ECT Teacher of English
Falinge Park High School
Rochdale
- £31,650 per year
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Grade: MPS 1
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- TBC
- Apply by:
- 10 January 2025
Job overview
Kickstart your teaching career as a Teacher of English at Falinge Park High School – join our growing teams today!
Why Choose The Watergrove Trust?
- Work-Life Balance Matters: The Watergrove Trust champions a healthy work environment. You’ll be encouraged to take advantage of resources and support systems that promote a sustainable teaching career
- Bespoke Training and Development: We prioritise your success with two fully-paid weeks of additional training during the summer! This tailored programme focuses on classroom leadership and responsive teaching strategies, ensuring you feel prepared and empowered for the upcoming year.
- Thrive in a Supportive Environment: Our dedicated ECT programme offers ongoing guidance and professional development to nurture your confidence and wellbeing, facilitated by a team of experienced mentors
About Our School:
Falinge Park is a multi-cultural, diverse, and inclusive school where we all feel a strong sense of belonging to our ‘Falinge family’. Everyone who visits comments on the calm environment, the positive relationships, and the keen sense of inclusivity that permeates everything that we do.
We are the Falinge Family: a school with a heart and soul. A school where the importance of well-being is always considered.
We aim to be a fully inclusive school.
Our core purpose is to secure the best academic and personal outcomes for all pupils and instil a life-long love of learning. This will ensure that all learners believe in themselves and their future, have choices and the power to make them and are able to contribute positively to society.
Empowering all to: Aspire, Thrive, and Achieve.
We have high expectations and encourage all members of the community to continuously aspire to be the best that they can in everything that they do. This includes having excellent performance development opportunities for those with aspirations for leadership at all levels.
Professional learning is valued here at FPHS and we ensure that professionals can make decisions as well as empowering all to continue learning at all times. In addition to this the well-being of all members of our community is always considered in everything that we do and all decisions made so that all thrive.
We are a school that values learning in all areas so that achievement is both academic and personal.
What We Look For:
- A commitment to lifelong learning and a willingness to embrace ongoing professional development opportunities.
- A contagious passion for English and a desire to ignite curiosity in young minds.
- Strong English Literature and Language knowledge and a knack for explaining complex concepts in a clear and engaging manner.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, fostering a collaborative and supportive learning environment.
If you would like to come and experience our school first-hand, please email HR@watergrovetrust.co.uk and we can arrange for you to visit at a time suitable for you.
How to Apply:
If you are ready to embark on an exciting teaching journey and become part of our dedicated team, we encourage you to apply today. Please complete our online application form (link below) by the deadline
www.watergrovetrust.co.uk/vacancies/teacher-of-english-ect/
Deadline for Applications: Friday, 10 January 2025 at 9 am
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Watergrove Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to pre-employment clearances including enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Watergrove Trust values diversity in its workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
Thank you for your interest in joining the Watergrove Trust. We look forward to receiving your application.
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About Falinge Park High School
Falinge Park is a multi-cultural, diverse, and inclusive school with approximately 1350 pupils, where all feel a strong sense of belonging to our ‘Falinge family’. Everyone who visits comments on the calm environment, the positive relationships, and the keen sense of inclusivity that permeates everything that we do.
Staff work collaboratively to ensure the smooth running of the school and there is a strong sense of collaboration and support in everything that we do. We are grateful every day for the professionals we work alongside and all decisions about school improvement have people at the heart of them.
Of course, all recruitment material will say something similar so please come and visit us to see this for yourself so that you can make an informed decision about applying to work with us. Ask questions, challenge us and see for yourself what we are about.
Our core purpose is to secure the best academic and personal outcomes for all pupils and instil a life-long love of learning. This will ensure that all learners believe in themselves and their future, have choices and the power to make them and are able to contribute positively to society.
We expect all to: ASPIRE, THRIVE, AND ACHIEVE
At FPHS, we aim to give all our pupils the very best start in life, to help them develop into well-rounded young adults, able to venture into a rapidly changing world with confidence and determination. We embrace the challenges that all schools face and tackle them together. You will be joining a committed team who understand the importance of wellbeing.
We know that there is always more to do to ensure that every child’s educational experience is rich, character-building and of the highest possible standard. We also know that to ensure this happens then attention must be paid to the wellbeing of all. Both adults and children.
FPHS is a special place with amazing young people; if you want to join us or would like to find out more about the school or the role, we look forward to hearing from you.
The Governors of Falinge Park High School have determined that the school should join the Watergrove Trust, a Rochdale-based multi-academy trust which aligns very positively with the Falinge Park values and mission. We hope to join the Watergrove community of two secondary and five primary schools in the Autumn term of 2024.
Watergrove is a part centralised trust which shares core processes but also honours the individual character of all its schools, so whilst benefiting from the collaborative opportunities of being in a trust, you will also be firmly part of the Falinge Park family
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