High School More Than Just a School

Recruitment Pack Teacher of English

Required from September 2021

Employment Status Full time / Part-time

Employment Location Kesgrave High School,

Application Closing Date 12 noon, Tuesday 25th May 2021

Interview Thursday 27th May 2021

Be Positive. Be Respectful. Be Your Best

www.kesgrave.suffolk.sch.uk @KesgraveHigh

[email protected] 01473 624 855 ABOUT KESGRAVE HIGH SCHOOL

Thank you for taking an interest in our school.

We are proud of staff and students at Kesgrave High School and we expect them to take a pride in all that they do. We have a strong pastoral system, high academic standards and clear and fair behaviour expecta�ons. Our Rela�onships within and beyond the experience tells us that children thrive classroom are posi�ve and help us to in an environment that sets firm secure the best possible outcomes for boundaries, is consistent in its our young people. Teachers, associate expecta�ons and which builds staff, parents and carers all work rela�onships that set the tone for together to help our young people to learning. progress.

We provide an environment in which As a Teaching School, a lead partner in our students feel safe and are the Research School and a encouraged to grow, o�en challenging founding partner of EAST SCITT, staff as their own expecta�ons. Our posi�ve, well as students, con�nuously reflect on inclusive approach ensures that what they do and consider how to students make the most of their talents improve. Evidence-informed prac�ce is and poten�al. We are lucky to have a at the heart of our classroom school environment which befits these improvement. As part of East Anglian expecta�ons, inves�ng in their futures Schools Trust we work with like-minded through the latest technology and schools who invest in staff facili�es. development.

We encourage students to take This is an exci�ng �me to join our responsibility, to be curious and to school, I look forward to welcoming you have a thirst for knowledge. Students to our school in person and in sharing learn from each other, as well as from ourprideinallwedo. their experienced and skilled teachers, in a suppor�ve learning environment, Miss Upton where everyone is valued. Headteacher TEACHER OF ENGLISH

Kesgrave High School is looking for an English teacher for September 2021. This is an exci�ng opportunity to contribute to a talented and commi�ed team. The department has a great sense of collabora�on and are fully commi�ed to ensuring all students develop a love of English and achieve the highest possible standards. Kesgrave High School is a large 11- 19 school which has over 1850 students on roll including over 300 students in the Sixth Form. In 2020 the performance of the whole school was strong with 75% of pupils achieving a Grade 4 or higher in both English and Mathema�cs. The Team

Lessons The Faculty consists of twenty staff and is looking to grow even larger English lessons take full advantage over the next year. Lessons are of the 90 minute periods and we taught in the Communica�ons and see our students in four sessions Crea�ve Media blocks, with well- over a 2 week �metable for KS3 and resourced teaching rooms and two five sessions for KS4. This resource areas. The library contains arrangement allows for flexibility of the Department’s fic�on stock and grouping, content and design of ICT facili�es. As a Faculty we also delivery. have the benefit of full reprographic and administra�ve support. JOB INFORMATION TEACHER OF ENGLISH The Curriculum The English team have a strong record of achievement within the school and a clear REPORTS TO: As a core Na�onal Curriculum subject, we passion for reading, wri�ng, speaking and Head of English believe that as well as the drive to improve listening. This can be observed in lessons and JOB LOCATION: standards, English is also a key area for in the many extra-curricular opportuni�es Kesgrave High School, Main Road, Kesgrave recognising and respec�ng individual offered. talents. All pupils are taught in mixed ability The Faculty has an outstanding record of groups in Key Stage 3 and 4. The success in the Sixth Form and offers six Department believes in the importance of subjects for teaching at Key Stage 5: English sharing literature with all students and Language, English Literature, English believes students of any ability should be Language and Literature, BTEC Crea�ve encouraged to have an authen�c crea�ve Media, as well as Media and Film Studies. voice. All Key Stage 4 pupils are prepared for GCSE with AQA in English Language and Results 2020 EDUQAS in English Literature. KS4 English Language: 92.7% - 4+, 74.6% -5+, The Faculty reviews, monitors and assesses 32.7% -7+ current prac�ce in regular weekly English Literature: 76.4% - 4+, 56.4% -5+, Department mee�ngs. Both the school and 13.9% -7+ the Faculty are commi�ed to the KS5

development of staff and we have English Language: A-E 100%, A-B 75% A*-A established links with ITT providers which 18.8% bring new developments and approaches. English Literature: A-E 100%, A-B 75%, A*-A 50%

English Lang/Lit: A-E 100%, A-B 67%, A*- A 33.5% OUR CULTURE AND ETHOS Kesgrave High School is proud to be ‘more than just a school’. Our ethos is at the heart of everything we do: ‘Be Positive, Be Respectful, Be Your Best’.

