Teacher of English
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3EFThis job expired on 6 December 2023
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
6 December 2023 at 9am
Date listed
21 November 2023
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: Term time.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 21 July 2024
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000 - £46,525
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Degree in English or equivalent with Qualified Teacher Status
- A passion for English and for teaching
- A strong academic background and subject knowledge
- An excellent classroom practitioner (or the potential to be one)
- A commitment to professional development
- An understanding of the needs of pupils across the ability range
- A teacher who can inspire and enthuse pupils and who uses a range of teaching and learning strategies for effective delivery
- An understanding of how to assess pupil progress
- An awareness of ways to raise pupil attainment
- A commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of students
What the school offers its staff
We are an established 11-18 single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in our community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their post-16 study. People are at the heart of Bournside. Rating us as “Good” in all areas, OFSTED saw that “staff well-being, as well as curriculum knowledge, are paramount”. Our staff and students are Ambitious, Purposeful, Proud, Respectful, Curious, and Supportive. These are our values and whilst you’ll see them written on our website and on our corridor walls, where you’ll really see them is in the way we work together, the way we talk to one another, the way teachers teach and students learn. All that leads to what OFSTED called “a harmonious school”.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1828 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01242235555
Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.
Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.
Arranging a visit to Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk.
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