Teacher of English
Abbey College, Ramsey, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, PE26 1DGThis job expired on 9 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2024
Closing date
9 October 2023 at 9am
Date listed
25 September 2023
Job details
Job role
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- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
Teacher of English job summary
Details for applicants
Who are we?
The
English Learning Area is comprised of 8 staff. We have a young, innovative and
creative team of practitioners, who are keen to try new ideas. They have
committed to raising the aspirations of our children over the last two years
via increased challenge, a focus on planning lessons to enable independent and
collaborative learning, and providing high quality feedback. They are a
dedicated and passionate team who have had real success in the last five years.
The
English Department has been highly successful over a number of years at KS3, 4
and 5. In particular the KS4 results have been consistently above national
averages for both attainment and progress with 90% of all students achieving a
Grade 4 or above and 73% of all students achieving a Grade 5 or above. We have
a large number of students carrying their English studies on into the Sixth
Form and the results in English contributed towards the Sixth Form being
recognised as the fourth best in Cambridgeshire.
Would you like to visit us?
Informal
visits are welcomed. We are not as far away as you think and driving through
the countryside each morning is a very pleasant way to start you day! You’ll
find us just 20-25 minutes from Peterborough and Huntingdon, and commutable
from Cambridge too. Why not come and visit us so we can show you more of our
school?
What do I do if I want to know more before applying?
You are very welcome to come and visit our wonderful school, please just let us know and we will arrange a tour of the department and wider school. More information is available on our website. However, if you have any further questions, please contact Kiera O'Connell kiera.oconnell@abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk
Job description
Abbey College is committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects
all staff to share this commitment.
The responsibilities of the post
will be in accordance with the Teacher’s standards, latest School teachers’ pay
and conditions, school’s policies and under the direction of the Headteacher.
Job role and purpose
Teacher
of English
Teacher Expectations:
- Good or outstanding classroom skills
- Ability to create effective lesson plans
- Ability to use assessment to inform planning for good teaching and
learning
- Experience or desire to be involved in a curriculum initiative
- Ability to differentiate materials to meet the needs of learners
- Experience or desire to raise standards of achievements
- Willingness to continue to develop own expertise
- Ability to build good relationships with students and colleagues
- Be well organized and able to obtain accurate records
- Ability to use ICT effectively to engage students
- Humble, Intuitive and Passionate
Job Description:Teacher of English
Start Date: January 2024
New Scale Point: MPS/UPS
Job Purpose:
- Working
closely with the Head of English to facilitate
outstanding teaching and learning across the department, which meets the needs
of all students and leads to excellent student outcomes.
Main Duties /Responsibilities
- To ensure good or outstanding classroom teaching of English;
- Create schemes of learning that are engaging and effective;
- Ability
to use assessment to inform planning for good teaching and learning;
- Experience or desire to be involved in a curriculum initiative;
- Ability to differentiate materials to meet the needs of learners;
- Experience
or desire to raise standards of achievements;
- Willingness
to continue to develop own expertise;
- Ability
to build good relationships with students and colleagues;
- Be
well organized and able to obtain accurate records;
- Ability
to use data to target intervention;
- Ability
to evaluate and adapt methods to ensure continuing progress.
- To raise standards of Teaching and Learning across the department and the wider school, monitor progress towards agreed aims, in collaboration with the lead for English.
- To
provide specialist subject expertise to assist departmental staff, including
co-planning with colleagues and advising and training staff on positive
behaviours for learning.
- To ensure high standards of Teaching and Learning in English. This will include the production of high quality teaching and learning resources and materials for use across the department and School.
- Teach outstanding lessons, as a model of good practice within your area, engage with students to ensure that they all make exceptional progress. You will maintain an open door policy for other staff to see model practice.
- To support and enhance the teaching practice of others within your area across the School.
- To work alongside the Lead Learner for English to coach and mentor staff in order to develop their teaching.
- Lead groups of CPD activities in area of expertise.
- Support School priorities and targets for the faculty.
Wellbeing
- Ensure all pupils have equal access to learning using appropriate strategies and resources, where necessary.
- Liaise with pastoral staff members to ensure the wellbeing of pupils and their full participation in school life.
- Raise any concerns regarding pupils’ behaviour with the relevant Raising Standards Lead.
- Implement any specific arrangements for individual pupils.
- Provide individual pastoral support to pupils, where necessary.
- Continuously motivate and challenge pupils, whilst promoting and reinforcing self-esteem.
Safeguarding
- To have the ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
- Appreciate the significance of safeguarding and interprets this accurately for all individual children and young people whatever their life circumstances.
- To have a good understanding of the safeguarding agenda and can demonstrate an ability to contribute towards a safe environment.
- The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice and information in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
Variation Clause
- This job description will be reviewed and updated periodically in order to ensure that it relates to the job performed or to incorporate any proposed changes. This procedure will be conducted by the Headteacher or line manager in consultation with the post-holder. In these circumstances it will be the aim to reach agreement on reasonable changes but if agreement is not possible management reserves the right to make changes to the job description following consultation.
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.
About Abbey College, Ramsey
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1029 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Abbey College, Ramsey website (opens in new tab)
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