Teacher of English
Oakmoor School, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 0JB14 days remaining to apply
Closing date
7 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
22 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) FTE Salary range £32,916 - £51,048 (M1/UPR3) + Teachers Pension Scheme
Teacher of English job summary
The English department is a stable team. We have five full-time teachers, three part-time teachers and a team of teaching assistants who work consistently within English. We are a supportive and friendly team who work collaboratively on all aspects of teaching and learning.
Over the last few years, the school has grown and is now oversubscribed with first choices. Our vacancy for a Teacher of English provides a superb opportunity for a talented and excellent English teacher to join our team. We support every member of the team to continually develop and become highly skilled, reflective practitioners, and we look to open doors for everyone to ensure their continued professional development.
Our aim as an English department is to provide an excellent English education for all of our students. We want to inspire our Oakmoor learners to become life-long learners, writers and speakers, through their knowledge of English and accurate use of it in their own communication.
Our fully resourced English curriculum is designed to provide students with the core knowledge they need for success in English, both at school and in later life. It is planned to maximise their cognitive development and develop the whole person.
We hope that by exposing students to a rich and diverse canon of texts, chosen from a wide variety of contexts, voices and time periods, we can enable our students to appreciate and participate in the full richness of the human experience.
Our Key Stage 3 curriculum has been redeveloped and fully resourced in order to integrate evidence-based practice, with greater opportunities for subject knowledge and skills to be layered and connected through the years. Subject knowledge in our department is focused on how writers write and how readers read. In addition, we are trialling a drama-based approach to Shakespeare, guided by bespoke CPD and support from the RSC. Currently our students explore three different Shakespeare plays in Key Stage 3 that build the knowledge they need to be successful at Key Stage 4.
The curriculum in Key Stage 4 ensures that all students have the skills to succeed in their examinations, covering the content first before working on examination and revision skills in Year 11. The curriculum is engaging and thought-provoking for students, with carefully selected literature texts that offer rich intertextual links to develop critical thinking and engagement.
All of our classes in every year group are streamed, allowing teachers to plan adaptively, to offer high challenge and high support for all learners.
Further information about the job
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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of all relevant pre-employment checks.
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Oakmoor School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 912 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- Website
- Oakmoor School website
Oakmoor School is a brand new, state of the art secondary school situated in a 22 acre tree lined site on the edge of the South Downs National Park.
We are a friendly, vibrant school with high standards and expectations. We pride ourselves on knowing every young person as an individual and challenging each of them to have the highest possible aspirations. The Oakmoor ethos is encapsulated by our motto: Ambition, Courage, Excellence.
Students at Oakmoor display excellent behaviour in lessons and around the school. Teachers plan highly engaging lessons tailored to the needs of our students allowing high levels of progress to be enjoyed. Students benefit from a wealth of extra-curricular activities, including trips and visits to enrich their experience at our school.
We benefit from cutting edge technology throughout the site and the latest specialist equipment for key areas such as science, technology and performing arts. Our main buildings surround a central court yard which includes covered areas for outside dining and seating areas outside of the learning resource centre for reading at break and lunch times.
There is an abundance of green spaces which include several sports pitches, an athletics track, a nurture garden and a forest school area for outside learning and activities. The whole site is bordered by mature trees providing a relaxing and inspirational backdrop to our inspirational learning environment.
We are a very successful school where high levels of respect and conduct prevail. Our success shows that when you couple high quality pastoral care with high standards and expectations, young people are able to flourish and to achieve their very best.
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