English Teacher (Maternity Contract)
Deptford Green School, London, SE14 6ANThis job expired on 10 December 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
10 December 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 December 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday 08:30 - 15:20 Tuesday 08:30 - 15:20 Wednesday 08:30 - 17:15 Thursday 08:30 - 15:20 Friday 08:30 - 15:20
Contract type
- Fixed term - Six months, with the potential to become permanent - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- 36,745-56,959
Pay scale
- M1 - UPS 3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Fixed Term English Teacher (Maternity Cover)
Please note there is a possibility that this may become a permanent post
Main Scale/UPS
The English department at Deptford Green are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate English teacher to join us for maternity cover. You will deliver both Literature and Language curriculum to KS3 and KS4 classes across a range of abilities.
As a team, we support one another by working collaboratively to ensure we deliver a high-quality curriculum through creative lessons. As a department, we have a vision that all students be afforded time to foster creativity and to develop a passion for reading and writing that will underpin their development in other curriculum areas.
We are looking for someone with energy and commitment, who embodies the school's GREAT values.
What the school offers its staff
'Steering our journey towards becoming the leading Art school in Lewisham and beyond with exceptional academic and pastoral provision inclusively for all'
Want to work in a progressivecommunityschool with creativity at its heart?
Want to join a school where professional development and staff voice are core to our everyday practice?
Join us here at Deptford Green, an inner-city London school with diversity, creativity, and community as our core purpose.
'Catch the wind in your sails, Explore, Dream Discover' - this is our school motto and it underpins our ethos and philosophy.
So, if you are a dynamic and passionate professional who wants to be part of something special, apply today.
Commitment to safeguarding
Successful applicants are required to undertake Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.
Please complete your application fully. Any job offer will remain conditional until satisfactory completion of:
• References (will be sought prior to interview)
• Verification of past employment & any gaps in employment
• Barred list check
• Prohibition from teaching check
• Section 128 check (if necessary)
• Overseas criminal record check (if necessary)
• Identity check
• Right to work in the UK
• Evidence of qualifications applicable to the role
• Confirmation of accreditation with professional bodies where applicable
• A satisfactory health check (if applicable)
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Deptford Green School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 895 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Deptford Green School website
- Email address
- gcourtney@deptfordgreen.co.uk
To find out more about what it is like to work with us, watch our recruitment video
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to find out what our students really think of Deptford Green School click here
To see more information about the school, please visit our website at: https://www.deptfordgreen.lewisham.sch.uk/
Arranging a visit to Deptford Green School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gcourtney@deptfordgreen.co.uk.
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