English Teacher
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Start date details
Easter 2023 or sooner
Closing date
11 January 2023 at 9am
Date listed
7 December 2022
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Main Scale - Upper Scale
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Scale - Upper Scale
What skills and experience we're looking for
The ideal candidate will:
- Be an inspiring teacher with real passion and enthusiasm for the subject with excellent subject knowledge
- Be committed to delivering an excellent standard of teaching for all students every lesson
- Set themselves and their students high standards and have high expectations
- Be a good communicator and a strong team player
- Have a willingness to contribute to the department and whole school projects, including the extra-curricular life of the Academy
- Have a thorough knowledge of present curriculum developments, particularly those relating to English
What the school offers its staff
We:
- Are a Rights Respecting Gold award school with a strong family ethos where individuals are respected and valued.
- Are committed to continuous improvement and creative and innovative in our approach to all aspects of school life.
- Offer a whole range of opportunities to further develop colleagues’ teaching skills and leadership potential.
- Are well resourced and ICT rich.
- Are part of the WHA Multi Academy Trust that provides numerous professional development opportunities, on-site parking
‘Outstanding, resilient and loving’ is how one of our students described our school during our last Ofsted inspection, so we know you would love it here – our friendly, supportive staff always go the extra mile for their students. We are an Ofsted rated Good school, come and join us on our journey to Outstanding.
Further details about the role
Do you have the ambition and determination to secure positive outcomes for young people? Do you want to work in a forward-thinking and aspirational academy that places learning at the heart of everything it does, where your professional development is important to us and your innovation valued? If so we want to hear from you.
We now have a fantastic opportunity for an English Teacher to join our high performing, collaborative English department, and teach English Language and Literature at key stages 3 and 4. This position requires a qualified and dedicated English teacher with passion and drive, who believes that every student can achieve their full potential.
We value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to work at Saltley Academy as an English Teacher.
We promise to treat all candidates fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment and selection process.
We are also “happy to talk flexible working” subject to the operational requirements of the role.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in theDBS filtering guide.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
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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About Saltley Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1305 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Saltley Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- enquiry@saltley.academy
- Phone number
- 0121 566 6555
Arranging a visit to Saltley Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiry@saltley.academy.
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