Teacher of Literacy and English
Selby High School
North Yorkshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 10 March 2015
Job overview
Selby High School is an extremely popular, over-subscribed, mixed, 11-16 comprehensive school with over 1100 students on roll. Our popularity within the local community is a result of a persistent drive to provide first-rate educational opportunities, high quality provision and outstanding results for all our students.
We wish to appoint a passionate, forward thinking and proactive teacher of literacy and English; someone who possesses the ability, drive and desire to deliver outstanding lessons and interventions and who takes great pride in crafting creative and inspiring learning experiences for students. Someone who believes they can make a difference to the lives of young people. This role would suit either a KS2 or KS3 specialist teacher.
The successful candidate would join a highly effective group of teachers working in the English and Social Sciences Faculty and will be required to teach English at Key Stage 3, with a particular focus on ensuring the progress of Pupil Premium students. You will also be required to deliver interventions for students with low literacy levels and to teach small groups of Pupil Premium only students across all year groups. This is an excellent opportunity for a creative teacher to become an integral member of a successful team in school.
The successful candidate will:
- be an inspirational teacher who has a belief in the ability of all students to achieve and be successful
- be someone who is committed to raising achievement
- be a highly competent and enthusiastic classroom practitioner who can engage students in their learning
- make a difference to the life chances of all our students
- passionately buy into the school's 'can do' culture
- embrace the change agenda
- engage with new technologies
Selby High School is an equal opportunities employer. We have a robust child protection policy and are committed to safeguarding the welfare of our children and young people.
As a school, we work in a positive and supportive environment with learning and teaching at the heart of all that we do. We have committed and talented staff who aim to inspire everyone in our school community with a love of learning and in so doing, maximise their life chances. We provide all our staff with a laptop and iPad and a full professional development and induction programme, both of which have been judged to be outstanding.
Full details and an application pack are available from the school website: www.selbyhigh.co.uk or contact the Headteacher's PA, Caroline Airth on 01757 244833.
Closing date: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Selby High School
Leeds Road, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 4HT
www.selbyhigh.co.uk
About Selby High School
On behalf of the students, governors and staff at Selby High School, we are pleased to invite you to consider the post we have on offer. As a hugely popular school, we understand the need to provide excellent provision for all the young people in our care. Our ‘can do’ ethos is supported by pursuing high academic achievements and standards and promoting self-discipline, independence and good behaviour. We hope that you will be impressed with the teaching and learning environment that has been created at Selby High School.
Our goal is success for everyone through encouragement, teamwork, friendship, trust, mutual respect and an enjoyment of learning. We aim to create an environment where we all understand that, by supporting each other and working together, we achieve more.
We are a learning community which embraces opportunities for all our learners by securing high quality learning and teaching. We aim for all our students to achieve their full potential both as students at Selby High School and as considerate global citizens of the future. We always aim to be the best we can be; nothing less will do.
We are looking for a determined professional who is enthusiastic, hardworking, conscientious and energetic. We are seeking a specialist who wants to work with our young people to ensure that, regardless of the potential barriers of gender, ethnicity and economic circumstance, they achieve to the best of their ability. In return we offer a coherent induction programme and continual professional development. Your continued professional development is important to us and we will provide you with extended opportunities for contributing towards wider school developments.
Selby High School is an extraordinary place to work. Please take a little time to look at our twitter feed https://twitter.com/SelbyHigh to see some of the opportunities offered by the school, if you have a little longer to spend, our news pages at http://www.selbyhigh.n-yorks.sch.uk/News/ give a real insight into the character of our school.
If you like what you see, would like to join our learning community, feel that you can contribute to the sustained development of Selby High School and help create an exceptional school, transforming the prospects for our students and the community at large, then please complete the application process. We welcome your interest and look forward to hearing from you!
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