Part-time English Teacher (3 days per week)

Thomas Tallis School, London, SE3 9PX

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  6 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 April 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £40,317.00 - £62,496.00 Annually (FTE)

Part-time English Teacher (3 days per week) job summary

Thomas Tallis is a flourishing and popular school situated in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. We currently have over 2000 pupils on the school roll with around 800 students in our highly competitive sixth form. We strive for excellence in all that we do underpinned by our vision of education to understand the world and change it for the better.

We are looking to appoint a first class, innovative Teacher of English to join a well-established, well-resourced and highly successful department. We are a supportive, larger than average department, with colleagues from all ranges of experience. Ideally, you will be able to teach across Key Stages 3 to 5. We welcome applications from NQTs. You will be working alongside a team of experienced members of staff in a department with outstanding teaching.

The department employs a range of dynamic learning styles and is committed to innovative and creative curriculum development. To support this, we offer a strong and varied CPD programme, both at a whole school and department level, to ensure that our teachers are continually developing. We are a popular and successful department at A Level, offering both English Literature and English Language, and Creative Writing EPQ.

The English Department was also nominated for the Bernice McCabe Award in 2024 as a result of our continued commitment to developing a high quality, knowledge-rich and challenging English Curriculum at Tallis.

We are looking for someone who:

• is passionate about English with the ability to inspire students
• can demonstrate excellent teaching and classroom management skills
• has the ability to build good relationships with all students and adults
• has a commitment to developing curriculum activities within the English Faculty

We can offer you:

• staff who are supportive, committed to their own professional development and to improving outcomes for the students here
• an excellent physical environment with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure
• a school with humane management principles committed to your professional development
• an opportunity to take on additional responsibilities within the department for suitable candidates.

Thomas Tallis School has adopted the Framework for Ethical Leadership in Education. This means that we try to behave in a principled and correct manner in everything we do. We therefore behave with selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. We demonstrate trust, wisdom, kindness, justice, service, courage and optimism. We are committed to ensuring that our school community practices anti-racist behaviours and has a culture that values equality and diversity.

If you are passionate about providing young people with a safe, supportive environment in which to ensure their success, we want to hear from you.

For more information about our fantastic school please visit www.thomastallisschool.com.

Application closing date: 6 May 2026, 12 noon

Interview: Friday 15th May 2026

Thomas Tallis School is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and procedures that seek to minimise risk and continuously promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. All posts within the school are subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Thomas Tallis School is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and procedures that seek to minimise risk and continuously promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. All posts within the school are subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Thomas Tallis School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 2066 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thomas Tallis School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thomas-tallis-school

Thomas Tallis is a flourishing and popular school situated in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. We currently have over 2000 pupils on the school roll with around 600 students in our highly competitive sixth form. We strive for excellence in all that we do underpinned by our vision of education to understand the world and change it for the better.

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