Head of Psychology
Woodbridge High School
Redbridge
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR 2C (£5,916) + OLA
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2015
Job overview
Woodbridge High School is a heavily over-subscribed mixed 11-19 comprehensive school. It is highly regarded for its student achievement, where we teach a full range of courses.
We are seeking a highly motivated, fully qualified teacher to lead our thriving Psychology Department. Psychology has one of the highest uptakes at GCSE and A Level and is a very successful department. It offers its students and staff a positive learning and teaching experience in a supportive and friendly environment which is very popular with students.
Our most recent Ofsted inspection (January 2012) was ‘Good’ in all categories, and it was noted that: “the relentless pursuit of high expectations at senior level is key to the school’s sustained improvements this is reflected in the students’ strong performance in most subject areas and in their good behaviour’.
Further details about the school, about the posts and application forms are available from the school either by phoning 020 8504 9618, or by e-mailing hdalby@woodbridge.redbridge.sch.uk or they can be downloaded from the website www.woodbridgehigh.co.uk.
Closing date: 22 April 2015.
Interview date: 24 April 2015.
WOODBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
A Specialist Language and Business & Enterprise College with Vocational Specialism
St Barnabas Road, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 7DQ
Tel no: 020 8504 9618, Fax no: 020 8559 0487
Headteacher: Mr Andrew Beaumont, MA,BSc,NPQH
No. on roll 1600 (incl. 350 in Sixth Form)
About Woodbridge High School
Headteacher: Steven Hogan
Woodbridge High School is a thriving, ethnically diverse, successful comprehensive secondary school that serves its local community in the heart of Woodford. The school is a ten form entry school with 300 students in each year group.
The sixth form of 400 students continues to prosper with the majority of our students staying on after year 11. The teaching staff are all specialists in their separate areas and permanently contracted to the school. Year on year the school attracts a high number of first-choice applications for year 7 entry, with a record number of first choice places allocated this year. The school has a diverse curriculum that meets the needs of all the students and provides them with a pathway towards their chosen careers. The school is a happy, flourishing and mutually respectful place of learning.
The latest Ofsted report describes it as a place where students 'receive an excellent education' and where 'behaviour in and around the school is exceptional' . Government figures reveal that students at Woodbridge achieve beyond their expected performance levels.
Woodbridge is a school with a commitment to high standards. Our ethos is one of kindness, inclusion, respect and aiming for excellence. Our commitment to the success of every student is reinforced by the school's motto: ‘Pride in Achievement’.
Students at Woodbridge benefit from first-class facilities including an artificial grass pitch, outdoor basketball nets and table-tennis tables, a fitness studio, a refurbished sports hall, a new building with a performance theatre, specialist art, drama and music rooms, and a remodelled library.
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