GURU NANAK SIKH ACADEMY
Teacher ofEnglish (two posts): MPS/UPS + Outer London Allowance
THE SCHOOL
Guru Nanak Academy is a co-educational Sikh school within the London Borough of Hillingdon. It was incorporated into the state system in 1999 as a voluntary aided Sikh secondary school, having previously been the secondary age element of a privately funded 5-18 college. The Academy is popular with parents and is heavily oversubscribed. Students attend from homes in Ealing, Hounslow and Slough as well as from its ‘home’ LA, Hillingdon. Academy status was achieved in November 2010.
Because of this popularity, the Academy has expanded from its original one form of entry to its present 6fe. Following completion of the third, and final, building phase in January 2011 the Academy is presently expanding to 6 forms of entry. In September 2013 the Academy will be 6fe in Years 7 – 9 and 4fe in Years 9 to 11. The present Sixth Form roll of c.100 will also see significant increase.
In September 2012 Guru Nanak Sikh Primary School, which shares the same site, merged with the Academy to form an all age (5-18) school.
In March 2008, the date of the most recent inspection of the secondary school, an Ofsted team judged the School’s work to be Grade 1 ‘Outstanding’ in every category – both in the 11-16 school and in the Sixth Form.
Earlier this year the Academy learnt that its application to become a Teaching School had been successful. It began this exciting new phase of its work in September 2013.
Guru Nanak Academy has a particularly high commitment to academic success and each year the School’s targets at Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level are both challenging and ambitious. The GCSE 5+ A*-C pass rates since 2007 have been 100%. Extensive coverage has been given, in all forms of national and local media, to the School’s success.
The high level of students’ attainments at Key Stages 3 and 4 over the last five years can be regarded as even more impressive when due account is taken of the measured level of students’ ability upon entry to the school in Year 7. Cognitive abilities (CATs) tests administered each year during this period have shown the mean SAS for each year group to be either just above or just below 100.
At KS4 the Academy has a clear commitment to a curriculum of student entitlement to each of the main areas of educational experience. To that extent all students continue to follow full GCSE course both in French, Punjabi and Technology as well as making a course choice in the areas of the humanities and the arts.
Significant rebuilding has taken place over the last five years. A completely new three storey teaching block opened in September 2007. A new Sports Hall was completed in January 2008 with original school building refurbished in the summer of 2008. The final phase of the building programme has further extended facilities and includes a new Library and Resources Centre as well as Business Studies suite. As a result of all of this, the Academy’s teaching facilities are excellent across the curriculum.
In September 2013 the Academy was designated as a Teaching School. Partly in consequence of this, the induction programme offered to newly qualified teachers and the continuous professional development opportunities provided for all teaching staff are excellent.
Guru Nanak Academy is characterised by a combination of friendliness and hard work. Its staff are highly committed and themselves represent a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
CURRICULUM
At Key Stage 3, students follow courses in all National Curriculum subjects as well as taking courses in Punjabi.
At Key Stage 4 the curriculum is organised as follows:
Common core subjects:
- English: English and English Literature
- Maths
- Science (The most able students follow a GCSE triple Science course. Other students take a double GCSE Science course although the three sciences are taught separately)
- Technology: (full GCSE course in either Product Design; Engineering; Graphical Products; Food Technology; or Textiles Technology)
- French: full GCSE course
- Punjabi: full GCSE course
- Physical Education
- ICT
- RE (Sikh Studies)
- PSHE/Citizenship
Optional subjects:
- Geography or History or Business Studies
- Art or Music or GCSE PE
Sixth Form
A Levels/AS Levels are currently offered in English Literature; Maths; Further Maths; Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Design and Technology; Business; Economics; Geography; History; Psychology; Punjabi; Art; and Music.
GCE applied courses currently offered are: Applied Business; Science; Edexcel Applied ICT; Sport and Exercise Science.
The range of Sixth Form courses offered will be extended as the Academy’s roll increases.
Organisation of the School Day
The teaching week is one of 26.25 hours. There are seven lessons of 45 minutes per day.
