UPR/MPS

Full Time, Temporary

January 2025

2 December 2024

Buxton Community School is seeking to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic Teacher of English to join the team from January 2025.
We are looking for an outstanding candidate with proven success and suitable experience of delivering high quality teaching and learning to students across Key Stage 3 & 4. This is an excellent role for a dynamic colleague with proven classroom success as a teacher who has excellent qualifications and strong ambition to build on our success to date. Successful candidates will bring a blend of enthusiasm, pragmatism and inspiration. They will demonstrate a keen desire to support students in their progress. You will be a colleague who works collaboratively with the team and is receptive to innovative practices.
The ideal candidate will:

• Have a tangible passion for teaching English and be able to share evidence of enabling students to meet and exceed expectations, regardless of ability.
• Have experience in teaching English at Key Stages 3 & 4.
• Have excellent understanding of the curriculum and specifically how lesson design can help to deliver this successfully. They will have a keen interest in evidenced based research to inform their teaching.
• Be someone who understands the value of high-quality assessment and feedback to inform lesson design

Have strong organisational, personal time management and planning skills
What you will get from us.

• The chance to join a forward thinking and ambitious department who are committed to providing the best education to students at BCS.
• Clear curriculum sequencing with So L that provide consistency across the department.
• Support with regards to your own developmental needs
• A supportive and sociable working environment.
• Excellent opportunities for professional development.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a teacher at any stage of their career and our priority is to appoint someone who is committed to education and being the best teacher they can be. We are looking for someone who can spark an interest in students and push them to achieve highly. The successful candidate will instil a love for the subject with students and fully support them in achieving success. We believe the two go hand in hand.
Salary: Main/Upper Pay Scale
TLR : N/A
Contract Type and Term: Full time, Temporary.
Start date: January 2025


The Application Process
Closing date for applications is Monday 2nd December at 09.00am
If you are short-listed for interview, you will be contacted in advance to discuss arrangements for the interview. Unfortunately, if you have not been contacted prior to the interview day, your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Buxton Community School is committed to safeguarding and the process of safer recruitment. As a result, this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, and all shortlisted candidates will be expected to prove their identity at interview. The successful candidate will be expected to show original copies of qualifications and further proof of their identity.

Welcome to our school which is part of the Embark Federation. We are proud to be part of a family of 19 schools across Derbyshire who believe that by working together as a team we can create schools that ‘stand out’ at the heart of their communities. Our trust has four core beliefs; Family, Integrity, Teamwork and Success, which are integral to everything we do.
We have high standards across our schools but want to ensure that the school experience for our children is a magical time. Our purpose is to enable everyone in our Embark family to be able to ‘Love Learning, Love Life.’
We are a successful, supportive and high achieving secondary school based in the heart of the Peak District with over 1,000 students on roll. Student numbers are rising; applications for Year 7 have risen by 25% over the last 5 years as more families want to send their children to us. As an 11-18 provider, we play a key part in providing the highest quality education and support for our students across a broad range of subjects at KS3, KS4 and KS5.
Our approach with the students involves acknowledging and rewarding positive behaviours and achievements whilst challenging and supporting students to be the best version of themselves. Our values, Ready, Respectful and Safe are instrumental in achieving our vision.
We have a clearly defined plan and commitment to improving learning and support for students. Our outcomes have shown significant improvement over several years as our developments to teaching and learning have taken hold.
Our principles for learning are focused on learning for the long term and developing deep understanding. We have developed a clear strategy that underpins what happens in our classrooms. Teachers who join our school will find well-resourced and planned schemes of learning. However, they are not prescriptive, we believe the professional in the classroom is the subject expert and the champion of the needs of the children in their classes. Staff wellbeing is of utmost importance to me, and we have adopted a number of approaches in order to support in this area of school life. For example, we support all our staff by providing additional non-contact time above that of most schools to allow them the chance to prepare and assess effectively.
I am keen to appoint subject specialists who are passionate and demonstrate true excitement for their subject. We want staff who are positive, energetic, enthusiastic and deeply committed to supporting our young people, and who are prepared to go that extra mile to contribute to our whole school improvement.
We want the best for our staff and young people, and we will not let it get more complicated than that.