10 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Immediate, April and September 2025

  • Closing date

    12 December 2024 at 3pm

  • Date listed

    15 October 2024

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours a week

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPR / UPR

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will be:

  • An excellent and ambitious classroom practitioner
  • Committed to achieving the very best outcomes for our students
  • Able to create a stimulating learning environment to promote exceptional progress
  • Passionate about teaching and learning and your own professional development
  • Be reflective and willing to progress and take on ideas and current educational practice.
  • Able to make a significant contribution to the development of English and work with an aspirational and innovative team of colleagues.

What the school offers its staff

Why apply to work at Brighton Hill Community School?

  • Exceptional support from the Faculty and the Senior Leadership Team.
  • “The drive to continually improve the school is relentless. Leaders and governors constantly focus on their vision of ‘making success inevitable.” (Ofsted April ‘22)
  • ” Staff praise the work of leaders and say they are proud of the school. Staff explained that the effective professional development they receive results in continuing improvements to pupils’ learning and pastoral care.” (Ofsted ‘22)
  • “Lessons are calm and focused. When asking pupils about this, one simply explained, ‘It’s how we do it here. “(Ofsted ‘22)
  • The quality of education Good

Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding

Personal development Outstanding

Leadership and management Outstanding

“(Ofsted ‘22)

Further details about the role

Due to rapidly increasing student numbers, we are seeking an innovative, highly effective and inspirational full time Teacher of English. A recruitment allowance will be considered for an appropriately experienced teacher who has the right skills and attributes. We will consider, immediate, April and September 2025 start dates for suitable candidates.

Brighton Hill Community School has been rated as ‘Good’ with Outstanding in three of the four Ofsted categories. We are a rapidly growing coeducational 11-16 Community School with over 1250 students. The successful candidate will teach across KS3 and KS4 as a member of the English Faculty. You will be able to demonstrate a range of abilities and aspirations to make a significant and positive contribution to the vision of the school and faculty.

If you are an enthusiastic and committed teacher with the desire to make a real difference for our students, we would like to hear from you.

For full details and an application form, please visit our website: https://www.brightonhill.org/

Alternatively, email Jo Levett, HR Officer jlevett@bhcs.sfet.org.uk

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: Midday Thursday 12th December 2024


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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jlevett@bhcs.sfet.org.uk

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About Brighton Hill Community School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1271 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Brighton Hill Community School, a vibrant and inclusive secondary school located in the heart of Basingstoke, Hampshire. Our school is dedicated to fostering a supportive and dynamic learning environment where every student is encouraged to achieve their full potential, and that leads to making success inevitable. We believe our school cornerstones of Commitment, Collaboration, Courage and Kindness are integral to this.

At Brighton Hill, we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence in both academic and extracurricular activities. Our curriculum is designed to inspire a love for learning and to equip students with the skills they need to succeed in an ever-changing world. We emphasize the importance of values, well-being, and personal development, ensuring that our students grow into well-rounded, responsible, and empowered individuals. We are proud that our students achieve progress above the national average.

Our school is known for its strong sense of community and the #YellowArmy spirit, where students, staff, and parents work together to create a positive and nurturing environment. We are proud to be a Training School, supporting the next generation of teachers.

Arranging a visit to Brighton Hill Community School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jlevett@bhcs.sfet.org.uk.

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