Teacher of English
The Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3LXThis job expired on 20 September 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
20 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
11 September 2024
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, part time: This is full time teaching role, however, would consider part time applications.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months subject to receiving notice from maternity - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
At Woodroffe, you will receive excellent professional development opportunities, offering career paths and a potential for promotion within the school. Relocation costs are also available by negotiation for successful candidates.
As a Local Authority 11-18 state secondary school we are also in the fortunate position of being able to maintain our commitment to promoting teacher professionalism and autonomy. We know that if we are to genuinely meet need, teachers need to be in the driving seat for planning. Centralised, top-down approaches just won’t cut it.
As a school our aim is to develop the whole child. Our curriculum is built from strong academic foundations combined with a rich extra-curricular offer. This means our students consistently excel, not just academically but as happy, thoughtful, and engaged members of society. Many go onto university including a significant number at both Russell Group and Oxbridge.
What we are looking for – “the Golden Thread”.
1. An individual who is passionate about working in our school.
2. An individual who is determined to provide the best educational experience for their students.
3. An individual who wants to continually learn.
We are keen to welcome colleagues who share our passion for engaging students in learning and inspiring them to achieve.
- Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of our students?
- Do you have what it takes to work with a determined leadership team and staff, which promote excellence, and consistently challenge you to improve?
What the school offers its staff
The Woodroffe School is a wonderful place to work alongside professionals who are passionate about teaching and learning, and where students thrive both inside and out of the classroom.
We take care of our staff. We know teachers who are happy and healthy will thrive. Our extensive wellbeing offer, along with a sustainable approach to work-life balance ensures staff are not excluded from those activities that make life fulfilling.
Further details about the role
Woodroffe is an excellent school with a national reputation. It is widely recognised as one of the best schools in the southwest. Woodroffe is the founding school of the Jurassic Coast Teacher Network, leading and supporting an alliance of schools across the region, and is one of only 40 Maths Hubs in the country.
The school is fortunate in having students who are a pleasure to teach as well as a stunning location situated above Lyme Regis and looking out across Lyme Bay. It is a mixed, 11 - 18 comprehensive with around 1,040 students on roll, including approximately 200 in the sixth form. The school offers a unique combination of the traditional and the innovative. The atmosphere in the school is warm and friendly and student/teacher relationships are excellent. Woodroffe enjoys close links with the town and has been an important part of the community for many years.
Though a Dorset school, Woodroffe has a wide rural catchment, attracting students from well beyond its designated area. Woodroffe is full and applications for places in Year 7 are always heavily oversubscribed. The school has an excellent reputation locally and it is the reason that many people choose to live in the area.
Academic performance is very good. At Key Stage 4, we are consistently one of the top schools in the county, and significantly above national average in key performance indicators; at A-Level, we work consistently above the national average despite our inclusive offer.
As a Foundation school, Woodroffe benefits from a committed and supportive governing body. There is also a strong commitment to staff development and the school has a very strong, personalised professional development offer.
The school is housed in an imposing thirties building but extensive modernisation, including a brand-new teaching block, has taken place over the years. There is a state-of-the-art Drama Studio, a superb Sports Hall and Fitness Suite and a recent addition is the new Digital Arts room with its suite of Apple Macs and a professional recording studio.
In Years 7 to 11 the school aims to provide a broad, balanced, relevant and supportive curriculum, embracing the requirements of the National Curriculum.
In Key Stage 4 a broad core is maintained with most students completing the English Baccalaureate.
The Sixth Form aims to provide a framework of diverse opportunities enabling individuals to achieve success in academic, personal, and social development. It is an important feature of Woodroffe and fully reflects the comprehensive nature of the school.
The Sixth Form curriculum is broad and flexible and allows students to develop programmes of study suited to their individual needs. Thirty-six examination courses are on offer at A-Level and Level 3, covering all the major disciplines. This offer is the most extensive locally.
A programme of Personal and Social Education is organised in Year 7, and Years 8 to 11 follow a Citizenship and PSE Course. In the Sixth Form there is a programme of personal and professional development. This allows the Sixth Form to invite visiting speakers in to talk about topics which broaden their knowledge and understanding of the world.
Students with Special Educational Needs are catered for through a programme of in-class support and limited for specialist inputs. Our aim is for them to retain and complete the full curriculum offer wherever possible.
Woodroffe aims to provide a caring atmosphere in which stable relationships can be formed. We operate a Year System for pastoral care, Heads of Years and Tutors rotating from Years 7 to 11. We do, however, emphasise that the "academic" and "pastoral" elements of our work are inextricably linked.
We have a thriving student School Council of which contributes a great deal to the work of the school.
Woodroffe is committed to UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools agenda and was one of the first secondary schools in the country to achieve the RRS award.
Extracurricular activities are extensive. Sporting and musical elements are strong, drama productions take place on a regular basis and there is an annual Art and Design Exhibition. We operate the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and enter teams for the Ten Tors Expedition on Dartmoor. For a full list of recent events look at our website; woodroffeschoo.org
Community links are fostered
through several activities. Students
regularly participate in community events in town. Sixth Formers undertake community service in
a range of local organisations. Members
of the community are encouraged to come to school to contribute to Assemblies
and a range of curricular activities.
Lyme Regis and District is a delightful area in which to live and work. We hope you will be inspired to be a part of and contribute to our team.
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 The Woodroffe School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1020 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Woodroffe School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- rrattenbury@woodroffe.dorset.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01297 442232
Woodroffe is an outstanding school with a national reputation. It is widely recognised as one of the best schools in the south west. It is both a Teaching School, leading an alliance of nearly 30 schools and colleges across the region and one of only thirty Maths Hubs in the country. It is also a DfE Cultural Lead School.
Arranging a visit to The Woodroffe School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rrattenbury@woodroffe.dorset.sch.uk.
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