This vibrant 11-16 school with a roll of 1,500 has excellent facilities in all subject areas. It is committed to high quality inclusive education and some fifty per cent of students are multi-lingual. The school has achieved a range of nationally accredited awards and was rated by Ofsted in 2013 as Good with Outstanding Leadership and Behaviour.
‘Students are motivated by enthusiastic teachers who have strong subject knowledge and use a variety of teaching methods and resources to help the students to learn and achieve well’. Ofsted, February 2013
Outstanding student progress – SSAT Educational Outcomes Award winners in 2013
Kingsford Community School’s pupil progress is within the top 10% of all school – 2012, 2013 and 2014
We are seeking a well-qualified, innovative and enthusiastic teacher of English. The successful candidate will have a passion for teaching English; they will be able to motivate, enthuse, excite and challenge students to produce the highest quality work.
For this teaching post, we are looking to appoint someone who:
Is talented, dynamic and an ambitious teacher, who can build on the success of the subject and ensure good progress for all pupils.
Has experience of teaching English with very good outcomes at KS3 and KS4.
Can inspire and lead high quality effective teaching and learning.
Can engage pupils of all abilities and raise standards.
An outstanding teacher and subject specialist with a track record of delivering English problem solving projects and securing excellent GCSE examination results.
Skilled at fostering independent and collaborative student-led learning.
A teacher of English Language skills.
NQT’s are welcome to apply
We can offer
A committed and successful Learning Area Team who are members of the Prince’s Trust Teaching Institute, encouraging inspirational teaching and outstanding subject provision.
Encouragement for innovation and creativity.
A supportive and collaborative environment and the opportunity to achieve significant career development as you prepare for further promotion.
Previous experience of a role in an educational setting is desirable. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced CRB check. Only applications submitted on the schools agreed application form will be considered.
Kingsford Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in accordance with DFE Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment regulations. The school expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For any further enquiries regarding this vacancy, please visit our website http://www.kingsfordschool.org.uk/ or email Lorna Robertson, Recruitment Officer at: recruitment@kingsford.newham.sch.uk or telephone on 020 7476 4700, ext. 118.
The closing date for receiving completed application forms is 9.00a.m. on Tuesday 21st April 2015.
Head Teacher Joan Deslandes MA