Dene Magna School
Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire

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Posted: 03 July 2026
Closing Date: 10 July 2026

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the planning & delivery of high quality lessons for KS3 - KS5
• Use data effectively to plan lessons and monitor student progress
• Contribute to the development of effective teaching and learning strategies within the department
• To ensure all students in your teaching groups are challenged, for example those with special needs, gifted and talented and those in receipt of Pupil Premium
• To contribute to and develop schemes of learning as directed by HOD
• Work alongside your department to develop effective school improvement plans
• To support the whole school initiatives including Literacy, Numeracy & RSHE
• Set ILT (homework) in accordance with school policy
• Provide regular written feedback (twice per half term) to students regarding their progress
• Have effective strategies in place to ensure students meet targets and achieve in line with their abilities.
• Ensure you work in accordance with the Health and Safety policies and practices, including risk assessments
• To promote team work and a positive spirit within the department
• To embrace all CPD programmes already at Dene Magna
• To keep up to date with new initiatives and national developments in your subject.

OTHER SPECIFIC DUTIES

• To engage with and continue personal development
• To be a form tutor
• To engage in the performance review process
• To undertake any other duty as specified by HOD not mentioned in the above
• Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified
• Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from the Headteacher to undertake work of a similar level that is specified in this job description
• Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers
• The school will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applications or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition
• To represent Dene Magna in a professional manner and adhere to Dene Magna policies.

ACCOUNTABILITY

• Work to fulfil requirements of Teachers' Standards (QTS, main scale or UPS)
• Regularly analyse and interpret data on the progress of your students in this subject and take appropriate actions in the light of analysis
• Act as a role model for young people; inspiring them
• Ensure that all groups of students, including those in receipt of pupil premium, make outstanding progress
• Evaluate your own lessons to ensure they focus on effective and consistent high quality teaching and learning
• Attend training where needed
• Observe teaching and work with colleagues to develop the very best lessons
• Promote independent learning within your lessons.