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Would you like to work at a school graded "Outstanding" by OfSTED in every area in November 2022, where students are aspirational, engaged and wanting to learn?
Bishop Wordsworth’s School is a unique school in a unique place where we fuel pupils’ wider intellectual curiosity, extending their knowledge and understanding beyond the narrow confines of exam syllabii. We want our students to develop intellectual curiosity, to want to find out how the World works so that they can make it better in their future lives. We educate boys from 11-16 years old, and since September 2020 the BWS Sixth Form became fully co-educational.
Alongside the teaching staff, our specialist and diverse support staff facilitate excellence from accounts through to catering and are crucial to the school’s success.
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If you wish to have the opportunity of an informal discussion about working at the school, please contact Mrs Annie Lloyd-Gilmour (HR Manager) alg@bishopwordsworths.org.uk We also welcome speculative CV’s.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic and energising part time English teacher (ECT or experienced) with a real drive and enthusiasm for the subject, together with the motivation and subject knowledge to be able to challenge and inspire. The successful candidate must be a team player and will be expected to take an active involvement in the department and in school life in general. You will be teaching in an environment where the pupils are actively engaged, want to learn and where there is minimum disruption in lessons.
Bishop Wordsworth’s School is a unique school in a unique place where we fuel pupils’ wider intellectual curiosity, extending their knowledge and understanding beyond the narrow confines of exam syllabi. We aim to engender a passion for learning together with the skills required to pursue that passion independently.
Contract: Permanent / Part Time (approximate 0.4 fte)
Closing Date: Monday 6th May
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This is an exciting opportunity to join our well-resourced and successful RS department. Located within the confines of the historic Cathedral close, Bishop Wordsworth’s School is renowned for its strong links with the Church of England and Salisbury Cathedral and its sense of pride in the school community, the school is rated as Outstanding in the latest Ofsted and SIAMS reports.
RS has a high profile in the school and is taught to all students in Years 7-11, with all students taking full course GCSE, and A Level RS/Philosophy being offered in the Sixth Form. Both uptake and examination outcomes are very strong at all levels and the department has an excellent record of university entry. This is an exciting opportunity to join our established department to teach pupils who are actively engaged, want to learn and where there is minimum disruption in lessons.
Contract: Permanent / Part Time (approximate 0.8 fte)
Closing Date: Monday 13th May
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This is an exciting opportunity to join our thriving and successful Art and DT departments with both subjects holding significant prominence in the school. We are seeking a teacher passionate about inspiring young minds in Art and Design Technology. Whether teaching KS3 Art or DT, enthusiasm and dedication are key.
Art students in years 7-9 explore diverse techniques from Fine Art, Graphic Design, Photography and Printmaking. In DT, students delve into designing with both traditional skills and cutting-edge computer-aided design, with dedicated technicians supporting both departments and impressive uptake and exam outcomes for both subjects in GCSE for DT and GSCE and A-level for Art.
Contract: Permanent / Part Time (approximate 0.4 fte)
Closing Date: Monday 6th May
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We are seeking to appoint an experienced Woodwind teacher for the music department at Bishop
Wordsworth’s Grammar School. The outgoing teacher has built a strong pupil base and currently teaches flute, clarinet and saxophone. Within the woodwind department we also have an oboe and a bassoon teacher. They will join a large and thriving department, working within a dynamic team.
The successful candidate will teach approximately 20-25 individual lessons per week, with the potential of adding beginners from Year 7 in September after the ‘music circus’. This is an afternoon where all 165 Year 7s are given demonstrations from our peripatetic team to encourage take up of orchestral instruments. There may also be opportunities for the successful candidates to be involved with ensembles within the department.
The teacher of Woodwind will report to the Director of Music and, in addition to their instrumental teaching, will:
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Expressions of interest to be sent to Mr Lewis Edney (Director of Music): lde@bishopwordsworths.org.uk.
Bishop Wordsworth’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check as well as other relevant pre-employment checks including satisfactory references and medical clearance.