Subject Leader of English
Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 7PHThis job expired on 28 February 2025
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
28 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 - UPS3 (Salary will be determined subject to experience and qualifications) Plus TLR1a
Additional allowances
TLR1a
What skills and experience we're looking for
Good Honours Degree, PGCE, QTS
Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Extensive teaching up to Advanced Level / Oxbridge
Responsibility for planning and managing change within an aspect of school work
Effective monitoring and evaluation of performance
Experience in raising student attainment in an aspect of school work
Experience of developing Teaching & Learning within a chosen subject area
An outstanding subject knowledge and its place within the national curriculum
The ability to teach outstanding lessons
The ability to communicate how to teach outstanding lessons
The ability to coach colleagues to improve their standards of Teaching & Learning
What the school offers its staff
- A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues
- Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
- Employer contributions to Local Government (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme
Access to Blue Light Card Scheme
Access to Teacher Art Pass Scheme (teaching staff only)
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Gym membership scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free eye tests
- Car benefit scheme
- My Health discounts
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 Wallington County Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1098 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wallington County Grammar School website
- Email address
- personnel@wcgschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 647 2235
Wallington County Grammar School is one of the most successful schools in the country. Our motto is Per Ardua ad Summa, Through Difficulties to the Heights, which our exceptional students exemplify each and every day. Their success and that of our staff has been recognised by Ofsted, grading the school ‘outstanding’ in all areas, and more recently by the Secretary of State for Education who presented the school with the 2019 Evening Standard Award for School Achievement. This success is born from a strong set of values centred around compassion for one another, commitment to all we do, courage in facing life’s many challenges and creativity to succeed in a global 21st century society.
We are a highly selective school, admitting 150 young men from across London and the South East into Year 7 and admitting young women into the Sixth Form. We have a well balanced, academic curriculum centred around developing scholarship and creativity which, when combined with innovative and forward thinking pedagogy, makes Wallington County Grammar School an extremely stimulating place to work.
Arranging a visit to Wallington County Grammar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@wcgschool.co.uk.
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