Teacher of English

The Compton School, London, N12 0QG

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  9 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 March 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,870.00 - £56,154.00 Annually (Actual) M1 to UPR 3

Teacher of English job summary

Teacher of English Outer London

Required from September 2026

Do you want to work in brilliant, cohesive, collaborative department where teaching and learning are second to none?

If so, we are looking to appoint an ambitious and innovative teacher to join our highly successful English team. This is an exciting opportunity for you to develop your teaching skills and work within an inspirational team. You will be joining a highly successful department; our results frequently place us in the top 5% of schools nationally for progress. The department offers A Level English Literature in the Sixth Form. Inclusion is at the heart of our practice, and we strongly believe in mixed-ability teaching.

Why work at The Compton School, part of Middlesex Learning Trust?

• Smaller than average class sizes.
• A lower contact ratio than the norm.
• Ambitious, respectful and hardworking students.
• Planning and evaluation time during the school day with some flexibility for working from home.
• Collaborative curriculum planning with opportunities for sharing of best practise across the Trust.
• A fully planned, knowledge-rich and engaging English curriculum to adapt and develop to suit your classes.
• The opportunity to enthuse and develop trainee teachers from The Compton SCITT in developing their subject knowledge.
• Exceptional professional development: The Compton School works alongside a local Teaching School Hub to deliver key professional development programmes - this provides our staff access to National Professional Qualifications including Senior Leadership, Leading Teaching, Leading Literacy and Headship. The Outstanding Teacher Programme is also a fully funded CPD opportunity which is facilitated on site.
• You will be joining a highly successful school with a national profile of excellence in teaching and learning, teacher training and student outcomes.
• A commitment to staff wellbeing, including a staff-run Wellbeing Team, staff socials, a staff choir, cakes in the staffroom every Friday, staff yoga, a cycle-to-work scheme, wellbeing afternoons, a two week Autumn half term break, work from home PPA and free access to an employee assistance package.

Who are we?

We are a massively oversubscribed mixed multi-ethnic school that has had five outstanding OFSTED inspections in succession, most recently in 2024.

At The Compton, we understand that our brilliant teachers make a difference to the life chances of our students every day by helping them to secure outstanding outcomes. We always strive to appoint the very best teachers and once in post, we provide a workplace environment that ensures their needs are fully met now and in the future.

The Compton School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are proud of our diverse school community, and we are committed to delivering our ethos of ‘Excellence for All’ in an inclusive and supportive working environment in which everyone is valued.

Are you the right person to join our team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Please see our website www.thecompton.org.uk or telephone 020 8368 1783 for details of the post including an application form and email this to vacancies@thecompton.org.uk

The closing date for applications will be on Monday 9th March 2026, 9am. We consider applications as they are made and may interview ahead of the closing date.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Compton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Compton School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1352 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Compton School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-compton-school

The Compton school is part of Middlesex Learning Trust, a successful Multi Academy Trust. We are a hugely oversubscribed mixed multi-ethnic school that has had four consecutive outstanding OFSTED reports, the most recent being in January 2018. The Compton has a national profile for excellence in teaching and learning, in leadership, and for student outcomes. It is also a School-Centred Initial Teacher Training Centre and the Headteacher is an experienced National Leader of Education. Students at the Compton make exceptional progress - our results routinely putting the school within the top 5% of schools nationally for progress.

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