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English teacher

Lipson Co-operative Academy, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7PG

This job expired on 6 June 2025 – see similar jobs

• Earliest start date

  1 September 2025

• Latest start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  6 June 2025 at 9:26am

• Date listed

  4 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

ARE you ‘hungry, humble and smart’?

Would you like to work at the highest performing non-selective secondary school in Plymouth?

At Lipson, we pride ourselves on providing an environment where students are happy and love coming to school, while also achieving success. Lipson is a school where staff are valued and cherished, yet continually challenged to improve their teaching practice.

If you’re interested in joining one of the highest performing English departments in the South West - where we’re always striving to go even further - you’ll need to share our passion for improving the life chances of the children in our community. Our department is as welcoming and supportive as it is ambitious and successful, with egos left at the door so that the team can focus on pursuing excellence.

You will need to be relentless, positive and kind, and teach in a way that will make a genuine difference to those around you.

If you would like a conversation about this role, please feel free to contact the school.

We look forward to hearing from you.

What the school offers its staff

Lipson offers various wellbeing opportunities for its staff and has consistently been rated well above above national average for staff wellbeing in our Trust staff surveys.

Please contact us for an informal chat to discuss the vacancy.

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.

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English Teacher Recruitment Pack June 2025.pdf - 1.96 MB (opens in new tab)

About Lipson Co-operative Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1102 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lipson Co-operative Academy website
• Email address: amy.humphries@lipson.plymouth.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01752671318
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lipson-co-operative-academy

Arranging a visit to Lipson Co-operative Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email amy.humphries@lipson.plymouth.sch.uk.

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