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Teacher of English

Dame Alice Owen's School, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2DU

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• Job start date

  1 September 2022

• Closing date

  19 May 2022 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 May 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Subject: English
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS

Teacher of English job summary

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged. The Governing Body of this highly successful, partially selective, mixed school invites applications for the post of Teacher of English. We seek a highly motivated and energetic candidate to join our very successful and very well resourced English department, as part of a team of 12 specialist English teachers. We are passionate about encouraging reading; students study a range of texts spanning various genres and time periods at both KS3 and KS4. English is a popular subject at A level and we offer two A level courses: English Literature and English Language & Literature. You will need to be able to teach students up to and including A level. In 2019, 96% of all students secured five or more A*-Cs at GCSE, and 84% of A level entries were graded A*- B. 70% of GCSE English results were graded 7-9, with over 94% at 5 or above; 90% of A Level English results were graded A*-B. The school is situated on an attractive 35-acre site in the Green Belt, has excellent facilities and is committed to an extensive programme of staff development. Central London is easily reached by rail from Potters Bar and the school is close to motorway links. The Governing Body is committed to admitting the children of staff in line with our admissions procedures.

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About Dame Alice Owen's School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1447 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Dame Alice Owen's School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@damealiceowens.herts.sch.uk
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Dame Alice Owen’s School is a mixed, partially selective secondary school with over 1,440 registered students and a vibrant and highly successful sixth form. Our school was founded 400 years ago by Dame Alice Owen, a remarkable philanthropist with an unusually modern vision for education. She established the first school in Islington and as demand outstripped space, it moved to its current setting in the Hertfordshire countryside. Because of its roots and its close and important relationship with the Worshipful Company of Brewers, there are 20 places each year for 11 year old students from Islington. It also offers 65 places to the highest scoring applicants who sit the entrance exam each year and a further 10 places for students showing the most aptitude in music who apply for a place in Year 7. The remainder of the places, in an annual cohort of 200, go to siblings, local students on the basis of proximity to the school and to those with priority need.

It is this combination of student and its truly outstanding record of achievement and added value that makes our school such a special place. It is oversubscribed by 5 applicants per place every year. Our dedicated staff, parents’ association, Governing Body and school (staff and student) leaders constantly appraise and re-appraise the various aspects of school life, learning and achievement so we are never complacent. Our school faces the usual challenges of all educational establishments in the public sector, and ensuring that their impact is felt least by the students is a key objective.

We were delighted to be recognised as The Sunday Times Regional School of the Decade in November 2020’ and the country’s highest ranking non-fully selective state school of the year in 2021. Securing a place at Owen’s has been described as “winning the lottery” in the Good School Guide and “the golden ticket” in Tatler. Our school benefits from some of the most able students in the country. Many of our school leavers from Year 13 have offers from top universities to choose from, including on average 20 places at Oxbridge each year.

Our Foundress left a number of fields in the then village of Islington to the care of the Worshipful Company of Brewers which now generate over one million pounds of additional income for the school annually, to support the school. This creates a very special ethos and fosters the very positive staff working environment. The students and staff benefit from a number of traditions including Beer Money, staff awards and Visitation.
 

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