Teacher of English
Gordano School, Bristol, BS20 7QRThis job expired on 19 August 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter
Closing date
19 August 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 August 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- TMS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a well-qualified, highly motivated and innovative Teacher of English to work within our talented and successful English team. The ability to teach English Language, Media or English Literature at A’Level is desired.
We hope to appoint someone who is ambitious and as committed to creative and compelling teaching as we are. The postholder will engage in regulated activity.
This role is suited for an ECT or more experienced teacher.
Interested candidates should display the following:-
- Excellent teaching skills
- Ability to develop excellent relationships with pupils and staff
- Good organisational skills and ability to work in a team
- Commitment to using ICT as a teaching tool
- Commitment to high expectations and standards of work
- Enthusiasm, flexibility and ability to adopt differing teaching styles
- Creativity in bringing ideas to the faculty
- Enthusiasm for and willingness to participate in or lead trips
What the school offers its staff
Gordano School offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping), cycle to work scheme, discounted on-site gym membership and on-site parking.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Lighthouse Schools Partnership - Gordano School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all in its community to share this commitment.. Suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. As part of the shortlisting process an online search will be carried out. All appointments will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS check.
A copy of the Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy, Disclosure Policy and Recruitment Policy can be found on the Lighthouse Schools Partnership website.
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About Gordano School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2122 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Gordano School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@gordanoschool.org.uk
Gordano School, part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, is a large and successful 11-18 comprehensive secondary school approximately eight miles outside Bristol. Our school includes a thriving Sixth Form of nearly 400 students that is strongly integrated into the life of the school and offers significant opportunities for sixth form teaching in over 30 courses. We are the sole secondary school serving the popular town of Portishead and benefit greatly from being a central part of our community.
We view education as something bigger than just academic achievement. We have a record of considerable academic success but wholeheartedly believe that a student's education should be about preparing young people for their future lives in the complete sense, developing our young people’s key skills and behaviours that set them up for a successful future pathway. As well as consistently strong outcomes at GCSE and A Level, we place great emphasis on the opportunities available to our students including developing student leadership across our student body, offering an unparalleled extra-curricular programme and ensuring clear guidance for students when considering progression to their next steps of their educational journey.
We pride ourselves on high-quality support for colleagues at all stages of their career through internal and external CPD, including our membership of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, with staff involved in a range of developmental opportunities across schools in the Trust as well as supporting staff in bespoke training such as completing different levels of the NPQ programmes. We maintain significant involvement in Initial Teacher Training and deliver a comprehensive ECT induction in association with the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance and Ambition Institute. Our very large staff body allows regular opportunities for progression into leadership roles at all levels.
Importantly, beyond the wider experiences on offer to our student body, we seek to be a very happy school community with a big heart. This has never been more evident than through our recent work in delivering our core principles of ‘Dream big, do your best, give back’, fostering a community filled with kindness and respect.
Gordano School offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping), cycle to work scheme, discounted on-site gym membership and on-site parking.
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