Temporary Teacher of English
Heckmondwike Grammar School, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, WF16 0AHThis job expired on 7 December 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2023
Closing date
7 December 2022 at 9am
Date listed
30 November 2022
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: Up to 1.0 FTE by negotiation - Temporary – ASAP or January 2023 until 31st August 2023
Contract type
- Fixed term - From January 2023 to August 2023
Pay scale
- Commensurate with skills and experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
- believe in our school values of Respect, Responsibility and Excellence and follow our school ethos embedded in our motto of ‘Nil Sine Labore’ - Nothing Without Work
- be a reflective practitioner wanting to develop and hone your craft to the highest level
- be an inspirational teacher who builds excellent relationships and motivates students
- Suitably qualified – degree in relevant discipline plus teaching qualification
- Up-to-date knowledge of curriculum related issues 11-19
- Skilled classroom practitioner with the ability to inspire and motivate students in KS3 to KS5.
- ICT skills and an understanding of the potential for use of ICT for teaching and learning, including IWB/Powerpoint/VLE/iPad
- Ability to contribute to the wider school life
- Able and confident to contribute to development of schemes of work and teaching and learning materials
- Energy and enthusiasm
- Suitability to work with children
What the school offers its staff
- eager and committed students who are keen to learn and progress
- a creative and supportive team, who are driven to support and challenge our students
- well-equipped specialist classrooms
- a learning-centred school where the best possible practice is the priority
- a comprehensive CPD programme and opportunities to develop as a teacher and as a leader
- a vibrant, supportive community of like-minded professionals
Further information about the job
The English department consists of a hard-working and dedicated group of teachers who have a passion for teaching the subject. We currently have nine English Specialists working under the direction of the Subject Leader, we moved into the new Powell building which houses the classrooms and the good sized office space. The department is well equipped with resources: all of the classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards, with access to the Internet. This new space helps us to operate as a very close-knit group, sharing ideas and supporting each other as we constantly aim to evaluate our performance and our practice. We are looking for someone who is eager to join our enthusiastic team as we aim to build on our foundations and strive for further success.
English classes are taught in mixed ability groups at both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. We currently have eight GCSE groups of about 24-25 students. We enter all students for both AQA GCSE English Language and English Literature. At A-level, we offer English Literature and English Language (AQA specifications in both).
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement:
Heckmondwike Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its
students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Full details regarding our Safeguarding Procedures can be found on our website in the Safeguarding section, alternatively, please contact Recruitment to obtain a copy.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Heckmondwike Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1468 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Heckmondwike Grammar School website
- Email address
- recruitment@heckgrammar.co.uk
Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with our young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go. Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.
We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School of the Year”, in the North of England, for 2024 and 2025 in the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide. This is a measure of school performance for GCSE and A level outcomes.
At GCSE our students typically exceed government set target grades by more than 1 grade in each subject and we are ranked second nationally for state coeducational schools.
At A level, we rank in the top 20% of providers nationally for grades AAB or above and typically 3 times the national average of our students attend Oxbridge universities.
We are very proud of our academic heritage.
Misbehaviour is rare; and excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm: teachers are able to ‘get on and teach’. Working here is still challenging, however, but in different ways: expectations are high and potential applicants will need to be able to operate effectively in a top performing environment. However, one of the principal joys of working at this school is our eloquent and motivated students. Consequently, outcomes are amongst the very best in the country, and this is the result of able cohorts being provided with high quality teaching that is supported by strong pastoral care for each student. The school is justifiably proud of the focus on academic attainment and knowledge of each individual that enables education to be tailored to every student’s needs; but also prioritises the support it provides to enable any barriers to progress to be addressed. The focus is and will always remain teaching and learning in the classroom, with staff training and development being the main means of achieving this end.
The school is very popular and heavily oversubscribed, with well over 1500 students applying for entry into Year 7 each year, competing for one of 210 places. Post 16, we are similarly oversubscribed with around 800 applications for one of approximately 225 places in year 12. The majority of our year 11 students continue into the sixth form and are joined by a number of similarly aspirant students from across the region.
We work in partnership with an extensive group of schools, including the Northern Grammar School Alliance (NGSA), and have a significant reputation both locally and nationally. This means we offer our staff opportunities to be involved in professional development on a larger scale and see it as a sign of our high quality when members of our community are promoted to posts elsewhere, or progress internally. As a result, all staff feel very privileged to work here and to work with our young people.
Further information about the school including main school and sixth form prospectus may be found on the school website at www.heckgrammar.co.uk
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