Teacher of English + TLR 3 for Curriculum Support

At Lostock Hall Academy we are committed to providing our students with the education and the personal development they need to reach their goals. Through a Growth Mindset approach, we promote a can do attitude to learning, with guided pathways into further and higher education and ultimately, to the career that they want to pursue.

Lostock Hall Academy is first and foremost a happy school. Students enjoy lessons and the relationships between staff and students are excellent, this has been frequently noted by visitors and is mentioned as a strength of the school in the recent Ofsted report. Students behave well and have a good attitude to learning in the classroom.

This post is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious English Teacher to join a dedicated, innovative and growing community in pursuit of achievement for all. To build on recent examination success, Lostock Hall Academy is seeking to appoint an ‘outstanding’ teacher of English to join a highly successful team of experienced English teachers” and to contribute towards the leadership of teaching and learning across the school.

The sucsessful candidate will:

· Be confident in their knowledge of how English curriculum design can ensure progress

· Read widely, to stay up to date about current issues and developments in English teaching and learning

· Have outstanding subject knowledge in English Language and Literature

· Be an excellent classroom practitioner of at least 3 years

· Be an active member of the English team and wider ‘Global Faculty’

· Have experience of achieving more than expected progress with students

· Be fastidious, analytical and proactive in using assessment data to inform teaching

· Believe in the potential and growth of all students, actively promoting growth mindset and metacognitive approaches

· Be able to work with a blended curriculum and be flexible in your teaching methods and approaches -

· Be creative, persistent and resilient in supporting students

· Be committed to developing enrichment opportunities for students

· Have the ability to reflect on students' progress and create schemes of work that are informed by fine data and observed need

· Be passionate about teaching and learning and willing to innovate strategies to secure progress for all

· Work closely with the Assistant Vice Principal with responsibility for teaching and learning to embed whole school strategy

· Have an excellent understanding of how whole-school literacy approaches enrich curriculums and have a desire to support all staff in this area of expertise

· Be a champion of the use of student ICT to enhance learning

· Have a desire to work outside of their subject team to support the growth of other curriculums and gain leadership experience

· Be able to use their own initiative.

Lostock Hall Academy is a wonderful school to work at where you can be part of a very supportive team. Teachers and support staff here work extremely hard in the best interests of all of the students.

We like to develop the potential in all of our staff so CPD is offered and encouraged. Being a small school allows us to easily share best practice and our experienced members of staff gain satisfaction from passing on knowledge to ITT students.

For any other information, please direct all enquiries to:

m.hall@lostockhallacademy.org - PA to Principal / Personnel Manager

Closing date for applications: Monday 9th May 2022

Interviews: Friday 13th May 2022

Lostock Hall Academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable people, therefore all posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and the receipt of satisfactory references.