English Teacher

 

Main characteristics

Location

Portsmouth, Hampshire

Company

My Work.Agency

Salary

£30000 - £45000/annum + TLR

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Education

Job summary

English Teacher

Essential Criteria: ECT (Early Careers Teacher) or QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)
Location: Portsmouth
Contract Type: Permanent - Full-time
Job Start: January 2024
Salary: Up to £45k per annum

We are currently representing a thriving and leading secondary school in Portsmouth who are looking for English Teacher. The school is wanting to strengthen their existing team and to continue to build on their success in the new academic year.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and imaginative classroom practitioner to join a dynamic team, led by a Heads of Faculty.

The School:

The school is a heavily oversubscribed inclusive comprehensive secondary school with a student intake that reflects a wonderfully diverse and vibrant local community.

The culture of this school is very family orientated, they see themselves as a big family and are very supportive towards each other. They cultivate personal development and progression within the school. The school is also expanding and has recently had an extension on their building with plans to add an extra 250 students to the school.

Their fundamental mission is to provide an exceptional learning experience for every student so that they may lead a happy and successful life now and in the future. They achieve this by developing a highly ambitious curriculum, providing inspirational teaching, offering life changing opportunities through an incredible range of co-curricular activities, trips, visits and other opportunities for young people to develop their life skills.

They are the school of choice for families in the local area. The GCSE results our students achieve year on year have been strong and has ultimately led to rates of progress which are consistently above the national averages. Their success is very much down to the hard work of their students, who are supported by a passionate, dedicated and highly skilled staff team.

Job Role:

A newly qualified or experienced English Teacher with a real passion for your subject, the vision and the drive to see students succeed. This post provides an excellent opportunity to develop your career within an attractive and well-resourced working environment, supported by a talented and dedicated team of staff.

Typical Job Duties and Accountabilities:

Teaching KS3 and KS4 English in such a way as to challenge and inspire students of all abilities
Planning, preparing and marking lessons
All staff are expected to do everything they can to protect the children and young people from harm and to make the learning environment safe
Support pupils to engage in learning activities, adapt tasks for individuals and assist them to make progress
Attend to the pupils' personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters
Supervise and support pupil ensuring their safety and access to learning in a clean and tidy environment
Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs
Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils
Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate
Learn and use safe systems for moving, handling and physical interventions as appropriate Support for tutors
Be aware of pupil progress/achievements and report observations to the teacher in the agreed format
Supporting a positive home-school relationship, by sharing information with parents and carers

The Benefits:
excellent induction and CPD programme various benefits to all employees through our extensive well-being programme. flexible working could be considered robust and supportive performance management systems a technology rich school strong leadership and support
Effective progression within the school

Benefits: TLR