Teacher of English

Teacher of English job summary

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] can offer you the opportunity to deliver an ambitious curriculum where we prioritise literacy and where our dedicated English department achieves exceptional outcomes from all year groups. Whatever your career stage, you will be supported to develop further literary knowledge and to enhance your teaching tool kit, so that our students are able to excel as both writers and linguists. We welcome applications from all teachers including ECTs. So, whether you are looking to reinvigorate your engagement with the profession, or you are new to teaching and want to develop your talent, this is the ideal role and environment for you.

As a standalone academy, we believe in our teachers being able to do the role they are employed to do, which is to deliver engaging lessons to our students. We therefore have an easy and structured behaviour system for our students and you to follow in lessons. After this, we have dedicated teams who intervene and leave you to continue with the job you love doing!

Our Head of English would be delighted to take you on a tour of the school and give you the opportunity to meet the department and answer any questions you may have.

As Teacher of English, you will be welcomed into an experienced team of creative professionals to:

• Progress the English department to even greater successes
• Plan and deliver high quality and engaging lessons that will challenge and inspire our students
• Encourage our students to have high expectations of themselves and their behaviour
• Engage students in study at GCSE Level (A-Level is desirable)
• Be a positive role model and supportive mentor to our students, making a lasting impact on their lives

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.

We put the wellbeing of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:

• Generous employer pension contribution at 28.6% of basic salary
• Early Friday finish at 1:00pm
• Supportive and practical marking policy
• Career development with a bespoke CPD programme with a generous allowance of inset days
• Excellent newly refurbished teaching facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
• Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
• Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as caring for an injured/upset child. It may have regular contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975,2013 and 2020.

Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CV’s.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):

• childcare disqualification
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
• medical
• online and social media
• prohibition from teaching
• right to work
• satisfactory references
• suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 11 to 18

Education phase: Secondary school

School size: 1178 pupils enrolled

Age range: 11 to 18

Ofsted report: View Ofsted report

School website: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] website

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[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).