Reading/English Teacher

Shaftesbury High School, Harrow, HA3 6LE

45 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  19 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Needs
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £36,413.00 - £53,994.00 Annually (Actual) Plus Special Needs Allowance

Reading/English Teacher job summary

This post is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate.

We are Shaftesbury High School – a locally maintained secondary SEND school for 175 students. We are looking to appoint a Reading English Teacher who will focus on supporting student reading across the school.

We are looking to appoint from September onwards.

Shaftesbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child and young people and expects all staff and staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure and a Debarring check.

As the Reading/English teacher you will work closely with the Reading Lead and the Head of English and contribute to our continuing success. You will play a key role in shaping and developing reading at Shaftesbury High School as an experience to be loved by students. The position will require some teaching in other curriculum areas.

This is a wonderful time to join the school. We offer a great place to work, an exciting curriculum, and a committed staff team.

Shaftesbury is a school that is committed to its students' educational and pastoral needs. The vision for Shaftesbury is for its staff to work together to meet the needs of the child or young person, putting the child and family at the centre.

The successful candidate will have experience of special educational needs, be flexible and reliable. The successful candidate will have high levels of motivation, imagination and enthusiasm to promote strong and effective teamwork.

To view the job description, person specification and to apply for this position, please visit the school website: https://www.shaftesbury.harrow.sch.uk/Vacancies/ and on the website my new term.

As part of the application process you will be asked to share an expression of interest as well as complete the school application form. Please do not submit a CV. The expression of interest will explain your reasons for wanting to take on the position of Reading/ English teacher and how your experience and skill base makes you the ideal candidate for this position. Please refer to the job description for support in writing the expression of interest. The expression of interest will be no more than one page of A4, minimum font size 12. and will explain what qualities you believe you have that meet the person specification and job description and what you would bring to the role. Shaftesbury High School is committed to safeguarding, inclusive practice and equal opportunities for all. All job offers will be subject to successful enhanced DBS checks and reference checks. If you have lived or worked abroad for more than three months since you were 18 you will need to apply to the country where you lived for a police check.

Visits to the school are advised. Please book via the school office.

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

Shaftesbury High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young prople and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2011)

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 Shaftesbury High School

• School type: Special school, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 171 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Shaftesbury High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shaftesbury-high-school-harrow

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