Teacher of English

Dean Trust Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 0LF

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Jan 2026 onwards

• Closing date

  24 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00

Teacher of English job summary

The Dean Trust is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Teacher of English to join our dedicated team at Dean Trust Ardwick.

The core purpose of the role will be to to teach English to the full age and ability range. 

Key responsibilities:

• To understand, advance and act in accordance with the School’s vision, values and core purpose.
• To plan their teaching to achieve progression in pupils’ learning.
• To set high expectations for pupils’ behaviour, establishing and maintaining a good standard of discipline through well focused teaching and through the development of positive and productive relationships.
• To use a variety of teaching methods, including ICT, which sustain the momentum of pupils’ work and keep all pupils engaged.
• To make effective use of assessment information to inform planning and maximise pupil progress.
• To mark and monitor pupils’ classwork and homework (keeping accurate records), providing constructive oral and written feedback and setting appropriate targets to maximise pupils’ progress.
• To develop, evaluate and update schemes of work across all Key Stages.
• To be familiar with the statutory assessment and reporting requirements and know how to prepare and present information reports to parents.
• To be familiar with the Code of Practice on the identification and assessment of Special Educational Needs and as part of their responsibilities implement and keep records of Individual Education Plans for pupils when required.
• To evaluate their own teaching critically and to use this to improve their effectiveness.
• To attend and contribute fully to meetings and progress evenings as required.
• To contribute to activities identified in the Faculty Improvement Plan.
• To carry out the role and responsibilities of a form tutor.
• To contribute to the planning and delivery of wider curricular activities.

For more information about the role please contact us on 01619722988 or email emmahurworth@deantrustardwick.co.uk.

Thank you again for your interest in working for The Dean Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates including those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

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 Dean Trust Ardwick

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1339 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Dean Trust Ardwick website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dean-trust-ardwick

Dean Trust Ardwick opened in 2015 and are now a fully-fledged Year 7-11 school, serving over 1200 pupils, in the heart of the Ardwick and Longsight community. We pride ourselves on being a local school for local children, and since inception we have become the school of choice for families.

We exist to empower our pupils to find their purpose and thrive as citizens of the world. We provide a knowledge-rich curriculum which exposes pupils to powerful knowledge, places them on an ambitious pathway and develops the character traits needed to seize the opportunities that exist. Through finding their passions we enable pupils to make a positive difference to the world. Our core purpose is not merely finite ‘success’ for our pupils but for them to thrive - continually grow and flourish.

We are explicit about the culture we want to create and have clear ideas of the desired behaviours necessary for our pupils to succeed. At Dean Trust Ardwick, we maintain a relentless focus on the day-to-day actions, behaviours and routines within the school and adopt a disciplined approach to teaching pupils the right and successful ways to do things.

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