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The English and Drama Team Tonbridge Grammar School Information Pack: Teacher of English and Drama Required for: September 2014 Closing date for applications: 22nd April 2014 Welcome from the Head Teacher Thank you for showing an interest in Tonbridge Grammar School. This post provides an exciting opportunity to work at a highly successful, creative and innovative school. Tonbridge Grammar School is a successful and heavily oversubscribed selective school located in the busy commuter town of Tonbridge in Kent. We have an excellent academic reputation and are very proud of the academic success of our students. Our success, however, is built on far more than academic achievement. We are passionate about developing our students as inquisitive and independent learners. We seek to inspire our students to develop the skills and habits of mind to enable them develop as articulate and confident young people, able to take the best advantage of life. We are committed to offering a broad and enriching curricular and extra curricular experience for our students including opportunities for leadership and community service locally and internationally. Tonbridge Grammar School is an IBO World School and our ethos and values are closely aligned to those of the International Baccalaureate Organisation with its focus on intercultural awareness, holistic learning and communication. As an ‘outstanding’ school we converted to an Academy on 1st January 2011. Tonbridge Grammar School continues to retain its tradition and distinctive ethos including our selective arrangements. We have a track record of successful collaboration with other schools and partnership working with the wider community through our two specialisms (Mathematics and Computing and Languages) and our Leading Edge Status. Now as an Academy we are supporting other schools to further improve the educational opportunities for their students. There is collegiality amongst the staff at Tonbridge Grammar School which creates a working environment that is intellectually stimulating and highly rewarding. There are first class professional development opportunities available to teachers at all stages of their career including a full programme of development and support for those new to the profession. I hope that after reading this information and finding out more about the school through the information on our website you wish to apply for the advertised post. In accordance with our safe recruitment policy, to be considered for a position you must complete the Tonbridge Grammar School application form. Please ensure that you provide evidence within your application that you have the skills and experience necessary for this particular position. The post is subject to a full enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. I look forward to receiving your application. Rosemary Joyce Head Teacher 2 The International Baccalaureate at Tonbridge Grammar School The Diploma Programme prepares students for success in higher education and life in a global society. Our aim at TGS is: ‘to make available to the widest possible range of able students an educational experience that is the richest, most diverse, and as exciting as possible in an atmosphere that provides support, encouragement and care for everyone, students and staff. We want our students and staff to love coming to school and to go from here prepared for all that human life has to offer.’ International Baccalaureate In September 2004 we replaced some A Levels with the International Baccalaureate Diploma for our Sixth Form provision, and we have continued to develop the programme over the years, until 2012 when we became an exclusively IB school. The International Baccalaureate was created in 1968 in order to bring together the best elements of the British and European educational systems and it is now taught in 2,721 schools in 138 countries. The International Baccalaureate Diploma embodies an entirely different educational philosophy. The A Level system tends towards specialisation whereas the IB Diploma has at its heart a more holistic approach. It believes that pupils should experience a wider range of different subjects - students will continue to study six subjects and must study English, Mathematics, a science, a language and a humanities subject. It is equally important that these subjects are bound together into a coherent whole through a common core. This common core is composed of a course on The Theory of Knowledge (ToK), an extended essay on any subject and the Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) programme, whereby a student gains credit for extra-curricular activity. Our successful IB diploma programme has ranked TGS the top state school in the UK for the past five years. Our average point score since 2008 has ranged between 36 and 38, with an average grade per subject of between 5.72 and 6.06. What our students say: “My main reason for choosing the IB was that in year 11 I didn’t really know what I wanted to study at university or what I wanted to do after that, so I decided to keep all of my options open by doing a broader selection of subjects rather than just picking four to focus on.” “I think the IB helped to open my mind to what was going on in the world outside the UK and outside Europe, particularly as the study of languages is encouraged.” “I personally believe that studying the IB has contributed hugely to getting me to where I am today. The international aspect to the diploma is very appropriate to my degree and is viewed highly by overseas employers and global organisations. I believe that having IB under my belt is what helped me to gain a Legal and Compliance internship at Citi.” “The IB helped me get into medical school, and I was informed that although my predicted grades were slightly lower than the entrance grades, because I had undertaken the IB I was offered a place. I am now in my fourth year of medical school and going strong!” At TGS we are proud of the high quality education we offer, and of the way in which we prepare our students for life and the future. 3 Welcome to the English and Drama Team At Tonbridge Grammar School we aim to instil in our students a passion for literature and language that, we hope, will be life-long. We aim to make our students articulate communicators, not only in speaking but in their written expression as well. Poetry, prose and drama are taught in every year group with a strong focus on Shakespeare throughout the key stages. We also offer a variety of trips, workshops and showcases to foster wider cultural interest and to develop an appreciation of different genres and expression of ideas. We encourage students to take responsibility for their learning and teach them from Year 7 to become self-directed and independent learners. Students are fully involved in setting their own learning targets and progress is continually monitored against these. We see the study of literature as a seven year experience at TGS and, with the IB learner profile running throughout the curriculum, we encourage our students to be Inquirers, Knowledgeable, Thinkers, Communicators, Principled, Open-minded, Caring, Risk-takers, Balanced and Reflective. In order to achieve this, lessons are planned to be student-led to allow them to make rapid progress through independent learning supported by the teacher. An enthusiasm for literature in all its forms is a pre-requisite, over and above any experience of the IB programme. We pride ourselves on offering a flexible and varied curriculum which includes the full range of genres, both within the English Literary Cannon and World Literature. We are a strong team with a keenness to develop and enhance the way we provide English. We offer a number of enrichment activities, including reading clubs for key stage 3 which involves the Carnegie Shadowing scheme, and for key stage 5 to help students broaden their knowledge and tastes for university entrance. English is a popular choice of subject for extended essays on the IB Programme. Previous titles have included: How far does Milton succeed in his aim to ‘justify the ways of God to men’ in ‘Paradise Lost’? How effective is Sir Gawain as an archetypal chivalric hero in ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’? How does Robin Robertson explore the liminal state in ‘Hill of Doors’? And In what way does Ian McEwan manipulate ideas of truth in ‘Atonement’? Various writing and poetry competitions are encouraged within all year groups, our recent Spelling Bee contest proved very popular with the Year 7 students. The Middle Years Programme also encourages strong cross-curricular links and focuses on how learning is relevant to the real world. Both programmes are innovative and creative; they do not have the constraints of a traditional educational curriculum. There is an opportunity for a management responsibility to oversee key stage 3 MYP Drama for the right candidate. Many students continue their study of literature at the country’s best universities. English has become increasingly competitive to study at graduate level, but within the last few years students have studied courses at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham, Exeter, Kings College and UEA. The English Department produced an outstanding set of examination results in the summer of 2013; continuing a tradition of academic excellence. Out of a cohort of 149 pupils, 93 per cent gained an A or A* in IGCSE English and 84 per cent in IGCSE English Literature. English is a compulsory subject for the IB Diploma; of the 30 students who took English at Higher Level, 11 gained a grade 7 and 15 achieved a grade 6. Of the 32 Standard Level students 4 achieved a grade 7, 12 a grade 6 and 13 students gained a grade 5. We offered Literature and Performance for the first time in 2013, and out of a total of 7 students, 2 gained a grade 7, 4 students attained a grade 6 and one student a grade 5.
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