Head of English Faculty

Head of English Faculty

Full Time

For January 2025

£MPS/UPS £28,000 - £43,685 subject to annual progression

Plus TLR1C £15,690

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and high performing Head of English Faculty to lead our well-established English team who are highly performing lovers of literature and language, and a pleasure to work with!

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and outstanding English teacher with experience of effectively leading change within English. The English Faculty at Langley is made up of experienced and recently qualified teachers who are united in their passionate desire to do the best by the students they teach. The successfully appointed candidate will have the chance to put their own mark on the faculty, creating a vision for the future direction of English at Langley, as well as further extending their leadership experience. We can offer the necessary support and experience to enable you to develop the skills required for the next stage in your career. We want the successful candidate to flourish and we want to support them in their journey to senior leadership.

If you are interested in the post and would like to find out more, please speak to Duncan Carr and please contact Becky Friend for the job description.

If you would like to apply for the position, please write a letter to the headteacher outlining your vision for English at Langley and the experience that you believe you have had which would help you to be successful in this role.

At Langley, we prioritise positive relationships between staff and students. Langley is an exciting place to learn and work. We are incredibly proud of the way our staff and young people work collaboratively to fulfil our school motto 'to be the best we can be'.

Langley is a wonderful place to work and learn. We are a committed, compassionate community united in our mission to being fully inclusive, celebrating diversity and promoting equality in all that we do. Every learner matters and matters equally at Langley.

We were visited by Ofsted in March 2023 and were graded Good. We are very proud of our inclusive, welcoming school where pupils behave and learn in a calm and purposeful environment.

Our school's fundamental principles focus on supporting, challenging and inspiring the whole Langley community 'to be the best that we can be'. But these are not simply words on paper. Students, staff and governors genuinely give all they can, to bring those principles to life every day. Examinations are critically important, of course, and our students achieve superbly well in them, but we truly believe in developing young people to deal with the tests of their lifetime, not merely to endure a lifetime of tests. Everyone who visits us comments on the unique ethos of our school as well as our commitment to inclusivity.

If you are interested in the post and would like to find out more about our school before

applying, please email our Deputy Headteacher, Duncan Carr, at s206dcarr@langley.solihull.sch.uk.

Please find attached a person specification, job description, candidate pack and our application and recruitment monitoring form. We look forward to receiving your application. Please email to Headteacher's PA, Becky Friend, at s206rfriend@langley.solihull.sch.uk

Closing date: Sunday 6th October 2024

Proposed interview date: Friday 11th October 2024

Langley School staff, governors and students are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of students and staff. Pre-employment checks in line with KCSIE will be carried out for successful applicants.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the position are detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification.

As the work of this post involves working with children, adults at risk or in a position of trust, it is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please note that Disclosure & Barring Service clearance at the appropriate level will be required for this post.

Where this post meets the definition of Regulated Activity (as defined in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) the relevant barred list(s) for children and adults will also be checked. You must disclose details of all unfiltered reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as these will be disclosed by the DBS. It is an offence to apply for a role which involves regulated activity by an applicant who is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and high performing Head of English Faculty to lead our well-established English team who are highly performing lovers of literature and language, and a pleasure to work with!

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and outstanding English teacher with experience of effectively leading change within English. The English Faculty at Langley is made up of experienced and recently qualified teachers who are united in their passionate desire to do the best by the students they teach. The successfully appointed candidate will have the chance to put their own mark on the faculty, creating a vision for the future direction of English at Langley, as well as further extending their leadership experience. We can offer the necessary support and experience to enable you to develop the skills required for the next stage in your career. We want the successful candidate to flourish and we want to support them in their journey to senior leadership.

At Langley, we prioritise positive relationships between staff and students. Langley is an exciting place to learn and work. We are incredibly proud of the way our staff and young people work collaboratively to fulfil our school motto 'to be the best we can be'.

Langley is a wonderful place to work and learn. We are a committed, compassionate community united in our mission to being fully inclusive, celebrating diversity and promoting equality in all that we do. Every learner matters and matters equally at Langley.

We were visited by Ofsted in March 2023 and were graded Good. We are very proud of our inclusive, welcoming school where pupils behave and learn in a calm and purposeful environment.

Our school's fundamental principles focus on supporting, challenging and inspiring the whole Langley community 'to be the best that we can be'. But these are not simply words on paper. Students, staff and governors genuinely give all they can, to bring those principles to life every day. Examinations are critically important, of course, and our students achieve superbly well in them, but we truly believe in developing young people to deal with the tests of their lifetime, not merely to endure a lifetime of tests. Everyone who visits us comments on the unique ethos of our school as well as our commitment to inclusivity.

If you are interested in the post and would like to find out more about our school before