Teacher of English
Penwortham Girls' High School, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 0SRThis job expired on 10 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
10 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 April 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to UPR3
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Governors wish to appoint an excellent classroom practitioner to join our outstanding English Department. The successful applicant will be joining a department that has a proven track record of achieving superb GCSE results and will be expected to actively contribute towards even greater successes in the future. This post is suitable for a well-qualified, experienced, enthusiastic, and passionate English teacher.
What the school offers its staff
Penwortham Girls’ High School is a popular, oversubscribed school, graded as outstanding in every category in its 2014/15 Ofsted inspection. Ofsted recognised the “culture geared towards success and excellence in achievement throughout the school.” The inspectors commented on the “consistently high quality of teaching” whilst noting that “staff are as concerned for students’ personal well-being as they are about their academic success.”
Please note that the school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and online checks.
The closing date is 12 noon on Friday 10th May 2024.
Further details about the role
The English Department is an extremely successful and highly motivated team. There are eight experienced, specialist teachers who collaborate on all aspects of departmental development, from course content to teaching methodology. We are a ‘Thinking Reading’ School with an ambition that all students leave us as fluent readers.
The department has high standards and high expectations of pupils; every member is committed to developing pupils to their full potential, whatever their ability. Each teacher teaches the full range of age and ability groups.
Significant improvements have been made in the use of ICT and each English classroom has an interactive whiteboard. Identified pupils and classes are also supported by a specialist English teaching assistant.
All pupils are entered for the AQA GCSEs in English Language and English Literature. Standards and achievement in English are well above the national average. We also deliver Functional Skills Level 1 and Level 2 at KS4.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of the post please contact Mrs Snowdon, Curriculum Leader via email d.snowdon@penworthamgirls.lancs.sch.uk or Mr Ramsdale, Senior Assistant Headteacher at the school on 01772 743399 or via email j.ramsdale@penworthamgirls.lancs.sch.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of our students and expect staff to share this commitment.
We have created a culture of safe recruitment and adopted procedures that help deter, reject or identify people who might pose a risk of harm to children. The school will act reasonably in making decisions about the suitability of the prospective employee based on checks and evidence including: criminal background (via the Disclosure and Barring Service), barred list, prohibition status (in the case of teachers), Disqualification Declaration (where required) and other necessary checks together with references and interview information.
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About Penwortham Girls' High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 792 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Penwortham Girls' High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- d.snowdon@penworthamgirls.lancs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01772 743399
Penwortham Girls’ High School enjoys a unique status, as the only non-selective, non-fee paying girls’ school in Lancashire. We welcome girls of all abilities, interests and aptitudes, and pride ourselves on our long-standing reputation for academic success. We are a successful school because we have high expectations, promote learning for its own sake and provide every opportunity for personal growth and development.
Importantly, we are specialists in girls’ education, providing a nurturing, supportive and challenging environment where girls excel. At our school, traditional values meet with modern, innovative approaches to learning. We are a forward thinking school that has invested considerably in new technology, ensuring that when they leave us, our pupils are fully equipped for the future. However, equally important are the qualities we instil in the girls. We have developed an environment that supports them as individuals, enabling them to progress to the next stage of their life equipped with a sense of achievement, maturity and self-confidence.
OUR MISSION IS TO PREPARE: Articulate, Questioning, Tolerant, Independent Women for the future
Arranging a visit to Penwortham Girls' High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email d.snowdon@penworthamgirls.lancs.sch.uk.
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