Teacher of English

Weaverham High School, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 3HT

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  23 April 2025

• Closing date

  2 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher of English job summary

TEACHER OF ENGLISH

Required from Wednesday 23rd April 2024

We are seeking to appoint a Teacher of English to inspire, motivate and challenge our wonderful pupils.

Our school is on an exciting journey. We are over-subscribed and expanding, with over 40% of pupils coming from beyond the designated catchment area.

Salary: As per Pay Policy depending on candidates starting point on the pay scale (M1-UPS)

English Department Resources:

9 teaching rooms situated adjacent to each other

An extensive range of class reading books

Digital Projector or Interactive White Board in all rooms

iPads and Chromebooks are available for each English teaching room

Visualisers in every classroom

Accelerated Reader

Excellent library and access to the school’s ICT suites

Curriculum Allocation:

Pupils in Key Stage 3 are taught units of work comprising both English Language and English Literature activities. Pupils currently have 7 x 1 hour lessons over the two week timetable cycle. Accelerated Reader is integral to all lessons with 15 minutes reading at the start of lessons and a fortnightly library lesson.

Every pupil in the year group in Years 7 - 11 is taught English simultaneously. Years 7-11 are taught in mixed ability groups where appropriate with a nurture group in year groups where there is requirement for this. Where support is needed, pupils in Years 7-10 have additional lessons of English Key Skills. In Key Stage 4, pupils study the Eduqas English Language and English Literature specifications. All pupils study both English Language and English Literature. Pupils in Key Stage 4 currently have 9 lessons of English each two weeks.

In addition to the formal curriculum we undertake a number of other activities:

Regular theatre visits and visiting theatre groups

Visiting authors – with whom we have organised reading and writing workshops

Regular magazine writing activities

Participation in national writing competitions

Applications

This post would be suited to either a newly qualified teacher or someone with greater experience looking for a fresh challenge. You will be expected to work hard but join a thriving and dynamic department.

If you would like to discuss the post please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail at head@weaverhamhighschool.com.

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.

Applying for the job

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

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Weaverham High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1165 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Weaverham High School website (opens in new tab)
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Our vision is clear, we want Weaverham High School to be a vibrant, thriving and successful school where every member of our community feels valued, safe and supported to ensure they surpass their potential. We celebrate uniqueness and see individuals. We understand that our pupils have hopes and dreams, challenges and barriers and it is our privilege to celebrate their worth and their potential. We want every child to enjoy their own journey of discovery, acquire a thirst for knowledge, creativity and imagination and develop a love for their learning. We want pupils to leave our school not just with qualifications showing their academic success, but also with the capacity to think clearly and deeply, a desire to act with integrity and to show kindness and empathy to others, and with the character and leadership experience they need to thrive in the world. We will work tirelessly to ensure individual barriers are overcome so pupils are challenged and supported in equal measure. Our desire is to nurture talent, ability and ambition with energy, creativity, determination, relentless kindness and high expectations. When we combine such a desire with our ethos of Safe.Ready.Respect you will thrive in our care. 

We have a clear and ambitious vision for school improvement that is woven into the 6 strands that define the Weaverham offer. This offer is underpinned by an’ Ethic Of Excellence’ 5, where the following principles guide our strategy to ensure we are the best we can be:

Study examples of excellence

Build a culture of critique (be kind, be specific, be helpful/listen, reflect, review)

Require multiple revisions

Provide opportunities for public presentation

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