Teacher of English
Mangotsfield School, Bristol, BS16 9LH13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 February 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: M-F, 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR - UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
About the role
This post has arisen due to the continued growth of the school across Y11-13.
The English Faculty are a collaborative and supportive team of teachers with a wide range of experience and expertise. We pride ourselves on having a fully resourced, pre-planned curriculum which teachers are encouraged to adapt to suit their own teaching styles and crucially to ensure that all children are supported and stretched. We constantly strive to improve upon and develop our schemes of work and our pedagogy in order to ensure the best engagement and outcomes from all our students. We are also passionate about encouraging reluctant readers and driving forward literacy through the implementation of regular reading sessions.
The successful candidate will teach English. There is also an opportunity to teach English Language, English Literature or Media Studies at Post 16. Your primary role will be to support and challenge all students to achieve their full potential and achieve academic success through strong classroom practice. You will uphold the school values, and at all times promote the safety and welfare of young people in accordance with CSET/School policies and procedures and any associated guidance.
About you
- The ideal candidate will
- Believe in a truly inclusive approach to education
- Be a team player; you will contribute to our forward thinking Faculty and to intervention programmes which support our students
- Be a highly reflective practitioner who is committed to learning and to developing their practice
- Be or have the potential to become an exceptional teacher
- Have a passion for reading, the power of literacy and the teaching of English
- Demonstrate the ability to build effective relationships and be a positive role model for our students
- We welcome and encourage applications from ECTs.
What the school offers its staff
About us
Here at The Castle School, situated in the leafy suburbs of Thornbury, we are proud of our strong track record of academic achievement and pastoral care for our students. We are passionate about teaching and learning; our students think hard and their experience of education has a long-lasting impact and prepares them for life beyond school.
At the heart of what we do is our vision to be an exceptional school at the heart of the community where every student has the curiosity, skills and confidence to make the world a better place.
We value kindness, fairness and aspiration and expect that our students and staff will work hard, will be kind and will be respectful to one another.
We’re proud of our vibrant, thriving Post 16 provision that continues to demonstrate and sustain academic and vocational success.
Following our latest Ofsted inspection in November 2021, we remain a ‘Good’ school. We have also recently been accepted into the Good Schools Guide following extensive support from our parent body: ‘An excellent comp with exceptional leadership that attracts families from miles around due to its friendliness and investment in every child’s future.’
we offer:
- A commitment to CPD and development of allow all staff to thrive, including collaborative support within the school and the Trust
- Opportunity to receive personalised 1:1 coaching by coaches trained and accredited by Leadership Edge
- A clear curriculum vision and focus on evidence-based practice
- Values, ethos and vision that are lived; a commitment to inclusivity and fostering of diversity
- An open and honest culture
- An established programme of support in place for Early Career Teachers which includes weekly 1:1 coaching from an assigned Lead Practitioner, support within Faculty areas, and access to a wider support network across the Trust
- The opportunity to work within an accomplished faculty who are dedicated to working together collaboratively
- Up to 30% discount with Microsoft & Dell
- Discounted gym membership
- Life Assurance - 3 x Death in Service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Dedicated counselling service
Further details about the role
In order to apply for this role please complete an application form by 9am on 24th February, 9am. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process.
Please know that depending on the number of applications received we may decide to close the advert early. If you do not hear from us by a week after the closing date then please assume that you have not been shortlisted for an interview. We wish you all the best in your future and ask that you join our E-Teach Talent Pool so as to keep up to date with all of our latest current opportunities.
Commitment to safeguarding
Mangotsfield School and Castle School Education Trust (CSET) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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About Mangotsfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1119 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Mangotsfield School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- cset-recruitment@cset.co.uk
Everything at Mangotsfield School is based around its school
values driven by Headteacher, Hetty Blackmore. Having first
joined the school as a newly qualified teacher when she was
23 years old and returned to lead it later in her career, she is
very proud of the journey the school is on.
Mangotsfield School is proud to serve its community and has
been part of the local community since 1957. They have just
celebrated being rated as a ‘Good’ school by Ofsted (visit
March 2022).
There are wonderful resources and facilities on site, allowing
students to embrace curricular and extra-curricular
challenges from DT, art, dance, drama and a climbing wall to
name a few. There is a lot of open space, which is green and
calm. And this sense of calm is echoed in the school itself.
The school has a proud sporting history and teams have
travelled as far as Wembley to take part in national
competitions. The school is also on a mission to broaden
horizons with many co-curricular trips taking place, such as a
Year 7 trip to Slimbridge Wetlands for art research and a
Year 8 trip to Tyntesfield House to explore gothic horror
within the English curriculum.
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