Subject Leader for English (2nd in Faculty)

About the role

Required for September 2025 a well-qualified Subject Leader for English (2nd in Faculty) to help lead the English Faculty and to teach across the age and ability range. We are looking for candidates who will work with us to help our students and staff to ‘achieve their potential and enjoy the journey’. You will join a friendly, supportive and committed English Faculty where results are consistently significantly above national averages in both attainment and progress. The English Faculty makes a vital contribution to the overall work of the school and always seeks out opportunities to develop literacy and oracy both within and beyond the classroom. The collaborative work environment encourages continuous professional development and this role is a great opportunity for personal career progression. The precise areas of responsibility will be agreed with the new postholder, dependent on their experience, skills and areas of interest.

Visitors tell us that our school is a friendly, lively and stimulating community where we emphasise the importance of the individual’s contribution and take pleasure in sharing and celebrating achievement. They commend the good behaviour of the pupils and their thirst for knowledge. Bishop’s is a diverse community that offers mutual support and encouragement and expects everyone within it to respect others’ heritage, cultures, religion and beliefs. We hope that the values, self-discipline and sense of personal worth that pupils gain here will be a support throughout their lives as British and Global Citizens. We welcome applications from candidates from racially minoritised backgrounds and from other groups that are underrepresented in the UK education system.

Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School is heavily over-subscribed and has around 950 pupils on roll including the Sixth Form. We are fully committed to our values of teamwork, respect, honesty, trust, kindness and ambition. The school completed its most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2022 and was judged to continue to be Outstanding. However, we are not driven by Ofsted and our priorities lie in supporting our pupils to develop their knowledge, skills and character through the ‘Bishop’s 360’ model. The school has benefited from a total rebuild on the same site and enjoys excellent state of the art facilities including a Drama Studio and a School Hall with banked retractable seating. BHGS holds International School Status, the Music Mark and is a Fairtrade School. Hatfield is within easy reach of London and other areas and the London Fringe Allowance is payable. A recruitment and retention allowance may be payable to a suitably qualified candidate.

The school's Admissions’ Code gives priority places to children of staff and we give high priority to staff development. Staff are able to apply for our Professional Development Award which provides bursary payments to help finance CPD that goes beyond the school’s usual training programme.

We take safeguarding of our students extremely seriously and an enhanced disclosure will be sought through the Disclosure and Barring Service as part of the school’s pre-employment checks.

If you would like to visit us, prior to making an application, and see for yourself how our pupils learn in a vibrant, supportive environment please contact Sally Fullerton at sfullerton@bishophatfield.herts.sch.uk.

Please see the job description for more detail.

Closing date for applications: Monday 10th March 9am

Interview and assessment date: To be confirmed (please note that we reserve the right to make an early appointment for applications made prior to the deadline)

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