Head of Department: English
The Blue Coat School
Liverpool
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR1B £10,877
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2023
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2022
Job overview
This vacancy provides an excellent career opportunity for the right person to provide inspirational leadership to a talented and well-established team of staff.
The successful candidate will develop and lead the implementation of systems and procedures to support the smooth operation and continuous development of the English curriculum. Through strong leadership you will secure the commitment of others to the vision, ethos, direction and policies of the school and promote high levels of achievement in the department.
If you are an exceptional classroom practitioner and a strong leader of people and teams we look forward to hearing from you.
The Blue Coat School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK being received and a satisfactory enhanced disclosure being obtained from the Disclosure and Barring Service. The school will undertake all of the DfE pre-employment checks as outlined in the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Please note CVs will not be accepted.
Application form and job description are available to download from the school website.
Closing date: Monday 5 December 2022 at 9am
Interview date: TBA
Completed applications to be sent to Mrs Shirley Heath, Personnel Officer
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About The Blue Coat School
The Blue Coat School was founded in 1708. Whilst we are very conscious of our long and proud traditions, we are also conscious of preparing our students for life in the twenty-first century. When Bryan Blundell and the Rev. Robert Stythe founded the Blue Coat Hospital and School in the eighteenth century they could never have imagined that through information and communication techniques we would be capable of making known the name of the School to a worldwide audience.
The Blue Coat admits boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 18. Examination success rates are among the best in the country at both GCSE and A Level. The majority of students go on to university and in the last five years 40 students have won places at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
However, we believe that examination results are only part of the Blue Coat traditions. We believe that this School should prepare students to be valued and worthy members of their community. That tradition is summed up as follows:
"Non sibi sed omnibus"
We believe that The Blue Coat School is a learning community committed to academic excellence and guided by principles of justice and compassion. We aim to foster intellectual, physical, moral, cultural and spiritual development. We expect everyone to demonstrate qualities of courtesy, honesty, diligence and enterprise. We believe education to be an undertaking of supreme importance, enabling all to become responsible citizens and active participants and leaders in the wider community. That tradition is summed up in the School's motto:
"Not for oneself, but for all"
We aim to prepare all students to be good, useful, productive citizens:
* by maintaining high expectations.
* by offering a variety of experiences.
* by encouraging students to be lifelong learners.
* by providing a supportive pastoral and careers system.
* by offering students an interactive experience with the world beyond education.
We aim to achieve the highest quality teaching and learning:
* by re-recognising the needs and talents of every individual.
* by encouraging every student to achieve his/her potential.
* by developing positive attitudes to learning, to work and to study.
* by maximising student achievement through the effective use of teaching and learning facilities.
* by continuing to improve the learning and social environment.
* by developing information and communication technologies as strategies for learning.
We aim to ensure effective involvement by all partners in the school's life:
* by maximising opportunities for involvement in home-school partnership to support student achievement.
* by developing opportunities for governor training.
* by ensuring the school meets the needs of its community.
* by providing opportunities for continuous professional development for all staff.
We aim to foster the values of responsible citizenship in a democratic society:
* by providing opportunities to exercise responsibility and leadership.
* by making students aware of and encouraging them to form views on a range of political, social, moral and spiritual issues.
* by encouraging students to understand and tolerate the views of others.
* by encouraging mutually supportive relationships amongst all members of the school community.
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