HEAD OF KS3 ENGLISH

JOB TITLE:     Head of KS3 English

BASED AT:     Samuel Whitbread Academy

SALARY/GRADE RANGE: MPS / UPS plus a TLR 2A allowance 

RESPONSIBLE TO:    Head of the English Department

The Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST) is a multi-academy trust providing exceptional education across our community of 10 schools and five nurseries. Since forming in 2016, we have grown significantly into one of the largest single employers in Central Bedfordshire. We now educate more than 5,000 children across the area, from nursery age to advanced level study.  It is our aim to grow the BEST in everyone, and everything we do is driven by our values, but our aims can only be achieved if we recruit, retain and develop the highest quality workforce – and we want those we employ to be valued in the workplace.  The first five years of BEST has been a real success story – and we are looking forward to an exciting future, too.

We openly encourage all potential applicants to come and spend some time with us prior to submitting an application. Please get in touch to arrange a time to come and visit our fabulous school, have a coffee/tea with SLT and the Department who would be happy to answer any questions you might have about Samuel Whitbread Academy!  

We are looking for a Head of KS3 English with the vision and drive to take us into the next exciting phase of our school's journey. The successful candidate will live and breathe our school's values of equality, teamwork, determination, integrity, empathy, ingenuity and respect. 

The English Department is incredibly popular at KS5 and has over 60 students studying Literature and Language or Literature, both the Edexcel specification. At KS4, we follow the AQA specification and students study Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol as well as An Inspector Calls, along with the Power and Conflict poetry cluster.  KS3 at Samuel Whitbread consists of Year 9 and all students study a range of fiction (Noughts and Crosses and Animal Farm), as well as Shakespeare’s The Tempest and a range of poetry, whilst also studying the art of rhetoric and dystopian writing. Alongside our Head of English, you will be designing a KS3 curriculum fit for our context that should enthuse our students; develop their love of English and in turn increase the number of students opting to study English in Key Stage 5.

This role will involve working closely with the students at Samuel Whitbread Academy and you will be engaging in regulated activity with children.

 CLOSING DATE:    Midday, Tuesday 21st May 2024

INTERVIEW DATE:    Thursday 23rd May 2024

Information about Samuel Whitbread Academy can be found on the school website https://www.samuelwhitbread.org.uk/  

Applications may be made online via the MyNewTerm website, If you would prefer a Word Application Form, one may be obtained by directly emailing Samuel Whitbread Academy via the contact details provided below. 

We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare and offers of employment are subject to DBS clearance and two satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Strictly no agencies.