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Reading Lead
Salary:  £30,000 to £46,525; Main Pay Range or Upper Pay Range plus TLR 2.2

• Job start date: September 2024
• Contract type: Full Time
• Contract term: Permanent
• Suitable for NQTs: Yes
• Closing date: Monday 29 April 2024
• Interview date: Tuesday 7 May 2024

Wilmslow High School

• School age range: 11-18
• Number on roll: approx. 2,000 (including 500 sixth form)

Do you love reading and want to make a difference for young people?

We are eager to appoint a Reading Lead who shares:

• our belief that being able to read fluently can transform young people’s lives, greatly enhancing their success and wellbeing.
• our ambition, optimism and determination to ensure this for all our students.

We are looking for someone with a passion for reading and a commitment to overcoming barriers where reading is difficult.

The successful candidate will set the direction for, and lead the implementation of, the reading element of our Additional Curriculum, ensuring that we are supporting all our students to read with fluency and success.

This is an exciting opportunity for teachers who are expert in teaching reading – whether you are primary or secondary trained.

It is also an opportunity for specialist SEND teachers, or those with a background in teaching English, or English as an Additional Language.

We don’t mind in what context your track record has been forged.  We want your commitment to help our students to make more progress with their reading then they believe is possible!  Please be specific in your application about your record in this area.

This role would suit a colleague who wants recognition for your reading expertise at middle manager level, but could also be a great jumping off ground if you’re keen for further leadership development.  We’re a large school with a range of opportunities and we believe in working together to build strong teams.

We have an incredibly broad comprehensive intake, and we want all our students to know that they belong and can achieve success in the classroom.  You’ll play a key part in promoting this culture and so we’re really looking forward to hearing your ideas.

We are looking for someone who lives and breathes reading, is thoughtful about effective planning and sequencing of reading curriculums, and who is up to speed with current reading pedagogy and evidence-informed practice.

Our young people only get one chance at education.  This role will be crucial to building their success and wellbeing and so, if you love reading and want to make a difference for young people, please do consider applying to join our team.

You may also be interested in our currently advertised role for Teacher of SEN – Skills Development Provision details of which can be found on TES or on our website.

Teacher of SEN – Skills Development Provision (Specialist Enhanced Mainstream Provision)

• Salary:  £30,000 to £46,525; Main Pay Range or Upper Pay Range
• Start date: September 2024
• Contract type: Full Time
• Contract term: Fixed term maternity cover
• Suitable for NQTs: No
• Closing date:  Monday 29 April 2024 at 12.00 noon
• Interview date: Tuesday 7 May 2024

 Are you a skilled primary or SEND teacher who would be excited to bring your talents to a well-resourced secondary school setting?

Do you have the interest and motivation to teach young people with moderate and complex SEND needs?

Does the opportunity to contribute to a bespoke curriculum provision to meet these needs enthuse you?

Are you able to plan imaginative and practical lessons that allow the flexibility to meet the ever-changing needs of these students?

Are you seeking an opportunity to teach in a unique SEND setting within a successful secondary school?

If the answer is yes, we would be delighted to receive an application from you.

Wilmslow High School is seeking to appoint an inspirational and experienced teacher for a temporary maternity contract for one academic year.

The candidate will believe that every child is most likely to achieve their full potential when nurtured and challenged in an adaptive, creative and high-expectation learning environment. The desire to make a difference for our students will be seen in the candidate’s passion, drive and enthusiasm for high-expectation for learning and in their ability to teach students who face the greatest challenges with learning.

The successful candidate will work alongside the SEND Teachers and Learning Support Assistants to help raise the attainment of key groups of students. They will be required to teach a group of students with learning, physical and medical needs, ensuring they have access to a well-devised, creative and ambitious curriculum. The curriculum must ne engaging and focus on basic numeracy, literacy and much-needed life skills.

The successful candidate will:

• Be an excellent teacher with experience of the primary curriculum and/or small-steps teaching
• Have good knowledge and experience of teaching students with complex SEND needs
• Demonstrate their ability to build positive working relationships with all types of student, in particular low-prior attaining and ‘hard to reach’ students
• Have knowledge of the EHCP review system and setting achievable and measurable targets.
• Have the resolve and tenacity to make a real difference to the performance of students
• Have a proven record of raising attainment for disadvantaged students, low-prior attaining students and ‘hard to reach’ students
• Enjoy working collaboratively to plan effective curriculum sequences for a range of groups
• Be committed to an ethos of high expectations and the belief that every child can succeed

Young people only get one chance at education; therefore, at Wilmslow High School we are committed to the pursuit of excellence for every student, every day. We do this through our dedication to learning, by being guided by values and in striving to serve.

We endeavour to preserve a happy and caring environment that is rooted in our core values, and in which staff and students can flourish, whilst challenging ourselves to pursue excellence for all our students. The school is set in extensive grounds, ideally positioned between the thriving city of Manchester and the open countryside of the Peak District.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to respect this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

You may also be interested in our currently advertised role for Reading Lead details of which can also be found on TES and on our website.