Assistant Head of English, Assessment and Personal Development

Teaching Vacancies; Chipping Campden; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A vibrant educational institution in Chipping Campden is looking for an English teacher to inspire students across all key stages. The ideal candidate will have a PGCE or equivalent and a strong academic background with outstanding communication skills. Committed to safeguarding and promoting well-being, the school offers attractive staff benefits, including well-being days and access to sports facilities, making it a great place to work.

Benefits

Paid staff wellbeing days

Complimentary use of school sports facilities

Access to an iPad for remote working

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Relevant educational qualifications at school/college.
• Experience of teaching classes across various ages.
• Ability to deliver motivating lessons.

Responsibilities

• Teach English across KS3, KS4, and KS5.
• Plan and deliver appropriate lessons.
• Contribute to department and extra-curricular activities.

Skills

Teaching English

Behaviour management

Communication skills

Creativity in teaching

Education

PGCE or equivalent

Good honours degree (1st or 2:1)

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Education and qualifications

• Relevant educational qualifications at school/college
• Educated to degree level
• PGCE (or equivalent)
• Good honours degree (1st or 2:1)
• Other postgraduate qualification (eg. MEd)

Professional knowledge and experience

• Appropriate experience of teaching classes across the age and ability range
• Ability to plan and deliver motivating and appropriately challenging lessons
• Ability to build good relationships with young people with effective behaviour management strategies
• High expectations for young people and what they can achieve
• Experience of teaching English at KS3 and KS4
• An ability to teach English to KS5
• Familiarity with AQA 9-1 GCSE
• Wider knowledge of current educational issues
• Creativity in using new technologies or teaching practices to help students learn and make progress

Traits and competencies

• Committed to and good understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection practice and procedure
• Outstanding oral communicator
• Written communications are appropriate for the intended audience, grammatically correct and showcase high levels of written literacy
• A 'self-starter' with the ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines

Someone who

• is reflective, with high levels of personal resilience and able to accept constructive feedback from others in order to further improve performance
• prioritises 'the team' above 'self', and contributes wholeheartedly to the life, culture, spirit and ethos of our school
• thrives on challenge, with the necessary drive and determination to get a job done.

Willingness to be involved in and contribute to the development of the department and extra-curricular activities

What the school offers its staff

Staff benefits

Below is a list of just some of the 'pull factors' that contribute to making our school a great place to work:

• An allocation of three, paid staff wellbeing days, where employees are not required to be in school.
• An average of 17.4 students per teacher (full-time equivalent)
• Access to a beautiful property at below market rent situated a short distance from our school (subject to availability)
• An iPad to use in school and at home, to enable seamless remote working, using cloud-based technology.
• Commitment to staff wellbeing through a variety of internal practices, designed to recruit and retain the very best staff.
• Complimentary use of the school sports facilities, fitness suite and swimming pool (timetable in place).
• Comprehensive range of staff social events throughout the year.
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Freshly prepared and cooked food available on site
• Generous allocation of directed time - for the 2024/25 year, all teaching staff have at least 14% of the timetabled week allocated as non-contact periods; with two additional non-contact hours for similar TLR postholders.
• Health and wellbeing support including access to an Employee Assistance Programme (including partners and dependents), confidential counselling services and support from our Staff Wellbeing Group, who meet regularly to ensure that our staff wellbeing is prioritised.
• Outstanding, tailored CPD
• Pension Scheme membership (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pensions Scheme)
• Support in completing relevant external leadership development programmes.
• The school is located within the beautiful Cotswold town of Chipping Campden, with friendly businesses, including a wide range of restaurants and pubs.

Commitment to safeguarding

Chipping Campden School is committed to equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all of our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.