22 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    14 April 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    23 March 2026

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time: 7.50 per day Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Competitive United Learning Pay Scales – ECT, PT or EPT.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an outstanding English Teacher seeking a dedicated, supportive and professional English team? Or maybe you are an ECT looking to start your teaching career in a great school within a fantastic location. If so, come and join our community.

As an English Teacher, you will be responsible for securing the standard of learning and achievement of all students within this subject.

What the school offers its staff

The Cornerstone Academy is part of United Learning; a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Schools within United Learning work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. By collecting expertise and combining resources, we help to make the tough job of teaching a little easier. With a shared curriculum and lesson plans from around the group available to all, our teachers have strong foundations to lead the engaging, rounded education our children deserve. Our intranet site, United Hub, is just one example of how we share these resources and communicate across sites, helping to simplify processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

We reward our staff with wide career opportunities – between Primary and Secondary, Academy and Independent – better pay, benefits, and ultimately the satisfaction of helping every child at each of our schools to succeed and reach their full potential.

We’re focused on improving our drive to encourage every student to strive to achieve the very best they can be.

If you share our ambition and are an outstanding classroom practitioner, it’s an exciting time to join the academy.  

You will have the opportunity to work with a staff team that is supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the best for our students. 

As part of a cluster, you will also benefit from being able to work closely with colleagues across five United Learning secondary academies in Bournemouth and Poole and have the potential to become a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) or Lead Practitioner. 

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.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About The Cornerstone Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
682 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01202 676789

People often say after their first visit to The Cornerstone Academy how distinctive the academy is, how pioneering we are and yet also how our care and compassion clearly permeates all our work in all the best ways. Imagine, then, how transformative that environment is for the children who study and grow into adults here. This also applies to our staff; we have a fantastic team and we are all very proud to be working at The Cornerstone Academy.

As part of a cluster you will also benefit from being able to work closely with colleagues across five United Learning secondary academies in Bournemouth and Poole, and the potential to become a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) or Lead Practitioner.

Arranging a visit to The Cornerstone Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email arnolds@cornerstoneacademy.org.uk.

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