Teacher of English
What skills and experience we're looking for
High quality communication skills with the ability to develop positive relationships with all stakeholders
Ability to maintain trust
A sense of humour and a good sense of well-being
High expectations of self
A flexible and adaptable approach
Treats people fairly, equitably and with respect to maintaining positive working relationships
The ability to inspire young people to learn and engage parents in supporting students learning
A willingness to be involved in extended curriculum opportunities in the subject area and across the school.
Knowledge of changes to SEND
The ability to manage time effectively and prioritise work
A commitment to own personal and professional development
Be a successful team player and be able to make sound judgements
Patience, sense of humour
Reflective practitioner
A commitment to inclusive education
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Able to learn and develop pedagogy and practice from others in your team
An ability to understand and appreciate your current strengths and the ways in which these might be further developed
An understanding of the use of assessment to inform planning
Some experience of understanding and interpreting data to identify and act upon underachievement and under performance.
Recent experience of teaching the subject to all Key Stages
Promotion of the subject across the curriculum
Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people
Teach Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
A willingness to engage in evidence-informed pedagogy
Ability to take initiative, lead, motivate, inspire and support students to achieve excellence
Excellent interpersonal and group skills
Able to ensure that technologies are used effectively to improve learning
A range of strategies for creating a positive climate for learning
Excellent organisational and planning skills
Evidence of good/outstanding classroom practice with a proven record or exam success
A sound knowledge and understanding of current curriculum developments
Ability to undertake self-evaluation and plan and execute improvements
The ability to plan lessons and sequences of lessons with clear objectives to ensure progression for all students
Have the capacity to manage own work pressure
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Has qualified teacher status with a degree qualification.
What the school offers its staff
Farnham Heath End can offer successful applicants:
- A disruption free learning environment with polite and kind students;
- Centralised resources from an English Department who always work together;
- A weekly departmental meeting in which the English team sets their own CPD agenda;
- The opportunity to work in a beautiful new building which houses both the English department and a wonderful library;
- Opportunities to collaborate across a range of mainstream and specialist provision schools within the supportive Weydon MAT;
- External leadership/NPQ opportunities, including supporting masters’ applications and aspiring senior leader’s development programme; and
- Access to a fitness suite within the school.
Further details about the role
The English department at FHES is a friendly and supportive place to work, including 10 specialist members of staff with a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds and areas of subject expertise. We can guarantee that any future members of the team, whatever their career stage, will feel supported in developing themselves, as well as our students.
We continue to review and refine our curriculum to formulate a knowledge-rich, spiral curriculum offer based on the principles of high expectations and challenge; we believe that all students have the immense potential to achieve very highly in English and, as a result, all of our lessons are “taught to the top” with most year groups now transitioned to mixed attaining groups.
At Key Stage Three (Years 7 and 8), we focus on laying broad foundations for student success at Key Stage Four. Examples of Key Stage Three Schemes of Learning are: Tales as Old as Time, Where the World Ends, and Twelfth Night. At Key Stage Four (Years 9-11), we follow the AQA specification for both English Literature and English Language, which are taught interleaved.The English Literature texts we study are: Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, and the Power and Conflict cluster in the AQA anthology. I would encourage candidates to cast an eye over the English section of the school website for more detail on our curriculum.
No teacher is expected to plan their day of teaching from scratch, but instead use our department Schemes of Learning, freeing up time for teachers to focus on excellent delivery, great explanations, and responsive teaching. In addition to this, we use the comparative judgement software No More Marking for our KS3 assessments, and focus on providing high-quality live and whole-class feedback, rather than expecting staff to write extensive comments on the students’ work.Each week, we get together for 2 hours of subject planning and development, which helps sustain our collegiate and collaborative approach.
FHES has a strong commitment to research-informed teaching and learning and the English department is committed to using strategies with a strong research base to ensure we give all our students the very best chance of success. Every classroom in our beautiful new building has a visualiser for live modelling and feedback.
The English department at FHES is a fantastic place to work and we look forward to welcoming someone who shares our passion for the subject and our drive for student success.
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.