Director of Teaching & Learning
Hoe Valley School and Sixth Form
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- £40,000 - £49,000
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 25 February 2018
Job overview
Director of Teaching & Learning required, September 2018 start
Hoe Valley School is an over-subscribed, four-form entry secondary school that opened in September 2015 to serve the local community of South Woking. Currently situated in Woking Park, the School will be moving to a state of the art new School in September 2018 on Egley Road, Woking.
We are looking for a passionate, talented and rigorous practitioner to join our dedicated team in leading exceptional teaching and learning across the school. This is a high profile position, reporting into the Head Teacher, and working closely with Heads of Faculties to ensure there is no wasted learning time across the school and no islands of poorer practice.
The successful candidate will be a fantastic teacher who delights in coaching others, who encourages reflective practice and who prides themselves on being up to date on the latest educational research.
Our Director of Teaching and Learning will be an inspirational teacher with a proven track record of working effectively with teachers at different stages in their careers. They will be optimistic, creative, innovative, rigorous and have an infectious enthusiasm for learning. They will launch and monitor whole school initiatives to improve the quality of teaching which may include areas such as assessment for learning, metacognition or effective feedback.
We particularly welcome applications from teachers who specialise in Computer Science, Maths, Media Studies, Music, Art, Religious Education and German. We also welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly.
About us:
-Our staff feedback shows we have a team who feel trusted, listened to and who have a healthy work life balance.
-The excellent behaviour of our students and our resistance to any unnecessary paperwork means staff can really focus on teaching and learning.
-All of our team have a bespoke CPD programme in place and share best practice across faculties.
Colleague Benefits:
-Our staff are offered childcare vouchers and have access to convenient free parking
-We provide wellbeing packages which include yoga lessons and reduced gym membership at our neighbouring sports facilities
-We also have an additional two days in which the School is closed during term time to recognise and reward the commitment of our staff.
This is an outstanding and rare opportunity to be part of a School's development and to see your career grow as the School grows.
Potential candidates are warmly invited to visit the School or to contact the Head Teacher for an informal conversation.
Please send applications and queries to recruitment@hoevalleyschool.org.
Deadline for application is:
Sunday 25th February 2018
Latest interview date:
Wednesday 7th March 2018
Applications are considered as they are received, we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date.
Only fully completed application forms received by the stated deadline will be accepted as valid applications.
CV’s will not be accepted as applications. No recruitment agencies please.
Attached documents
About Hoe Valley School and Sixth Form
The School
“Hoe Valley School is an inspiring environment at the heart of its community where every student’s experience is personalised. Our students will learn to think independently, pursue their ambitions and achieve to their highest potential.”
Hoe Valley School is:
- An oversubscribed secondary school which opened in September 2015 to serve the local community of South Woking
- Rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in March 2024
- Delivering innovative and exciting lessons to years 7-13
- Committed to ensuring our students leave us with excellent academic outcomes, the skills to be ‘work-ready’ and the traits of excellent global citizens
- Hoe Valley has a cohort of students who are extremely diverse in terms of ability, socio-economic status, specific disadvantaged, special educational needs, race and ethnicity and who have a variety of complex issues to grapple with as teenagers such as mental health issues, social media influence, online and offline bullying, identity development, vaping and academic pressures
- A Google School with ICT fully embedded in all curriculum areas
- Growing its new STEAM focussed academic Sixth Form, which opened in September 2023
- Committed to learning which is relevant with links to the ‘real world’ of business, higher education and the local community
- In a state of the art new School completed in September 2018 on Egley Road, Woking
- Committed to supporting our staff to have a good work / life balance by offering longer school holidays, bespoke CPD programmes, minimising paperwork and meetings and ultimately by trusting our staff to deliver excellent outcomes
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful appointments are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
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