Teacher of English
Cranford School
Oxfordshire
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/01/2025
- Apply by:
- 30 September 2024
Job overview
Cranford School invites applications for the role of Teacher of English to start January 2025.
We welcome applications from ECT’s and experienced Teachers who have the drive and ambition to ensure the departments continued success.
The successful applicant will be an innovative and inspiring classroom practitioner with an ethos that aligns with the School’s values and aims.
They will demonstrate excellent teaching skills and a reflective, life-long passion for learning, combined with the ability to motivate and inspire pupils and staff alike. They will share our high aspirations and expectations for all our pupils and encourage an engagement with their specialism throughout school.
The successful candidate will join a friendly, supportive, and ambitious team, both within the department and across the school.
A contribution to the extra-curricular life of the School will also be required.
Cranford School is just 5 miles from the historic market town of Wallingford, less than thirty minutes from the picturesque town of Henley-upon-Thames and within a short commuting distance from Oxford and Reading.
Further Information
Please visit our website https://www.cranfordschool.co.uk/information/career-vacancies for further information including an Application Pack and Application Form.
For more information, to discuss the role, or any aspect of working at Cranford School, please contact Human Resources on 01491 651218.
Application
To apply for this role, please email a completed Application Form to recruitment@cranfordschool.co.uk or post to HR Department, Cranford School, Moulsford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 9HT. Cranford School will only accept copies of a curriculum vitae alongside a fully completed application form. A curriculum vitae on its own will not be accepted.
Safeguarding
Cranford School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment and be fully aware of, and understand, the duties and responsibilities that apply to their role. All employees, volunteers and contractors must attend appropriate training in accordance with the School and local Safeguarding Board regulations.
Successful applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to, checks with current and past employers, an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, the requirement to provide original evidence of qualifications as well as evidence of the right to work in the UK and, where applicable, a barred list, prohibition, and overseas checks.
Online searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates along with the requirement to complete a Self-Disclosure form.
All positions within the School are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In order to assess a candidate's suitability to work with children, shortlisted applicants must declare all previous convictions and cautions via a self-disclosure form (prior to interview), including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’. This excludes those received for an offence in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Please see our Safeguarding policy here: https://www.cranfordschool.co.uk/information/policies
Attached documents
About Cranford School
Cranford School is leading, independent day school with a national reputation for excellence situated in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Offering an innovative, opportunity-rich education.
Cranford School Sixth Form opened its doors in September 2020, in addition to the extension of its successful co-educational provision into the Senior School. This will see boys admitted into Year 7 and Year 12 and represents a natural and exciting next step on the school's educational journey.
Cranford School opened in 1931 with just one pupil, on a site that now hosts Moulsford Preparatory School. It later expanded and moved to its current location with larger facilities. The school has recently enjoyed an ambitious programme of capital development including the addition of a modern sports hall in 2014, the development of a new IT suite, enhanced performing arts spaces, a new food technology and art and design suite and our Junior School extension.
Headmaster
Dr James Raymond
Values and vision
Based on traditional values, Cranford School prides itself on being a welcoming family school offering a broad and challenging curriculum. It aims to provide an environment that allows students to thrive, with a range of opportunities. Staff believe everyone has the ability to contribute to the world.
Cranford School specialises in music, drama and sport, offering a selection of extra-curricular activities for students in facilities such as tennis and netball courts, a swimming pool, a sports hall and a theatre.
ISI report
“Cranford House is highly successful in meeting its aims to encourage all pupils to strive for excellence within a nurturing and welcoming community. Children in the EYFS make an excellent start to their education and thrive in the warm and caring atmosphere. Throughout the school, pupils develop a positive and energetic attitude towards their learning; they apply their knowledge confidently in lessons and independent study, supported by excellent teaching.”
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