Teacher of English
Poynton High School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 1PUThis job expired on 7 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 10am
Date listed
26 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (FTE) MPS
Teacher of English job summary
Thank you for your interest in working at our school. Poynton High is a great school, full of inspirational young people and exceptionally talented staff. As Headteacher I am proud to have such a supportive, expert and engaged staff team and I hope that you will wish to move forward on your application and look to join us in due course.
We seek to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic English teacher to join a highly successful and innovative team. This position offers someone who has a real passion for inspiring our very motivated young people the opportunity to join our ambitious and high performing English Team.
You will have demonstrated an ability to teach KS3 and GCSE English. An ability to offer English Language, Literature or Media Studies A Level would be beneficial.
This position offers someone with good communication and interpersonal skills a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-thinking school. A willingness to contribute to and develop extra-curricular activities is essential. We would consider applicants seeking full time or part time contracts.
Our school has served the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas since 1972 and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves on our vision as a school which serves our whole community and which works in partnership with our colleagues in other schools. We have approximately 1450 students in Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A levels in our successful Sixth Form.
Our staff support our students in an extraordinary range of ways and at the heart of this lies our House System. Every member of staff and every student is in one of our four Houses and we have an extensive programme of House Activities on offer; from House Water Polo to House Fishing, from House General Knowledge to House Dragons’ Den; as well as the traditional football, rugby, lacrosse, athletics, basketball, etc.
The school motto is INSPIRE ACHIEVE CELEBRATE and we apply that to every element of school life. Our role as staff is to ensure that we inspire every student to achieve the best they possibly can in everything they do, whether that be academic, sporting, cultural or in the community and at the heart of our culture is a celebration of that achievement. We hope that as a prospective member of staff you will share our mission to “inspire and empower all within our learning community to fulfil their individual potential and ambitions so that all are able to be active and successful citizens in our global society”.
We would encourage you to visit our website (www.phs.cheshire.sch.uk) to get a better understanding of life here at Poynton High. We very much hope that you want to join our team and look forward to receiving an application from you in due course.
For further information, please see attached Job Pack.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The TRUE Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our schools are a safe place for children, where our responsibilities for safeguarding children are taken seriously. As a Trust, we are responsible for ensuring that all our schools have thorough and robust child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures.
About Poynton High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1500 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Poynton High School website
Our school has served the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas in Cheshire since 1972 and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves in our vision as a school which serves our community and look to establish a 0 – 90 Learning Village in partnership with our primary, secondary colleagues. We have approximately 1500 students within Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A-Levels in our Sixth Form.
The school motto is INSPIRE ACHIEVE CELEBRATE and we apply that to every element of school life. Our role as staff is to ensure that we inspire every student to achieve the best they possibly can in everything they do, whether that be academic, sporting, cultural or spiritual and at the heart of our culture is a celebration of that achievement.
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