Teacher of English for September 2024
Colfe's School
Greenwich
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 19 April 2024
Job overview
We seek an enthusiastic and conscientious English Teacher to join our friendly and successful senior school department in September 2024.
We welcome applications from experienced teachers, ECTs and graduates. If an ECT or graduate were appointed to the post, a high level of structured support and guidance (meeting statutory requirements) would be provided to ensure progression towards the successful completion of their training or induction period. We pride ourselves on the level of support and care given to teachers in the early stages of their careers.
The successful candidate will:
- have a passionate interest in the subject
- have excellent subject knowledge
- be an outstanding classroom teacher
- possess creativity, strong organisational abilities, and excellent interpersonal skills
- have the ability to motivate and inspire pupils of great academic potential, including Oxford and Cambridge candidates, while bringing an equal level of enthusiasm to teaching across the full ability range
- join a talented and welcoming team
The English Department currently consists of the Head of Department and eight other specialist teachers. It is housed largely in its own dedicated suite of classrooms. There is also a departmental office/resource room.
In the first three years, English is taught in form groups. The Department has its own flexible Key Stage 3 English Programme which is subject to continuous review and development. In Years 10 and 11, English sets consist of approximately 12 to 23 students and follow the Edexcel IGCSE course for English Language (Specification A) and CAIE English Literature (0992). We teach the Eduqas English Literature A level as a linear course.
Teachers appointed to Colfe’s are expected to maintain the highest professional standards and to contribute significantly to the co-curricular life of the school. In return, those who join Colfe’s can expect to become part of a caring, purposeful and committed community.
Teachers appointed to Colfe’s are expected to contribute to the co-curricular life of the community and will become part of a caring, purposeful and committed community of outstandingly supportive colleagues.
Teaching staff at Colfe’s enjoy a range of benefits including:
- Colfe’s highly competitive salary scale
- Longer holidays than the maintained sector
- Free lunches
- Free membership of Colfe’s Leisure Centre
- Free on-site parking
- Excellent professional development opportunities
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Annual flu vaccination
Application procedure
The recruitment process will require all applicants to complete an application form, accompanied by a letter of application, current CV and details of two referees, who will be contacted prior to interview, in accordance with the School’s Safer Recruitment procedures. There will be an interview, task and lesson observation for short listed candidates.
The application may be submitted either electronically, to: recruitment@colfes.com or by post, to: Mrs A Ross, Human Resources, Colfe’s School, Horn Park Lane, London SE12 8AW.
Applications should be sent as soon as possible and by 9.00 AM on Friday 19 April at the latest. Colfe’s reserves the right to appoint to this post before the closing date if necessary and we would therefore very much encourage early applications.
Colfe’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
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About Colfe's School
THE AIMS OF THE SCHOOL
At Colfe's we aim to:
• promote excellence in all areas and to develop each pupil’s abilities and character to the full;
• provide innovative academic teaching which adds value and fosters learning and scholarship of the highest quality together with a wide range of cultural, sporting and extra-curricular activities;
• nurture an awareness of spiritual and moral values amongst our pupils in accordance with the Christian principles of our Founder, Abraham Colfe;
• maintain a balanced community of children from varied backgrounds within the context of an academically selective school;
• promote a purposeful and disciplined atmosphere in which boys and girls are encouraged to achieve their full potential, staff can find vocational fulfilment in their careers and all can use their talents for the greater good of the community and society as a whole.
Colfe’s School
Colfe’s is one of London’s oldest schools. It can be traced back to the 15th century but took its name from Abraham Colfe, Vicar of Lewisham, who re-founded the school in 1652. In his will, he entrusted the care of the school to the Leathersellers’ City Livery Company, which governs the school to this day.
In 1977 the school became independent; after 25 years as a voluntary aided boys’ grammar school. For over twenty years now, Colfe’s has been co-educational, with roughly equal numbers of boys and girls: over 1,250 pupils in all, from ages three to 18. The Leathersellers’ Scholarship programme enables us to select a number of scholars each year on fully-funded bursaries for direct entry to the Sixth Form. In so doing we draw on strong working relationships with a number of local comprehensive schools in two of London’s most deprived boroughs: 10% of pupils in a typical sixth form year group qualify for free school meals.
Colfe’s former site in Lewisham was destroyed in the Second World War. In 1963 the school moved to its present location in South East London. All parts of the school from Nursery to Sixth Form share the site. The facilities are excellent: the school has an abundance of green space on site as well as a performing arts centre, sports centre with full-size swimming pool, two additional extensive sports grounds and a dedicated forest school for younger pupils nearby.
Entrance is selective and academic standards are high, with more than 88.9% of A levels graded A*-B last year. More than 68% of pupils achieved GCSE grades 9-7, with 20% receiving the highest grade 9 - well above the national average. Pupils regularly gain places on the most competitive courses at university, including Oxford and Cambridge and Russell Group universities such as Bristol, Durham, Warwick and Leeds to study a variety of subjects from English, Economics and Maths to Medicine and Music. Sport, music and drama are strong and all staff are expected to engage with the thriving extra-curricular programme.
Colfe’s is proud of its long history but not burdened or defined by it. It is very much a school of the present day. The teachers are relaxed (without being casual) and professional (without being stuffy). The culture is one in which pupils are encouraged to respect one another and to learn from each other. Colfe’s doesn’t try to force pupils into a single mould – there is no recognisable ‘Colfe’s type of pupil’. They are lively and willing to have a go.
Locally and nationally the school enjoys a strong and growing reputation for all-round quality and innovation.
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