Senior Lead Practitioner (English or Mathematics)

Are you able to bring the best out in colleagues, working collaboratively to deliver an enriching curriculum and wider whole school teaching and learning ambitions?

Do you wish to join a committed and aspirational department which is improving the life chances of students?

Are you looking for a role that could be a stepping stone to Senior Leadership? 

You, like us, will share our belief in the highest standards of academic attainment in a comprehensive setting. We are therefore seeking to recruit an inspirational, professional and highly skilled Senior Lead Practitioner of Mathematics or English. You will have experience of developing and delivering an excellent curriculum within these subjects and will be able to coach other teachers within the school to enhance their pedagogy and practice. You will be cognisant of current best practice and want to foster in others a research-based to their lesson delivery. 

You will deliver lessons to a consistently high standard and you will have a proven track record of excellent outcomes at GCSE and A level.

This role will provide opportunities for leadership development including secondment to the Leadership Group. Applicants from a GMH background are strongly encouraged with the school actively involved in the Church of England’s ‘Leaders Like Us’ programme.

As part of the school’s Lead Practitioner team, you will report to the Deputy Headteacher (Academic) and will be responsible for the development of Teaching and Learning across the school. The successful candidate will be required to teach a variety of key stages and abilities within Mathematics or English whilst undertaking the role of Lead Practitioner. 

"Leaders have introduced a broad and ambitious curriculum for all…and have thought carefully about how to capture students’ wider interest in the subjects they learn." OFSTED 2022 

Westminster City School is a successful 11-18 Christian non-denominational comprehensive academy for boys with a rapidly growing mixed sixth form. Ours is a vibrant learning community situated in the heart of central London with all the opportunities and advantages of an inner-city school. In March 2022, the school’s OFSTED inspection confirmed that the school remains a ‘Good’ school, but we are restless in our ambition to be ‘Outstanding’ in time for the school’s 150th anniversary in 2027.

“Pupils are happy and safe. They typically spoke enthusiastically about their school and said that the school community feels like a family.” OFSTED 2022  

The candidate: 

You, like us, will share our belief in the highest standards of academic attainment and personal development in a comprehensive setting.  

The successful candidate will have: 

·        Strong personal values of integrity and compassion 

·        Excellent subject knowledge within their curriculum area and a proactive commitment to continually develop it 

·        A passion for ensuring that all students receive the very best opportunity to thrive academically and personally within our community 

·        The desire to offer opportunities for our staff to develop their own skills and maximise their job satisfaction 

·        Awareness of current best practice and the desire to support and lead upon aspects of our research-based approach to pedagogical improvement

·        A restless desire to ensure that all colleagues share your passion for professional development and excellence. 

You will deliver lessons to a consistently high standard. 

You will be joining a team of highly motivated teachers who are ambitious in ensuring our vision of a powerful knowledge curriculum enables all students to receive a transformative educational experience. 

We believe in developing our staff and have a dynamic and supportive management team and an effective CPD programme which includes a regular teaching and learning forum, peer-coaching and a Middle Leader development programme.  At Westminster City School, we will offer you: 

·        A supportive and collegiate staff culture.

·        Strict behaviour policy and centralised detentions

·        An evidence-informed approach to teaching and learning.

·        A bespoke CPD programme; and

·        Staff benefits including an interest-free season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme.

“Pupils enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular clubs, including in music, drama, sport and debating… Leaders enrich this programme with links to businesses and organisations that are based locally” OFSTED 2022 

“Leaders and Governors are proud of and ambitious for the school. They consider staff workload carefully, for example when introducing recent changes to the school’s feedback policy” OFSTED 2022  

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.  

If you would like to apply for this post, please click apply now (below) to obtain and submit our application form. If for any reason this is not possible, please print out the application and send your completed form by post to the school or e-mail recruitment@wcsch.com  

If you would like to discuss the role informally with the Headteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish to visit our website (www.wcsch.com) to research more about the school.  

Closing date for completed applications: Friday 17 May 2024 at noon and interviews will be held early the following week.  The school reserves the right to interview suitable candidates before this deadline so early applications are welcomed.