Teacher of English
Erasmus Darwin Academy, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3QW9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
26 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 September 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: 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
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.
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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
- School website
- Erasmus Darwin Academy website
- Email address
- j.skelding@eda.staffs.sch.uk
- 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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