the International Centre of Educational Enhancement (ICEE) and Bolton University. Through our relentless research and development work with the ICCE we have developed the Shevington Teaching Framework and developed a blended learning approach where all students work from digital devices in lessons through Google Classroom. This has transformed our learning and pedagogical approach in lessons.
One of our other unique strengths, is our commitment to encouraging and enabling students to take ownership of their learning. To this end all students attend a weekly coaching session with their form tutor setting weekly and long term learning goals linked to our curriculum and Student Agency in Learning (SAIL) approach.
We have worked hard to create a working environment, where hard work and dedication are rewarded. We are very proud of our amazing students, our dedicated staff and extremely supportive governors and parents.
The school has a strong school vision supported by all stakeholders.
Through our values and personalised approach to learning we expect students to achieve the highest academic excellence, recognise opportunities, have a positive view of challenges and dare to think in new ways – to be creative – and realise that “life is what you make it!”
At Shevington High School, you will find a school which is totally committed to ongoing and high-quality professional development for all staff who form part of our team. We have a comprehensive programme of professional development and have a Staff Coaching Programme where staff work collaboratively in triads throughout the year reflecting on practice and developing teacher protocols. All teachers also embark on personal research and inquiry projects and share their findings with others as part of our professional learning community. We believe that the focus on developing teacher protocols has been central to our ongoing success.
If you are suitably qualified and would like to share in our vision and journey as we continue to develop an innovative and excellent educational provision, we would very much welcome hearing from you
Arranging a visit to Shevington High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lthompson@shevingtonhigh.org.uk.
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