English Teacher

The St Thomas the Apostle College, London, SE15 2EB

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  July or September 2025

• Closing date

  6 February 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 January 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
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£38,766 to £60,092)

What skills and experience we're looking for

English Teacher Job

• Salary: Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£38,766 to £60,092)
• Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
• To Start: July (ECTs) or September 2025
• Location: SE15 2EB, London Borough of Southwark

We are looking to appoint a motivated and inspirational English Teacher to join our team of outstanding staff in this key curriculum area. This position is open to experienced teachers and ECTs.

In 2024, the outcomes for the department were:

- English:

o A Level; A*-A: 30%, A*-B: 67%, A*-C: 96%, A*-E: 96%: 100% (27 entries)

o GCSE (161 entries);

§ Language: 9-7: 31% and 9-5: 70%

§ Literature: 9-7: 33% and 9-5: 71%

St Thomas the Apostle school is a 11-18 Catholic boys’ school with a co-educational Sixth Form in South London. We are an outstanding school (2024 P8 of 1.42), 2017 TES Secondary School of the Year winners, and the 3rd best secondary school in the UK (according to The Times). We pride ourselves on our high expectations of all learners. This creates a calm learning environment where teachers can teach and students can learn.

This post offers you the opportunity to develop your teaching within an outstanding setting. We offer a highly supportive environment and are committed to ensuring outstanding teaching, behaviour, and achievement.

With our expanding Sixth Form and our desire and drive to continue moving forward, this is an exciting time for you to join our team.

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is passionate about their subject to join our team of highly skilled staff delivering outstanding lessons to our exceptional students.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits of working at St Thomas the Apostle:

• Private health care programme for ALL staff.
• Two staff well-being days per full academic year.
• Loyalty service payments.
• Excellent record of staff development with opportunities for career advancement.
• Annual travel loans for season tickets.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free use of school gym.
• Free use of school swimming pool.
• Regular staff social events.
• Excellent public transport links.
• Free onsite parking.
• Working at one of the highest performing schools in the country. Nationally recognised OUTSTANDING with extremely high levels of pupil engagement and impeccable behaviour.
• Outstanding facilities.
• Generous staff loadings and lower than average pupil to staff ratios.
• New, modern, light and airy building.
• Safe and secure cycle storage.
• Pastries on a Friday morning.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. DBS check required.

Applying for the job

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The St Thomas the Apostle College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1101 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The St Thomas the Apostle College website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: stac@hays.com
• Phone number: 02072598770
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-st-thomas-the-apostle-college (opens in new tab)

St Thomas the Apostle school is a 11-18 Catholic boys’ school with a co-educational Sixth Form in South London. We are an outstanding school and 2017 TES Secondary School of the Year winners. We pride ourselves on our high expectations of all learners. This creates a calm learning environment where teachers can teach and students can learn.

Arranging a visit to The St Thomas the Apostle College

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