Teacher of English
Thurston Community College, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3PBThis job expired on 2 January 2024
Start date details
Spring 2024 (before if possible)
Closing date
2 January 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 December 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: 32.5
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Opportunity ? https://www.thurstoncollege.org/Vacancies/
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspiring, ambitious, and vibrant Teacher of English to join our well established department. The successful applicant will be required to teach English at KS3 and KS4, with the opportunity to teach A-Level English available for a suitably qualified candidate.
Our successful candidate will join an outstanding English Department who pride themselves on their innovative approach to supporting every student to achieve their full potential. You will benefit from entering a collaborative team who welcome forward thinking initiatives and are able to offer new colleagues’ advice, support and professional development opportunities in a friendly, positive and creative environment. The department is well resourced with classrooms based within the dedicated languages area of the school, modern IT projection equipment to assist the delivery of your lessons.
This post would be equally appropriate for an experienced or a newly qualified early careers Teacher.
What the school offers its staff
Who are we? https://www.thurstoncollege.org/Vacancies/
Thurston Community College is a large popular mixed comprehensive school. It comprises of two distinct and specialist sites. Our Thurston Campus, for students from Year 7 to Year 11 is situated four miles east of Bury St Edmunds. Thurston Sixth; Beyton Campus is located in the nearby village of Beyton, offering a bespoke centre of excellence for students in Year 12 and Year 13.
It was recently announced that the school will be part of the School Rebuild Programme. Due to our growing numbers we currently already have a building project underway which will house three new science classrooms due for completion in August 2023.
Our purpose is simple; to inspire a love of learning, empower our College community with the knowledge and skills to help them make meaningful choices and contribute positively to the world in which we live to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life.
A new Principal was appointed in September 2021 and together with the Governing Body has set an exciting and aspirational vision for the College over the next five years. The person appointed will be a fundamental part in building on our already Good Ofsted Status (March 2018) and realising the vision to create:
1. A stimulating, accessible and safe learning environment in which our villages and towns come together as a community which is much more than the sum of its parts.
2. A high performing learning organisation.
3. A culture of high standards, which reinforces excellent behaviour, mutual respect, tolerance and understanding of what it is to be a citizen, not only of the school, but of local, national and international societies.
4. At the heart of a wide network of partnerships that provide opportunities for mutual improvement and benefit.
Further information about the job
https://www.thurstoncollege.org/Vacancies/
We require an English Teacher who has:
- Excellent subject knowledge.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A desire to develop their own leadership skills, whilst being a strong team player.
In return we will provide:
- An opportunity to help shape the future of the English Faculty.
- Opportunities to develop both professionally and personally.
We offer the opportunity to:
- Join a talented Team, dedicated to work effectively together to secure positive outcomes for our students.
- Benefit from ongoing Professional Development.
- Make a difference to our talented and creative students.
- Benefit from our Employee Assistance Programme.
If you are excited by this post, its challenges and opportunities; if you relish the prospect of joining our team of committed and excellent staff we very much look forward to hearing from you.Please visit our website for further information or if you would like to discuss this post further please do not hesitate to contact recruitment@thurstoncollege.org.
Thurston Community College enjoys a rural location with free parking and convenient transport links to Cambridge, Ipswich and London.
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt.
Commitment to safeguarding
Thurston Community College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
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About Thurston Community College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1484 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thurston Community College website
- Email address
- recruitment@thurstoncollege.org
- Phone number
- 01359 234506
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