Teacher of English
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 7ETThis job expired on 1 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
1 May 2024 at 2:24pm
Date listed
29 April 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Drama, English
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday School day 8.45am - 3.25pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Pay Range to Upper Pay Range
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teaching and Learning:
- to set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge all learners, within a safe, respectful and stimulating environment
- to promote and be accountable for good progress and outcomes by students, building upon prior learning and supporting students in reflecting upon their own learning
- to demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge, and a critical understanding of developments in these areas
- to demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of articulacy and the correct use of standard English
- to plan and teach well-structured lessons, which make effective use of time and which promote a love of learning and intellectual understanding, and to reflect upon their effectiveness
- to set homework and plan other out-of-class activities to consolidate and extend the learning of students
- to adapt teaching to respond to the strengths, needs and stages of development of all students, using approaches which enable students to learn effectively
- to have a secure understanding of how a range of factors can inhibit students’ ability to learn, and how best to overcome these
- to have a clear understanding of the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs, those with English as an additional language and those with disabilities, and to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them
- to make accurate and productive use of assessment, including the effective use of assessment for learning strategies and of data to monitor progress, set targets and plan subsequent lessons
- to manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment.
Care, Guidance and Support:
- to be a form tutor and to promote the general progress and well-being of individual students and of the tutor group
- to monitor and evaluate the progress of students, and to liaise effectively with the head of year and parents/carers
- to register students, accompany them to assemblies, encourage their full attendance and their full participation in all aspects of school life
- to ensure that any concern of a safeguarding nature is dealt with immediately and in line with school policy.
Wider Professional Duties:
- to make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school
- to develop professional relationships with colleagues, knowing how and when to draw on advice and specialist support
- to deploy support staff effectively
- to take responsibility for improving teaching through appropriate professional development, responding to advice and feedback from colleagues
- to work effectively as a member of a team(s) and to contribute positively to effective working relations within the school
- where appropriate, to communicate with bodies outside the school
- to communicate effectively with parents/carers with regard to students’ achievements and well-being
- to assist in the process of curriculum development and change to ensure continued relevance to the needs of students, examining/awarding bodies and the school development plan
- to carry out the professional duties of a teacher as outlined in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions
Document, and/or any subsequent legislation
- to be a member of a duty team, when assigned, and carry out such duties punctually and efficiently.
What the school offers its staff
The school is fortunate to have hugely-committed staff who give their all, take public service seriously and are keen to provide extra-curricular activities in a multitude of areas. John Kyrle aims to provide all students with a life-enhancing secondary school experience where students feel happy and secure yet challenged.
John Kyrle is a popular and oversubscribed high school with other 1400 students who are drawn from the town of Ross and the surrounding rural area. The school is located on the Ledbury Road about half a mile from the Market House and adjoining the dual carriageway. John Kyrle High School is organised on a year basis with form tutors and a head of year responsible for the pastoral care and monitoring of students. We also have a team of high-experienced pastoral support officers. Form tutors stay with their tutor groups from Years 7 to 11. A head of sixth form oversees Years 12 and 13.
The school has excellent facilities, including sports fields, an all-weather sports surface, tennis courts, a specialist drama studio, a purpose-built art and ceramics facility, and a modern library. There are also technology workshops, a music- technology suite and practice rooms, computer and business rooms, language lab, a gymnasium and an on-site sports hall which are used extensively. Our tennis and netball courts have just been refurbished and are a fantastic addition.
There is a strong tradition of music, drama and art at the school. A recent increase in student numbers has led to the installation of additional classrooms. In 2015, a new Maths Centre of Excellence was opened with 10 specialist maths classrooms and a shared study facility for A-level students and staff. Our latest development, a new science block with six large specialist laboratories, was opened this academic year.
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.
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About John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1425 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@jkhs.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01989764358
Arranging a visit to John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
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