Teacher of English - Part time 0.4

Part time (0.4) temporary commencing September 2024

Do you have what it takes to make a difference and help others succeed? Do you believe you can inspire the leaders, innovators and thinkers of tomorrow? Do you want to join a team of committed educators, continually striving to deliver the best teaching and learning to young people in a culture of research based learning and development with strong values to support your professional development? If so, joining LHA might just be the best career move you ever make.

At Lostock Hall Academy we are committed to providing our students with the education and the personal development they need to reach their goals. Through a Growth Mindset approach, we promote a can do attitude to learning, with guided pathways into further and higher education and ultimately, to the career that they want to pursue.

This post is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious English Teacher to join a dedicated, innovative and growing community in pursuit of achievement for all. To build on recent examination success, Lostock Hall Academy is seeking to appoint an ‘outstanding’ teacher of English to join a highly successful team of experienced English teachers and to contribute towards the teaching and learning across the school.

If you possess a genuine passion for English alongside a capacity to share this effectively with students of all ages this is the job for you.

The successful candidate will:

·        Be confident in their knowledge of the English Subject Review and the recent English Report and its implications for curriculum, assessment and pedagogy.

·        Read widely, to stay up to date about current issues and developments in English teaching and learning

·        Have outstanding subject knowledge in English Language and Literature

·        Be an active member of the English team and wider ‘Global Faculty’

·        Be fastidious, analytical and proactive in using formative assessment data to inform teaching

·        Believe in the potential and growth of all students, actively promoting growth mindset and metacognitive approaches

·        Be able to work with a blended curriculum and be flexible in your teaching methods and approaches.

·        Be creative, persistent and resilient in supporting students

·        Be committed to developing enrichment opportunities for students

. Be committed to growing the Academy's reading culture

·        Have the ability to reflect on students' progress and create schemes of work that are informed by fine data and observed need

·        Be passionate about teaching and learning and willing to innovate strategies to secure progress for all

·        Be a champion of the use of student ICT to enhance learning

·        Be able to use their own initiative.

Lostock Hall Academy is first and foremost a happy school. Students enjoy lessons and the relationships between staff and students are excellent, this has been frequently noted by visitors and is mentioned as a strength of the school in our Ofsted report. Students behave well and have a good attitude to learning in the classroom.

Lostock Hall Academy is a wonderful school to work at where you can be part of a very supportive team. Teachers and support staff here work extremely hard in the best interests of all of the students.

We like to develop the potential in all of our staff so CPD is offered and encouraged. Being a small school allows us to easily share best practice and our experienced members of staff gain satisfaction from passing on knowledge to ITT students.

Closing date for applications: Monday 15th April 2024 9am

Interviews: w/c 22nd April 2024

Lostock Hall Academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable people, therefore all posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and the receipt of satisfactory references.