Villiers High School
Location
Ealing, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
Overview
Are you committed to combatting literacy barriers for all learners? Are looking for an opportunity to join our middle leadership team?
It is a very exciting time to join Villiers High School, and an opportunity to join our teaching team as Deputy Head of English, as we embark on the building of our new sustainable eco building which houses enhanced and progressively designed teaching and learning spaces.
It is also a particularly exciting time to join the English Department as it evolves in line with the school development plan.
Our History
Southall County School first opened in 1907. It was one of the first secondary schools to be built by Middlesex County Council to cater for the expansion of education envisioned by the 1902 Education Act and remains the longest established school in the borough. Southall then was a small country town surrounded by farms and market gardens; The Great Western Railway, the Gas Works and the Monstead’s Margarine were the only signs of industry. The school grew under the leadership of the first two Headteachers – Samuel Pollit and Charles Vernon, who guided the school through the two World Wars and the depression, to emerge into the sixties when it was amalgamated with the Technical School in Beaconsfield Road, to become Southall Grammar Technical School.
The current Headteacher, Christopher Richards, was appointed as Deputy Headteacher in April 2017 and latterly as Senior Deputy Headteacher. In May 2019, the school achieved its Outstanding status in every category for the first time in its history.
The Person
You will have a combination of qualified teaching status and be an outstanding teacher with successful experience in raising student achievement. You will also have experience of monitoring and evaluating work within a school or department with a clear educational philosophy and the ability to translate this into practice. You will have a passion for education and good knowledge and understanding of the academic curriculum with excellent communication skills.
The Role
The successful candidate will work alongside the Head of English to lead on improving the quality of learning and teaching within English and develop and regularly review the whole school literacy strategy. They will regularly scrutinise the literacy profile of the school, identifying key literacy barriers for our learners and co-ordinate and execute whole school literacy screening. The role will work closely with the Head of English to plan, co-ordinate and evaluate literacy intervention programmes in response to literacy data and evaluate our work with the bottom 20% of readers across the school. The post-holder must strategically manage the use of the library, including the Accelerated Reader programme and plan and deliver staff training in regard to best practice for literacy development.
This critical role will develop, support and monitor intervention strategies for students and work with the English Curriculum Leader and manage the maintenance and up-dating of Schemes of Learning. Also, to conduct learning walks and book scrutinies of lessons and feedback to staff about areas of good practice and development.
The successful candidate will also work with the Deputy Headteacher (Curriculum) to strategically lead on literacy development across the school. This critical role will ensure that staff are empowered to support the literacy needs of all learners.
To be successful in your application, you will have some experience required for a Second in Charge of English as per the . This role reports into Head of English.
How to Apply
To apply, please download our "2ic English Literacy Recruitment" for further information about the role and school. You will need to then download and complete the “teachers application form”, addressing the details included in the and person specification.
Villiers High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and equality and diversity in all aspects of employment. The successful applicant will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)and shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches as part of our due diligence.
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