Teacher of English

Ipswich Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0SP

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 March 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): Monday to Friday, 32.5 hours a week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Teaching Staff Pay Scales points 1 - 9 (National) £32,916 - £51,048 | Unqualified Teachers Pay Scales 2 - 6 (National) £25,193 - £35,259

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will have the drive to be highly effective, innovative, enthusiastic, and a good team player, with the ability to engage and motivate students in involvement in the wider life of the English department.

What the school offers its staff

The successful candidate will have the drive to be highly effective, innovative, enthusiastic, and a good team player, with the ability to engage and motivate students in involvement in the wider life of the English department.

What we will offer

You will be joining a friendly and engaging workplace with benefits including:

• Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS)

• A strong commitment to professional development

• We strive to be a family-friendly employer

• Employee counselling service

• Cycle to work scheme

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ipswich Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1006 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ipswich Academy website
• Email address: HR@paradigmtrust.org
• Phone number: 01473 356250
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ipswich-academy

"Good" co-educational Secondary school - ages 11-16

Arranging a visit to Ipswich Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@paradigmtrust.org.

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