Teacher of English
Murray Park Community School
Derby
- £31,650 - £49,084 per year
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- SEPTEMBER 2025
- Apply by:
- 13 January 2025
Job overview
Salary: MPS/UPS
Responsible to: Head of Department
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Framework: To work within the framework of teachers’ pay and conditions, current legislation
and the policies of the school.
Murray Park School is a rewarding and professionally stimulating place to work. Over the last 3
years we have undergone a journey of rapid improvement; moving from a Requires Improvement
Ofsted grading to Good in September 2022, along with a much improved Progress 8 score, as
well as now being over-subscribed. Never complacent, we are now on our next stage of
development and seek high-quality staff to enable this.
The post is suitable for early career teacher (ECT) or an experienced teacher. All staff receive a
comprehensive induction programme.
The person appointed will have:
• A passion for ensuring the best outcomes for all students, including those who are
part of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.
• Excellent subject and pedagogical knowledge.
• Relentlessly high standards and expectations of all students.
• A commitment to continuous improvement of their own practice, irrelevant of job
role, career stage or position.
Staff at Murray Park School benefit from:
• Flexible working for all staff.
• A Senior Leadership Team who prioritise staff well-being and consider this when
launching any new systems or pedagogical approaches.
• A robust and centralised behaviour system, including an internal Alternative Provision,
to ensure learning in our classrooms is disruption free.
• A whole-school CPD package which includes the sharing of recent research and bestpractice.
• An approach to pedagogy which ensures teachers teach the highest-quality lessons
possible, whilst still allowing teachers the freedom to maintain professional
autonomy.
How to Apply
An application pack can be downloaded from the school website at
http://murraypark.derby.sch.uk/key-information/vacancies or apply via TES Online.
Murray Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and
appointment to this post is subject to a criminal record and background check and references
Attached documents
About Murray Park Community School
- Murray Park Community School
- Murray Road, Mickleover, Derby
- Derbyshire
- DE3 9LL
- United Kingdom
Murray Park Community School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational, 11-16 foundation school. The secondary school is located on the western edge of the city of Derby and has around 1100 students on roll, with a standard admission of 280 students. The school operates a 25 period week on a two week timetable basis.
Headteacher
Mrs Nicola Caley MEd, NPQH, NPQEL
Murray Park School is a rewarding and professionally stimulating place to work. Over the last 3 years we have undergone a journey of rapid improvement; moving from a Requires Improvement Ofsted grading to Good in September 2022, along with a Progress 8 improvement of 0.64 to 0 from the 2019 figure, as well as now being over-subscribed. Never complacent, we are now on our next stage of development and seek high-quality staff to enable this.
Staff at Murray Park School benefit from:
- A positive approach to flexible working for all staff.
- A Senior Leadership Team who prioritise staff well-being and consider this when launching any new systems or pedagogical approaches.
- A robust and centralised behaviour system, including an internal Alternative Provision, to ensure learning in our classrooms is disruption free.
- A whole-school CPD package which includes the sharing of recent research and best-practice.
- An approach to pedagogy which ensures teachers teach the highest-quality lessons possible, whilst still allowing teachers the freedom to maintain professional autonomy.
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