Teacher of English

Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0TP

Deadline is tomorrow

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  30 June 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: F/T and P/T (2-3 days)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS + Outer London Pay

What skills and experience we're looking for

Successful applicants would be joining an outstanding, friendly and well-established department. This would be an exciting opportunity for either a newly qualified or more experienced teacher to work within an ambitious and supportive department in a high achieving school.Teachers in our English department are fully committed to their continued professional development and excellent opportunities exist to develop as a practitioner here. The English Department has a strong academic ethos combined with a vibrant extra-curricular programme that inspires students to achieve outstanding results.

Our students follow the AQA English syllabus at GCSE and at A Level where we offer A Level English Literature and A Level English Language and Literature. This position is full time and we require someone with a strong subject knowledge to work across KS3 and KS4.

• All classes are taught in mixed ability groups from Year 7 upwards.
• The English Department achieves outstanding results at all key stages.

What the school offers its staff

An enthusiastic English specialist with the ability to teach across all of the Key Stages.

Passionate about English Education and has excellent subject knowledge.

Ambitious and committed to the very highest standards of student learning.

Keen to challenge and enthuse our diverse student population.

An excellent classroom practitioner with a drive for self-improvement and development.

A strong commitment to your professional development and wellbeing, including access to all CPD provision within the Agnus Dei Teaching School Alliance, across the Dioceses of Brentwood, Southwark and Westminster.

Opportunity to work with a forward-thinking Headmaster and Senior Leadership Team.

Non-contact time and Planning, Preparation and Assessment time (PPA) at Trinity is very generous and well above the national minimum requirement of 10% of your timetable.

A team of highly motivated and talented teachers that work collaboratively to raise standards and secure achievement for all students.

Well behaved students that are keen to achieve and are respectful of their teachers.

A well-resourced school and a stimulating environment that is conducive to high quality teaching and learning.

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

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About Trinity Catholic High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1641 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Trinity Catholic High School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: Recruitment@tchs.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/trinity-catholic-high-school (opens in new tab)

Trinity Catholic High School is large Catholic comprehensive school situated in the London Borough of Redbridge and within the Diocese of Brentwood. Ofsted have ranked us as ‘outstanding’ on 5 consecutive occasions and we have a reputation for excellence in all aspects of our service to the children in our school and the wider community. Our school’s inspection reports can be viewed on this link: www.tchs.org.uk/about-us/inspections. The highest standards relating to Teaching and Learning are a feature of daily life at Trinity and these significantly and positively impact student progress and attainment. Trinity’s Section 48 report (January 2020) states that “Trinity Catholic High School is an outstanding school and a beacon of high-quality Catholic education. It has an excellent reputation in the local community and beyond and it is rightly seen as a flagship school for the Diocese of Brentwood”. The report also emphasises that “Catholic life at Trinity Catholic High School is outstanding and is of the highest quality” and “Every aspect of Collective Worship at the school is outstanding".

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