9 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2026

  • Closing date

    26 September 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    17 September 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday

Contract type

Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,916 - £51,048

What skills and experience we're looking for

Full job description and person specification can be seen on our Vacancies page

What the school offers its staff

We have recently introduced Flexible Working arrangements during all PPA and non-contact periods for all Teaching Professionals, which means you can work off-site should you wish too. In addition, we also operate a friendly cover initiative. The development of our staff is core to our well-being strategy and central in ensuring that we are able to deliver our mission. We will offer you:

  • High standards and high expectations whilst ensuring workload is balanced
  • Professional development opportunities to develop both pedagogy and leadership
  • Friendly and supportive staff body
  • Highly compliant and polite students
  • A work laptop
  • Increased non-contact time to allow for further lesson planning and preparation
  • Increased leadership time if you are applying for a leadership role
  • Friendly cover arrangements
  • A visible and supportive Senior Leadership Team
  • A collective team of staff working under our mission to improve the Academy further

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.

View advert on school website (opens in new tab)

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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Erasmus Darwin Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1128 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01543 685828

Erasmus Darwin Academy is a highly successful co-educational school for girls and boys aged 11-18 years. We are the school of first choice for parents of children from 26 different primary schools. The Academy serves a wide local community, attracting students from the Burntwood area and well beyond.

Arranging a visit to Erasmus Darwin Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.skelding@eda.staffs.sch.uk.

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