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Teacher of English
The East Manchester Academy, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M11 3DSDeadline is today
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
13 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
30 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Salary: Teachers’ MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
This role is a fantastic opportunity for either experienced practitioners or Early Career Teachers (ECTs). At TEMA, your professional development will be prioritised, with a culture of support and challenge that helps you grow into the best teacher you can be. We are looking for someone who can motivate and inspire students, promote a love of the subject, and deliver high-quality learning experiences that challenge and support all learners.
You will be a passionate advocate for student achievement, with a relentless commitment to high standards, equity, and inclusive practice. You will work effectively with colleagues and external partners to share best practice and develop strong relationships that help every student realise their potential.
The successful candidate will join a school driven by purpose and pride. We are proud to serve a diverse and inclusive community and are seeking a practitioner who believes that education is a powerful force for social justice. If you are committed to making a lasting difference to the lives of young people—especially those facing the greatest challenges—we want to hear from you.
Come and be part of our ambitious journey. Help shape the future of East Manchester.
The East Manchester Academy is committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the well-being of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check prior to starting.
What the school offers its staff
This is a genuinely exciting time to join The East Manchester Academy. Our recent Ofsted inspection (March 2025) recognised the significant strides we have made, with the school now rated ‘Good’ overall, and achieving ‘Outstanding’ in both Personal Development and Leadership and Management. This outcome reflects the hard work, dedication and shared belief in the potential of every student.
We are a growing academy at the heart of a vibrant community, and we are looking to expand our team as we move into the next phase of our development. Our mission is clear: to become an exceptional school where the children of East Manchester flourish—academically, socially, and personally.
We are a forward-thinking, happy school that values evidence-based practice and professional collaboration. Working both within our trust and beyond, we constantly strive to raise standards through innovation, reflection, and shared learning.
Recent years have seen rapidly improving outcomes for students, underpinned by a culture of high expectations and strategic investment in staff development. All teachers benefit from:
- A 20% PPA allowance, above national expectations
- Timetabled faculty collaboration slots to support curriculum and pedagogy development
- A deeply supportive team both within the academy and across the trust
We value our colleagues and also offer the following:
- A minimum 20% PPA allowance for all staff
- Joint PPA time for departments to plan collaboratively
- Bike2work scheme
- Gym membership
- Employee Assistance
- Health Cash Plan
- A comprehensive CPD programme to support pedagogical and leadership development
- A low stakes approach to QA to ensure teachers keep getting better
- Strategic partnerships with external organisations to support staff development
- A genuine commitment to wellbeing and effective workload management
Flexible working opportunities
Full-Time or Part-Time (0.8FTE) considered
Further details about the role
Please visit our website to learn more about us (https://www.theeastmanchesteracademy.co.uk) and contact: recruitment@temac.co.uk if you would like to arrange a visit to the academy prior to application.
The academy is part of The Greater Manchester Education Trust. The Trust is a multi-academy trust, which came into effect in September 2022 comprising four schools; The East Manchester Academy, a mixed school of over 1,000 students in the heart of Manchester’s re-generation area, Whalley Range 11-18 High School, a girls school of 1,500 students, Levenshulme High School, a girls school which is three miles away with a very similar, diverse community and Parrs Wood 11-18 High School a mixed school of nearly 2000 students in the heart of East Didsbury.
Please return your application form to recruitment@temac.co.uk by 08.00am on Tuesday 13th May 2025 for shortlisting.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Friday 15th May 2025.
Successful applicants are subject to appropriate vetting procedures including social media and online background checks as well as a satisfactory Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service
Commitment to safeguarding
The East Manchester Academy is committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the well-being of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@temac.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The East Manchester Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 999 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The East Manchester Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@temac.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01612308039
‘The East Manchester Academy is a beacon of hope and aspiration for pupils’ (Ofsted 2023).
This is an exciting time for the academy and to help transform the life chances of students within East Manchester. As you will see from our recent Ofsted inspection report, we have driven rapid improvements to all areas and are ready to accelerate further. We are a growing academy and we are now looking to add further capacity to our team as we enter the next stage of our development; to become an exceptional school that ensures the children of East Manchester flourish both academically and socially. We are a forward thinking and happy school, we embrace research and work collaboratively with colleagues within and beyond our trust to drive standards.
The academy is part of The Greater Manchester Education Trust. The Trust is a multi-academy trust, which came into effect in September 2022 comprising four schools; The East Manchester Academy, a mixed school of over 1,000 students in the heart of Manchester’s re-generation area, Whalley Range 11-18 High School, a girls school of 1,500 students, Levenshulme High School, a girls school which is three miles away with a very similar, diverse community and Parrs Wood 11-18 High School a mixed school of nearly 2000 students in the heart of East Didsbury.
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