Teacher of English - The Buckingham School
Location: Buckingham
Overview
Term time only
Salary Type: MPS/UPS
Salary details: SALARY: TMS1 (£31,650) ~ UPR3 (£49,084) FTE
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: 32.5 Hours Per Week, MATERNITY COVER REQUIRED FOR MARCH 2025 – END OF AUGUST 2025
Closing date: 16/01/2025 09:00
Interviews to be held: TBC
Maternity Cover for March 2025 - End of August 2025
About us
The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work.
Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.
Website: https://www.buckinghamschool.org/
About the role
Due to on upcoming maternity leave, we seek to appoint an ambitious, enthusiastic and highly motivated Teacher of English. Whilst having a real passion for the subject, we are looking for an innovative and committed classroom practitioner who can teach exceptional English lessons across Key Stages 3 and 4 as well as the experience and drive to continually improve the subject. We are looking for the right candidate to raise standards of student attainment and achievement, monitor and support student progress and hold high expectations of themselves, their team and their students.
This is an exciting period to join The Buckingham School; we have just completed 2.5 million pounds of renovation work within the school, with more remodelling and renovation of the school premises planned in the near future. We have seen steady improvement in all areas of the school over the past three years and we will continue in our quest to become the community school of choice within the locality. We are ambitious, oversubscribed and our students are fantastic to work with.
Applications are welcome from ECTs as well as experienced teachers. We have a proven track record of support and development and an excellent ECT package is available.
In return, we will offer you:
• A professional, supportive and experienced Team
• A personalised approach to Continuing Professional Development
• A role in a school that has a clear vision
• The opportunity to work with students who possess excellent attitudes to learning
• A learning environment that is ambitious, collaborative and forward-thinking
About you
For more information please see Person Specification.
Other information
Please access the full job description, application form and self-declaration form from the school’s website www.buckinghamschool.org
Completed applications, giving full contact details of two recent relevant professional referees (one of which is your current employer) to: Mr Andy McGinnes, Headteacher, The Buckingham School, London Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AT or email to [email protected].
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
