Teacher of History (Maternity Cover)
The Grey Coat Hospital
Westminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- March 2025
- Apply by:
- 25 November 2024
Job overview
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Teacher of History MPS/UPS (Maternity Cover)
Required for March 2025
The Grey Coat Hospital is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, innovative and highly motivated teacher to join a very high achieving, ever flourishing and popular department.
The Grey Coat Hospital, founded in 1698, is a Church of England school for girls aged eleven to eighteen with a mixed Sixth Form. The historic foundation of the school and its current ethos are rooted in a confident and generous Christian faith and practice, which welcomes students and staff of all backgrounds and beliefs. The school is situated in the heart of central London close to excellent transport links.
We are a heavily oversubscribed comprehensive school for girls with excellent GCSE results. In 2024, 93.7% of students attained 5+ subjects overall including 9-4 in English and Mathematics. 56.3% of all grades attained in all subjects at KS4 were 7-9 and our overall pass rate at grades 9-4 was 95.9%.
We have a large sixth form of over 300 students where students achieve outstanding results which regularly puts The Grey Coat Hospital in the top 10% of non-selective schools nationally. This was achieved again in 2024.
The Grey Coat Hospital, when last inspected, was judged to be ‘outstanding’ by OFSTED in October 2022. In 2020, the School achieved ‘excellent’ in the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools. We are proud of our ethos of continued self-improvement, which characterises every aspect of our culturally diverse school. The school is committed to building on our passion for excellent teaching and learning as well as continuing to place an emphasis on our language specialism and international ethos.
We are looking for someone who will:
- Be an enthusiastic, inspiring and creative teacher
- Have excellent subject knowledge
- Be able to commit and contribute to the continuing success of the department and the school
- Be able to, effectively and confidently, teach KS5
The school has an excellent programme of support for all new staff and is committed to professional development. We actively encourage teachers to explore innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all members of staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all posts.
For further information including an advert, job description and application form, please refer to the links on our website www.gch.org.uk.
Please address any additional queries to: recruitment@gch.org.uk.
Interviews will take place in the week beginning Monday 25th November 2024
Closing date for applications: Monday 25th November 12:00 noon
Applications should be sent by email directly to: recruitment@gch.org.uk
Canvassing any employee, or member of the Governing Body, directly or indirectly is prohibited and will be considered as a disqualification.
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About The Grey Coat Hospital
We are a heavily oversubscribed Church of England multi-ethnic comprehensive academy for girls offering a rich educational experience for girls from 11 to 16, and for girls and boys in the Sixth Form. The school is situated in the heart of central London close to excellent transport links.
We believe in the value of education for its own sake, as well as a means through which students can gain access to further opportunity in the future. Through a strong pastoral structure which ensures that every student is known as a person, each individual is set on the path to realising his or her potential within the context of a caring Christian community. We have strong values which enable students to learn their responsibilities towards each other and the community.
The Grey Coat Hospital has been consistently recognised by the Department for Education and SSAT for being in the top 5% of non-selective state-funded schools nationally for excellent attainment and achievement at Key Stage 4 and attainment and achievement of disadvantaged students
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