Teacher of English
Wren Academy Finchley, London, N12 9HBThis job expired on 9 June 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
9 June 2023 at 9am
Date listed
28 April 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- View all Englishjobs
Working pattern
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- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- plus Wren allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Possess a good degree and QTS.
- Be an excellent teacher with the ability to inspire students to become effective, self directed learners.
- Have the skills and experience necessary to achieve outstanding examination results.
- Possess a thorough understanding of the requirements and opportunities of the secondary curriculum.
- Have experience of teaching a range of year groups including examination classes.
- Show evidence of having developed the learning capacity of students.
- Be able to support and role model on delivery of school ethos and policies.
- Show evidence of continued professional development.
- Have relevant experience of working in comprehensive and multicultural environments.
- Know how to use, with guidance, statistical information to evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching and to monitor the progress of those that they teach.
- Be willing to act upon advice and feedback and being open to mentoring and coaching.
- Be receptive and constructively critical of whole school innovation which will lead to benefits and improvements in teaching and learning.
- Demonstrate the ability to set up and operate effective self-evaluation systems.
- Have a commitment to extra-curricular activities and be able to follow procedural and safeguarding guidelines to ensure these run smoothly.
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Be committed to maintaining a distinctive and inclusive Christian vision in the academy.
Have the ability to relate positively to parents and other stakeholders and engage them successfully in the life of the academy.
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Possess integrity, optimism, credibility, resilience, calmness and a sense of proportion.
Demonstrate the inspiration to motivate and the ability to build on the strengths and expertise of each staff member.
Have qualities which earn the trust and respect of students, staff, parents and governors.
Be able to build constructive working relationships with local schools and colleges, employers and the local authority.
What the school offers its staff
Teachers are encouraged to innovate and adopt a research-focused approach to improving their practice. All teachers joining Wren receive a high quality professional development experience. We explicitly prioritise CPD with an innovative programme which provides three hours of CPD per week. Therefore, we are looking to recruit teachers who are currently good or outstanding and who have the desire to develop further. We want to appoint colleagues who possess real curiosity about the ways in which children learn most effectively and who are always seeking to extend their practice into new areas and learning activities. It is important that Wren teachers are ambitious both for themselves and for their students.
You will be given time to plan and evaluate your lessons. You will be part of a learning dialogue with colleagues for which time is set aside. Most importantly of all, you will be working with young people who are talented and enthusiastic about their learning. We believe that observing other teachers at work and having them observe you is a professional entitlement.
Other benefits of teaching at Wren:
- Children of colleagues working at Wren for over two years are given priority for a place in Reception or Year 7
- An exceptionally talented and mutually supportive staff team
- Talented, courteous and ambitious students
- Excellent professional development opportunities including support for programmes of further study and planned career development. This includes the opportunity to study for NPQs.
- Timetabled professional development time during the school day
- Planning and evaluation time during the school day
- A pleasant and attractive working environment
- Free refreshments and a daily lunchtime allowance
- ‘Wren Allowance’ in recognition of delivering enrichment activities and contributing to the wider life of the Academy.
- A lower student contact ratio than the norm
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 Wren Academy Finchley
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1626 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Wren Academy Finchley website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- wrenhr@wrenacademy.org
Wren Academy Finchley is located in the London Borough of Barnet. It is the founder of the Wren Academies Trust, a MAT which is sponsored by the Church of England and Berkhamsted School. The Academy has developed a strong reputation for outstanding teaching and learning, as demonstrated by our Progress 8 figure, which places us in the top 65 schools nationally. We are an all-through school with a thriving sixth form and a primary phase which opened in September 2015. The engaging curriculum and state of the art buildings have contributed to the Academy’s notable success. There is also a strong focus on student well-being so that every individual is happy and secure to learn and thrive within a caring community.
Wren is a MAT and plans are well advanced to create a new school in a neighbouring borough which will provide exciting professional development opportunities for all staff.
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