Coombe Dean offers marvellous career opportunities to staff in all areas. Enquiries about job opportunities should be addressed in the first instance to Teaching and Learning Team Manager at Coombe Dean School. Email to: kehill@coombedean.plymouth.sch.uk
Why join our team?
First and foremost, you should apply to join our team only if you are committed to making a positive difference to the lives of young people. We are ambitious for our students in every way; in academic achievement, in personal development and in preparing them to become active citizens in the 21st century. Everyone in school contributes to that core purpose. Our guiding definition of quality is provision we would wish for our own sons and daughters.
Our success can be judged by some tremendous accolades the school has received recently. This summer the Government awarded Coombe Dean the status of a “High Performing Specialist School” in recognition of the outstanding achievements of our students. Last year Ofsted wrote that Coombe Dean “is a good and improving school with many outstanding features.” The challenge before us is to be described as an ‘outstanding school’ the next time Ofsted visit. If you believe you have the ambition and attributes necessary to help us achieve this we would welcome an application from you.
An impressive array of national benchmark awards demonstrates the commitment of staff throughout the school to excellence in their professional practice. We seek constantly to support staff as well as students in their learning, and colleagues are able to take advantage of a wide variety of training opportunities to promote personal development and further improve the effectiveness of the school.
We are very conscious that recruitment and retention is a two way process. You need to be sure that Coombe Dean is a place where you can be happy and successful. Do not hesitate to ask to visit, to talk to staff and in all ways find out about our values and vision before applying. The quality of relationships is a distinguishing feature of Coombe Dean. It is a happy, supportive and fulfilling community in which to work.
Every child matters. If you share that view and would like to join our team of talented professional colleagues all committed to improving the life chances of young people, then we would welcome an application from you.
Thank you for your interest in the post.