WEEKLY TIMETABLETIME / PERIOD / MONDAY / TUESDAY / WEDNESDAY / THURSDAY / FRIDAY
8:00 am / MORNING
REGISTRATION / MORNING
REGISTRATION / MORNING
REGISTRATION / MORNING
REGISTRATION / MORNING
REGISTRATION
8:10
am / ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLY
8:35
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9:20 / 1
9:20
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10:05 / 2
10:05
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10:25 / MORNING
BREAK / MORNING
BREAK / MORNING
BREAK / MORNING
BREAK / MORNING
BREAK
10:25
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11:10 / 3
11:10
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11:55 / 4
11:55
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12:40 / 5
12:40
-1:40 / LUNCH
BREAK / LUNCH
BREAK / LUNCH
BREAK / LUNCH
BREAK / LUNCH
BREAK
1:40
pm / AFTERNOON
REGISTRATION / AFTERNOON
REGISTRATION / AFTERNOON
REGISTRATION / AFTERNOON
REGISTRATION / AFTERNOON
REGISTRATION
1:45
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2:30 / 6
2:30
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3:15 / 7
THE POSTS
We are seeking to appoint for September 2014, two well-qualified, enthusiastic and excellent teachersadditional to the Englishteaching complement of staff in the secondary sector of the Academy.
The persons appointed will initially teach across Key Stages 3 and 4. Opportunities to teach at Key Stage 5 are likely to become available in future years. The posts would be well suited to teachers seeking a first appointment. The induction programme offered to newly qualified teachers as well as the continuous professional development opportunities provided for all teaching staff are excellent.
Staffing:
The present English Department staffing is:
David Morgan(Head of Department); Alastair Venn (Second in Department);Jiwanjot Mangat (Literacy Co-ordinator);Manpreet Dhanju; Preya Mistry; vacancies (posts- under advertisement)
Classroom support is provided across the curriculum by a team of Learning Support Assistants and a Curriculum Assistant for English (Jane White).
Facilities:
There are five fully equipped rooms for English teaching located in a departmental suite. All rooms have computer and whiteboard facilities.
The closing date for the receipt of applications is Wednesday 21 May 2014. Interviews will take place on Friday 23 May 2014.
All previous applications will be reconsidered along with the new ones. Previous applicants need not apply.
Recent English external examination and test results attained by students are shown below.
English External Examination and Test Results
Year 13 Advanced Level (A2) English Literature
A* / A / B / C / D / E / U /TOTAL
2013English Literature / 5 / 3 / 8
2012
English Literature / 1 / 3 / 4 / 2 / 1 / 11
2011
English Literature / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 6
2010
English Literature / 2 / 6 / 3 / 11
2009
English Literature / 1 / 2 / 1 / 4
Year 12 Advanced Supplementary Level (AS) English Literature
A / B / C / D / E / U /TOTAL
2013English Literature / 1 / 5 / 6 / 2 / 14
2012
English Literature / 3 / 4 / 4 / 11
2011
English Literature / 1 / 1 / 4 / 2 / 4 / 12
2010
English Literature / 1 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 12
2009
English Literature / 1 / 1 / 4 / 2 / 4 / 12
Year 11 GCSE Results
A* / A / B / C / D / E / F / G / U / Total2013
English / 1 / 12 / 20 / 45 / 34 / 9 / 121
% / 0.8% / 9.9% / 16.5% / 37.2% / 28.1% / 7.4%
Eng Lit / 6 / 14 / 32 / 30 / 35 / 1 / 2 / 120
% / 5.0% / 11.7% / 26.7% / 25.0% / 29.2% / 0.8% / 1.7%
2012
English / 3 / 20 / 32 / 32 / 31 / 4 / 122
% / 2.5% / 16.4% / 26.2% / 26.2% / 25.4% / 3.3%
Eng Lit / 9 / 24 / 32 / 31 / 20 / 6 / 122
% / 7.4% / 19.7% / 26.2% / 25.4% / 16.4% / 4.9%
2011
English / 1 / 15 / 30 / 41 / 20 / 9 / 2 / 118
% / 0.8 / 12.7 / 25.4 / 34.7 / 16.9 / 7.6 / 1.7
Eng Lit / 10 / 19 / 45 / 31 / 11 / 2 / 118
% / 8.5 / 16.1 / 38.1 / 26.3 / 9.3 / 1.7
2010
English / 6 / 22 / 19 / 13 / 3 / 63
% / 9.5 / 34.9 / 30.2 / 20.6 / 4.8
Eng Lit / 7 / 20 / 12 / 13 / 7 / 4 / 63
% / 11.1 / 31.9 / 19.0 / 20.6 / 11.1 / 6.3
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