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Teacher of English

Teacher of English

Welling School

Welling, Kent

Salary:
Outer London Mainscale/UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Immediate start or as soon as resignation dates allow
Apply by:
29 September 2014

Job overview

Competitive starting salary for NQT's

Location: Welling, Kent (London Borough of Bexley)

Just outside of Central London with excellent rail links

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and inspirational teacher to join our Faculty of English. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced or a newly qualified teacher aspiring to contribute to the success of the school and who is keen to join a dedicated department striving to raise academic achievement.

Our excellent facilities include: specialist classrooms; sports hall; all-weather sports pitch; dance studio, drama studios; art gallery; library and a designated Sixth Form common room, complete with Apple Mac computers and caf. It provides students and the wider community with the best possible environment for learning in the 21st century. Plans for our newly created iBrary include becoming a registered apple training centre. We have also recently completed an extensive ICT investment programme, including 650 new computers. Every classroom is fitted with interactive whiteboards which enable teachers and students to access a wide range of stimulating learning materials.

See our website for further information about the school and our excellent resources www.wellingschool-tkat.org

As an organisation we are committed and passionate about ongoing continuous professional development.

If you are interested in working in a creative and supportive faculty, with colleagues who have a vision of outstanding teaching and learning and a passion to inspire every student, we would like to hear from you.

Informal discussions and/or visits are actively encouraged. To arrange a visit or discuss the post, please contact Nikki Whitelock, HR Manager on 020 8304 8531. Applications will be considered upon receipt and interviews arranged for suitable candidates immediately.

The job description and person specification can be downloaded below or contact Nikki Whitelock, HR Manager at Welling School.

Please send your completed application form to Nikki Whitelock, HR Manager, whitelockn@wellingschool-tkat.org

Welling school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

About Welling School

Thank you for taking the time to consider applying for the post advertised at Welling School.  The successful candidate for this post will be a teacher who can take their love of teaching and use it to inspire and motivate students to achieve or exceed their absolute potential.  

At Welling School our mission is to achieve high standards and fulfil the expectations of all students of all abilities and from diverse backgrounds.  We passionately believe that every child does matter and that they deserve to enjoy their learning experience with us.  Our dedicated staff place students' interests at the centre of everything they do, ensuring that students have high aspirations and are able to reach their full potential.  Our 'Welling Ways' engenders the values of nurturing the whole child to be an inclusive citizen in preparation for their future life and work.

Welling School is located in the Borough of Bexley, just 25 minutes outside of Central London with excellent transport links.  Our co-educational 11-18 students can study a broad range of subjects through our innovative curriculum.  We are an oversubscribed Academy with a Visual Arts Specialism that has gained a national reputation for being at the cutting edge of contemporary practice in art.   In February 2015 Ofsted judged the school to be good in every category, including the 6th form, where many of our students choose to stay to continue their studies.  We are part of the TKAT family, one of the largest multi-academy Trust's in the South East of England, who's ultimate aim is to ensure that educational standards are driven up through the provision of outstanding teaching, leadership and learning for all. The Trust CPD programmes provide additional training opportunities to work alongside the school's excellent in-house training programmes.

We have excellent facilities and continue to invest in resources to enhance our students learning.  We have a rich and full range of extra curricular activities including a school choir, sports clubs, STEM club, reading club and other performing arts and curriculum based activities, as well as our educational trips and visits and charity expeditions.

If you share our vision and values, then we would be very pleased to hear from you.  I encourage you to make an appointment to visit the school so that you can see Welling 'at work'.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Rob Pett

Headteacher

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