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  • Job start date

    1 September 2021

  • Closing date

    15 April 2021 at 8am

  • Date listed

    19 March 2021

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Contract type

Fixed term - Until the return of the maternity leaver, likely to be July 2022

Full-time equivalent salary

MPR/UPR3

Additional allowances

Teachers' Pension, Cycle to Work scheme, Wellbeing Wednesdays, free parking

Teacher of English and Media (Maternity Cover) job summary

TEACHER OF ENGLISH & MEDIA (MATERNITY COVER)

Join a leading school which prides itself on the high quality of education, enrichment and care provided to all and is committed to the wellbeing of students and staff.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to teach Media and English and progress your career in a school judged by OFSTED as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas, a school where both student achievement and attitudes to learning are amongst the best in the region. We are a fantastic learning community, set in one of Yorkshire’s most scenic areas, whose facilities have recently been further enhanced by the completion of a multi-million pound refurbishment and expansion project. This post is required from September 2021 until the return of the maternity leaver, which is likely to be July 2022.

If you have the ability to engage and enthuse our students with a love of English and Media, coupled with the drive and commitment required to be an exceptional teacher, then we would like to hear from you. We welcome applications from both experienced classroom practitioners and Early Career Teachers.

Ilkley Grammar School is an outstanding, vibrant 11-18 comprehensive, with over a 400-year tradition of serving the local community. We are committed to Personal Best as reflected in our Vision and Values:

“Our vision at Ilkley Grammar School is to provide an exceptional, inclusive learning experience at the heart of our community. Our students will achieve their academic personal best and will be equipped with the confidence and skills to make a positive difference to their own lives and the lives of others. We will achieve this through modelling our core values and attributes in the way we work together.”

We are the founding school of Moorlands Learning Trust and a member of the Red Kite Teaching School Alliance with a firm commitment to school to school support and developing highly effective collaborative practices.

We are looking for:
 a dedicated and passionate teacher of Media and English who has resilience and a strong, positive work ethic
 a commitment to providing high quality lessons to engage, challenge and inspire our students
 an individual with the ability to teach English and Media across the full ability range including the potential to teach A-level Media to KS5 (desirable but not essential)
 a colleague who is inspirational to colleagues and students and committed to sharing best practice
 a reflective practitioner who’s interested in research-led teaching and constantly striving to improve their practice

In return for your commitment we can offer:

 the opportunity to make a real difference
 students with ‘highly positive attitudes to learning’
 personalised CPD with a strong commitment to professional growth and developing individual career
paths
 a commitment to mobile technologies with iPads issued to all teaching staff and students
 a very calm and orderly school with high expectations and an ethos of trust and care
 a committed and established staff
 very supportive leadership team, parents and Governors
 a location on the edge of Ilkley Moor in beautiful Wharfedale with good transport links to Leeds
and Bradford

For further details, including our specific application requirements for this post, please visit our school website https://www.ilkleygrammarschool.com/our-school1/vacancies/

Closing date for applications: 8am, Thursday 15th April 2021
Provisional interview date: Wednesday 21st April 2021

Ilkley Grammar School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures and in all our work across and beyond school. The school adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safe recruitment. All persons employed by the school, in any capacity, will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and confirmation of employment is subject to a successful outcome. All teaching staff members recruited by the school have their eligibility to teach checked with the DfE.

Commitment to safeguarding

Ilkley Grammar School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures and in all our work across and beyond school. The school adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safe recruitment. All persons employed by the school, in any capacity, will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and confirmation of employment is subject to a successful outcome. All teaching staff members recruited by the school have their eligibility to teach checked with the DfE.

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About Ilkley Grammar School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
2083 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

We are an outstanding 11-18 comprehensive academy and the founding school of Moorlands Learning Trust.

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