Establishment: The Grange Academy Location: The Grange Academy, London Road, Bushey, WD23 3AA Salary: Department: English Job Type: Full Time
Closing Date: 17/10/2025 12:00 Interview Date: ASAP Start Date: ASAP
Additional Information
Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: TTO - Term time only Hours per Week: 32.50 Weeks per Year: Pay Grade: Lead Practitioner | FLP6 - FLP10
The Role
The Lead Practitioner - English will take a leadership role in developing, implementing, and evaluating outstanding teaching and will play a key role in school improvement. As Lead Practitioner you will:
* support and coach staff in developing and extending their pedagogic repertoire.
* contribute significantly to the development of schemes of work within the department.
* model best practice in ensuring that lessons are well differentiated including providing for the least able and for the most able and gifted students.
* assist in the strategic planning for students with special educational needs within the department.
* model best practice in the effective use of student performance data and student and staff target setting so that this impacts on classroom practice and contributes to raising achievement.
* lead and develop the mentoring programme for early-stage teachers within the department and contribute to whole school mentoring.
Curriculum and Assessment:
* Contribute to a rigorous and inspirational, knowledge rich curriculum.
* Engage with evidence and research-based approach to curriculum development that puts your department at the forefront of innovative curriculum design.
* Contribute to the curriculum to ensure that it meets the needs of all students including SEND, Gifted and Talented and EAL students.
* Work with the Head of Department to ensure that GCSE and exam courses are planned in line with exam specifications.
* Be accountable for student progress in your classes, ensuring that every student achieves better results in line with, or better than, national expectations.
* Track student progress and make intelligent use of data to identify underperformance, plan appropriate support and achieve excellent outcomes for our students.
* Predict student outcomes as required.
* Monitor student progress through formative and summative assessment and ensure assessment records are kept at a departmental level.
* Participate in a range of intervention strategies that are in place to respond to underachievement and to promote best outcomes for all students.
Qualifications
Qualification Title
Grade
Qualified Teacher Status
Desirable
2 -3 years experience in a similar role
Desirable
London Road
Bushey
Hertfordshire
WD23 3AA
Emma Stevens