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Teacher of English Literature,
Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 3AQThis job expired on 26 May 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
26 May 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 May 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main scale
Teacher of English Literature, job summary
Teacher of English Literature
Salary Scale: Main Scale
Responsible to: Head of English
Required for: September 2022
This is an excellent opportunity for a well-qualified teacher of English who is passionate about the subject.
Please note that for this post it is essential for applicants to be able to teach English Literature to A level.
School Background
Wirral Grammar School is a selective state, 11 to 18 Business and Enterprise School for Boys. The school is situated on the Wirral peninsula in the village of Bebington, one mile from junction 4 on the M53. Our school is very popular and oversubscribed.
We have extensive specialist facilities and much of our accommodation is under 15 years old, while the older parts date back to the 1930s. Thanks largely to the Target Capital Grant that was awarded in 2006, new buildings have been added and all parts of the existing buildings have been remodelled. ICT facilities cover the whole school with WiFi connectivity to most areas and all classrooms have ICT equipment for presentation purposes. We have our own purpose built Sports Hall and extensive playing fields.
Wirral Grammar School for Boys has been a converter academy since 2011. Prior to becoming an Academy, the school was a Foundation School and this followed from the school’s Grant Maintained status, which was acquired in the 1990s. We serve the immediate community of Bebington and Bromborough and each year, pupils join us from other parts of Wirral and across the county border into Cheshire.
Wirral Grammar School is a selective 11 – 18 school and entry into Year 7 is by a threshold 11+ assessment that pupils take when they are in Year 6 at primary school. The admissions process is managed by Wirral Local Authority on behalf of the school and the same assessment is used for admission to the other Grammar Schools in the area. The school has capacity to admit 155 pupils in each year group making us a five form entry school. At the end of Year 11, most pupils stay on into our Sixth Form and upon leaving the Sixth Form, the majority go on to University. In recent years there has been a growing demand for routes into higher level apprenticeship placements.
During the specialist Schools Funding programme the chosen specialism was Business and
Enterprise. Although the funding has ended, we have continued to place an emphasis on Enterprise Education given the importance of this from the perspective of employability skills. Enterprise activity is promoted through the House system and encouraged through the rewards system. The fact that our boys raise in the region of £14,000 every year for their choice of charity, bears testimony to their enterprise activity.
Our pupils’ personal development is further enriched through a strong emphasis on promoting leadership opportunities though peer support, academic tutoring, anti-bullying, sport captaincy and music ensemble coordination.
Participation in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities, including overseas visits, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, outdoor pursuits; together with school-based clubs, all serve to further enrich our pupils’ education.
Over a third of pupils are actively learning to play musical instruments, supported by eighteen school-based peripatetic music tutors and in sport our school has a reputation for winning competitions at local, regional and national levels.
In 2018 we achieved the Unicef ‘Rights Respecting Schools Award’ at Silver level and we are currently working towards the Gold Award.
Since 2011, we have successfully secured in the region of £1million through the Education Funding Agency Capital Improvement Fund; this has resulted in significant capital improvements with the replacement of all windows, flat roof areas and the creation of a new ‘Hall Annex’.
In our 2009 Ofsted inspection, the school was judged to be outstanding and we have retained this judgement through the policy of inspection exemption for outstanding schools. Governors and senior staff maintain a clear picture of school performance through a process of self-evaluation that reflects the structure of the school inspection framework. Each year Governors produce an Annual Review which is circulated to all stakeholders. Past copies of the review can be found on our school website.
Annual surveys confirm that parents have a high degree of confidence in the school and across all aspects of school life. The reputation of the school within the community is very strong and this is reflected in the fact that the school is typically over-subscribed.
Further information about the school can be found on our school website:
www.wirralgrammarboys.com .Publications’ section of our website includes links to a number of documents including: School Prospectus, Governors’ Annual Review, Parent Handbook and recent copies of the termly news publication which is called ‘Nuntius’.
We place an emphasis on professional development and we have established a strong commitment to collaboration and in-house support. Wirral Grammar School is well respected in its community and parent surveys reflect a high degree of satisfaction and confidence in the school. Parent surveys for the last academic year can be accessed through the ‘Parent’ link on the home page of our website. Further details about our school can be found at our website:www.wirralgrammarboys.com
The English Department
English at Wirral Grammar School for Boys is a department of five staff. Each member of the department has ownership of their own teaching area. All English rooms are located along the same corridor where there is a subject base and resource room. The department has a range of teachers with different experience levels and is supportive and co-operative.
Pupils in Years 7-10 have 3 hours of English per week and in Year 11, 7 across a fortnight. All pupils follow the same schemes of work, and the curriculum was completely re-designed in 2019 to provide a more cohesive approach and to build skills required for GCSE study. A highly focused teaching approach to the higher level skills at GCSE has meant the GCSE results have rapidly progressed over the last few years. Students follow the AQA specification at GCSE for both Literature and Language and the AQA English Language specification at A level.
Enrichment opportunities in the department include trips to the theatre, workshops at The Guardian newspaper and an annual residential trip to London.
Core Purposes of this Role
The core purposes are:
• Having responsibility for standards of achievement and academic welfare of students
• Providing a lead on the development of resource materials appropriate for the needs of the students who you teach
• Applying and managing the assessment, target-setting and monitoring arrangements that are required by all members of staff
• Contributing to opportunities for the extra-curricular enrichment of the department
• Being accountable to the Head of English for the attainment and achievement of pupils
• Be responsible for a tutor group
Skills and competencies required
• A well-qualified teacher of English
• To be able to teach English Literature up to A Level
• To be able to teach English Language and Literature to GCSE
• An individual who is passionate about English and promotes enthusiasm and interest for the subject and is committed to the extra-curricular element
• Experience of having taught across the full 11 to 18 age range
• Experience of all ability teaching with a particular awareness of the needs of able students
• A high level of ICT competency; an ability to use ICT effectively in planning and teaching
• Ability to work within a team of well-qualified and highly professional individuals with enthusiasm
Safeguarding Children
• Please note that Wirral Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• As part of the selection process, the interview will explore your perspectives on safeguarding young people in terms of a school context
What we are able to offer
• A high level of professional support with access to training where required and induction at both Department and School levels.
• A well-resourced Department
• Students who are highly motivated and want to achieve.
• An in-house CPD programme that encourages professional development.
• An ICT rich environment
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 Wirral Grammar School for Boys
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1053 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- recruitment@wirralgrammarboys.com
- Phone number
- 0151 644 0908
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