Teacher of English

Wickersley School and Sports College, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 1JL

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 October 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (559)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 Hours, Monday - Friday, Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the RoleJoin our dynamic team at Wickersley School and Sports College and help build the future. As a Teacher of English at WPT, your core responsibility is to ensure that every student assigned to you makes exceptional progress. You will plan, prepare, and deliver lessons that do not just meet the National Curriculum but bring it to life.

Responsibilities

• Curriculum Delivery: Plan and prepare engaging, industry-relevant courses and lessons

• Adaptive Teaching: Deliver high-quality instruction tailored to the specific educational needs of the pupils assigned to you.

• Assessment & Feedback: Set and mark work completed in School and elsewhere, providing constructive feedback that helps pupils refine their craft.

• Progress Monitoring: Meticulously assess, record, and report on pupil development and attainment in strict accordance with School policy.

• Mentoring: Collaborate with pupils and parents to set ambitious, achievable short-term learning targets that take prior attainment into account.

The successful candidate must hold their Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

What the school offers its staff

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary

• Generous Local Government (support staff) and Teacher Pension Schemes

• Health and Wellbeing, including a Westfield Health subscription

• Professional Growth and Development

If you have the energy to teach with passion and the drive to ensure no child is left behind, we want to meet you.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Wickersley School and Sports College

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1984 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wickersley School and Sports College website
• Email address: recruitment@wickersleypt.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wickersley-school-and-sports-college-rotherham

Wickersley School and Sports College is an oversubscribed school with more than 2100 students, and a yearly intake of 340. We consider ourselves to be a genuine comprehensive school, catering for students of a wide range of abilities, needs, aspirations and backgrounds.

We are 100% child centred and believe that all children have the right to an outstanding education, and will be encouraged, supported and pushed to achieve their personal best.

Arranging a visit to Wickersley School and Sports College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@wickersleypt.org.

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