• We have an ethos of purposeful learning with a sense of adventure and challenge, where students and staff are empowered to experiment and develop exci�ng learning opportuni�es. • Our prac�ce and development is rooted in evidence-based research. • Class sizes are kept as low as possible. On average a KS4 class has 22 students and at KS5 12 students. • Ourthree period day means that staff and students have a break a�er every lesson to ensure smooth transi�ons between lessons and a calm purposeful learning environment. • All departments have access toa designated curriculum administrator who help drive improvements and reduce workload for teaching staff enabling them to focus on their core ac�vi�es. • Team Rooms for all departments help buildsuppor�ve collabora�ve rela�onships and facilitate shared planning �me. • The majority of mee�ngs are dedicated to Teaching & Learning. • Departmental developmentis focussed on clear and manageable priori�es roo�ng our work in the cornerstones of the best classroom prac�ce. • Lesson observa�ons are for the purpose of teacher development and sharing of best prac�ce. We discuss how to get be�er. • There is no prescribed template for lesson planning. OurTeaching and Learning Principles focus on Subject Knowledge, Challenge, Modelling, Review & Retrieval, Ques�oning, Feedback and Oracy. OUR CULTURE AND ETHOS

• A commitment to provide a truly excep�onal extra-curricular programme, which includes over 50 clubs per week and a dedicated Ac�vi�es Week in the summer term for all KS3 students.

• We have maintainedan hour lunch break to ensure staff and students have �me to eat and socialise.

• We work closely with unions represented within the school. The • Our behaviour policy is based on Headteacher and senior team meet with them regularly and our three core values of‘Be Posi�ve, ac�vely encourage open and Be Respec�ul, Be Your Best’. We construc�ve two-way dialogue. invest heavily to ensuredisrup�on free learning in all classrooms, this • We have ensured, despite includes centralised, same day financial pressures, that teaching deten�ons which are run and staff will havemaximum a of 83% managed by senior staff. contact ra�o, significantly lower than other schools. DEVELOPING PROFESSIONALS WITH INTEGRITY AND AUTONOMY

• Each department has their own administra�ve support.

• A commitment to keep administra�on and mee�ng �me to a minimum. Non TLR holders will not be required to a�end more than a�er school mee�ng per week. All mee�ngs have a published finish �me and will end promptly. can include verbal and whole class • We have ara�onal approach to data feedback when relevant. Key assessed drops. Teachers will be not be pieces of work are marked in more depth expected to produce data on individual reflec�ng the varying demands and students more than three �mes per contexts within the subject. year. • Staff only complete one 20 minute duty • No formal �me-consuming report per week. comments are needed within the normal report cycle. • Cover is minimal. If staff have to cover a lesson this is never more than half a • A evidenced-informed approach to lesson. It is very rare for staff to have marking ensures staff are not expected more than four half lessons of cover per to mark every piece of work. Feedback year. There are tremendous opportunities for career YOUR WELLBEING development at Kesgrave High School. We are at the • Kesgrave is a very over-subscribed school. Staff children are cutting edge of educational innovation and best priori�sed for school places at Kesgrave even if you do not live practice, both as a Teaching School and Research within catchment. School. We work closely with other schools locally • Staff have24 hour access to our Employee Assistance and nationally. Programme including free counselling, financial and pensions advice, legal advice, home and well-being support. • Professional development and bespoke CPD package for • All staff have complementary access to excellent gym facili�es every member of staff including external and internal courses. and there is a programme of a�er school recrea�onal ac�vi�es. • Training is scheduled across the whole year, so staff know • Complimentary access to flu vaccina�ons every year. what is happening and can select opportuni�es that aremost • Access to salary sacrifice scheme (for exis�ng members) for relevant to them. addi�onal support in childcare costs. • Every member of staff has the opportunity to be involved in • Staff discounts with many local businesses. anac�on research group – sharing effec�ve prac�ce across the school. • We welcome applica�ons from colleagues who would like part-�me or job-shares.Flexibility keeps good teachers in the school. • All our recruitment processes are open and transparent. • We develop leadership posi�ons and undertake shadow- staffing and succession opportuni�esencourage to and invest in our staff to gain promoted posts within our school and elsewhere. • Opportuni�es will be offered to staff to undertake developmental roles / workacross our academies in the East Anglian Schools Trustif they choose to. • Performance Management isdevelopmental and construc�ve. ABOUT KESGRAVE HIGH SCHOOL IN KESGRAVE, SUFFOLK Kesgrave High School is proud to be more than just a school. From the schools incep�on in 1931 with 180 students under the Headmaster Captain Harrison, the school has always tried to ensure the whole child is educated, not merely an exam factory. Now in 2020 we have over 1850 students on role and it could not be a more exci�ng �me to be a student here. We are proud to NORWICH serve the local community, are regularly oversubscribed (we normally have over 800 applica�ons for 308 places) and we have over 900 students and staff cycle to school each day!

At Kesgrave we trust our pupils, giving them complete access to the school site at all �mes. As a result the ‘responsibility and behaviour of students is excellent. They BURY ST. are polite, courteous and are a credit to the school’. EDMUNDS (Ofsted) CAMBRIDGE KESGRAVE Sixth Form IPSWICH We have a large and thriving 6th Form of over 300 students, offering a wide variety of A Level and voca�onal subjects. COLCHESTER Students achieve outstanding A Level and BTEC results and around 70% go onto pursue University courses each year. Our Location

We are based on the Eastern side of Ipswich in Suffolk, with excellent road connec�ons with London only being one hour away by train.

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