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Teacher of English

Lakelands Academy, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0EA

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2024

• Closing date

  4 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 September 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 25 hours 1FTE
• Contract type: Fixed term - 12 months in first instance - Possibility of becoming permanent
• Pay scale: MPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and well qualified English graduate to join our proactive, highly motivated and supportive team. You will be responsible for planning and delivering high quality lessons and achieving excellent results, instilling in all students a love for the subject and a desire to learn.

What the school offers its staff

Lakelands Academy is a successful and popular 11-16 comprehensive school, consistently judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, who praised the ‘high ambitions for all pupils’ learning’ and our staff’s ‘good relationships with pupils’ (2022). Staff and students often describe the academy as having a ‘family feel’ because of the ethos of care and support that is extended to members of the academy’s community. If you would like to join us and become part of an innovative and dynamic team of people totally committed to the future of our young people, we would like to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for either an ECT or a more experienced teacher to join a team of supportive and highly motivated professionals that achieve very good results.

For further information and an application form, please contact Alison Skone at the school via phone or email.

Commitment to safeguarding

This Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). Applicants should be aware that, as part of our safer recruitment due diligence, we might undertake online searches.

Applying for the job

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Please complete the online application.

Skilled worker visa sponsorship is not available for this job.

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About Lakelands Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 549 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Lakelands Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: admin@lakelandsacademy.org.uk
• Phone number: 01691 622543
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lakelands-academy (opens in new tab)

We are a successful, popular and well-respected 11-16 Single Academy Trust with a unique ethos; believing that creating an atmosphere of trust and care is conducive to effective learning. Visitors often remark on the ‘family feel’ of our academy. Lakelands Academy also hosts the Kettlemere Centre, a specialist provision for students with communication and interaction difficulties who are able to access the mainstream curriculum, appropriate to their needs.

Arranging a visit to Lakelands Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@lakelandsacademy.org.uk.

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