Teacher of English

The Wilnecote School, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 5LF

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  6 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £35,674.00 Annually (Actual) MPS 1 - 3 + TLR 2A

Teacher of English job summary

Teacher of English – Role dependent on experience

Pay Range: MPS/UPS 1-3 + TLR 2A (required for September 2025)

Due to the rising popularity of The Wilnecote School, we are in the fortunate position of recruiting additional staff. Do you want to make an impact in a school that is moving forward with exciting times ahead? The Wilnecote School is rated good by Ofsted and is part of the Community Academies Trust; a Trust with an excellent reputation in a local community and a National Teaching Schools at its heart.

Our school aspires to be outstanding with high expectations and aspirations for each student. We are proud of the achievements of the young people who attend our school and are committed to developing the skills of leadership, cooperation and personal responsibility so that they succeed academically and also become active, self-confident citizens.

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and dynamic teacher to join our English faculty; a committed and specialist team focused on ever improving outcomes from a strong existing position.

You will possess the energy and vision to achieve the best outcomes for our students and have a strong teaching and learning focus. You will be able to demonstrate skills which motivate and inspire students and if applicable have a proven track record of success in the classroom with evidence of recent successful experience and impact.

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In return our school will offer you:-

• Strong leadership and support
• Support, mentoring and professional learning appropriate to this important post and linked to the National Teaching Schools in our Trust.
• A professional, hardworking and supportive team of specialist staff with the desire and skills to ever improve outcomes.
• The opportunity to make a significant contribution to the strategic development of the school
• A forward-looking, enthusiastic, dynamic and open staff

If this role is of interest to you and you can contribute to our future success more information is available on our website www.thewilnecoteschool.com/vacancies/

Should you require any further details please contact Miss E. Corbett, PA to the Headteacher on headteacher@wilnecotehighschool.org

Closing date for applications is: 9am Monday 6th January 2025

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

Interviews will take place on: shortly after the closing date

The Trust Child Protection Policies and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Statement can be found at: https://www.communityacademiestrust.org/en-GB/trust-information.

Community Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Community Academies Trust is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offender Act 1974. We expect all staff to share our safeguarding commitments and to undergo appropriate safer recruitment checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from Community Academies Trust vision and values.

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Community Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

Community Academies Trust Company Registration No. 0747273-6

“Education is for improving lives and for leaving your community and world better than you found it”

Commitment to safeguarding

Community Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Community Academies Trust is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offender Act 1974. We expect all staff to share our safeguarding commitments and to undergo appropriate safer recruitment checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from Community Academies Trust vision and values.

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

CAT supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

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 The Wilnecote School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 909 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Wilnecote School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-wilnecote-school (opens in new tab)

Thank you for your interest in The Wilnecote School. I very much hope that you will gather as much information as possible about our school, explore our website and perhaps read our inspection reports. The Wilnecote School is rated good by Ofsted and sits in the historic town of Tamworth.

We are all incredibly proud of our stunning surroundings and historical setting in Staffordshire. The school is within easy reach of good road links and is within one mile of Junction 10 M42 and a good public transport system with a regular bus service from the town centre and within walking distance of the local Wilnecote train station.

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