Teacher of Drama and English

Poynton High School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 1PU

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  30 May 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  16 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Drama, English
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher of Drama and English job summary

Thank you for your interest in working at our school. Poynton High is a great school, full of inspirational young people and exceptionally talented staff. This combination has ensured that over recent years we have consistently been one of the highest attaining schools in Cheshire East. As Headteacher I am proud to have such a supportive, expert and engaged staff team and I hope that you will wish to move forward on your application and look to join us in due course. We seek to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic Drama and English teacher to join a highly successful and innovative team. This position offers someone who has a real passion for inspiring our very motivated young people the opportunity to join our ambitious and high performing English and Performance Team. You will have demonstrated an ability to teach KS3 and GCSE Drama and English This position offers someone with good communication and interpersonal skills a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-thinking school. A willingness to contribute to and develop extra-curricular activities is essential. We would consider applicants seeking full time or part time contracts.

Our school has served the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas since 1972 and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves on our vision as a school which serves our whole community and which works in partnership with our colleagues in other schools. We have approximately 1500 students in Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A levels in our successful Sixth Form.

Our staff support our students in an extraordinary range of ways and at the heart of this lies our House System. Every member of staff and every student is in one of our four Houses and we have an extensive programme of House Activities on offer; from House Water Polo to House Fishing, from House General Knowledge to House Dragons’ Den; as well as the traditional football, rugby, lacrosse, athletics, basketball, etc.

The school motto is INSPIRE ACHIEVE CELEBRATE and we apply that to every element of school life. Our role as staff is to ensure that we inspire every student to achieve the best they possibly can in everything they do, whether that be academic, sporting, cultural or in the community and at the heart of our culture is a celebration of that achievement. We hope that as a prospective member of staff you will share our mission to “inspire and empower all within our learning community to fulfil their individual potential and ambitions so that all are able to be active and successful citizens in our global society”.

Please visit our website (https://www.poyntonhigh.org.uk/) to get a better understanding of life here at Poynton High .

For further information, please see attached Job Pack.

Commitment to safeguarding

The TRUE Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our schools are a safe place for children, where our responsibilities for safeguarding children are taken seriously. As a Trust, we are responsible for ensuring that all our schools have thorough and robust child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures.

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About Poynton High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1499 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Poynton High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/poynton-high-school-stockport

Our school has served the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas in Cheshire since 1972 and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves in our vision as a school which serves our community and look to establish a 0 – 90 Learning Village in partnership with our primary, secondary colleagues. We have approximately 1500 students within Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A-Levels in our Sixth Form.

The school motto is INSPIRE ACHIEVE CELEBRATE and we apply that to every element of school life. Our role as staff is to ensure that we inspire every student to achieve the best they possibly can in everything they do, whether that be academic, sporting, cultural or spiritual and at the heart of our culture is a celebration of that achievement.

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