Teacher of English
Cromwell Community College, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UUThis job expired on 9 June 2025
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
9 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) MPS / UPS
Teacher of English job summary
Job title: Teacher of English
Location: Cromwell Community College
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: MPS - £31,650 to £43,607 / UPS - £45,646 to £49,084
Closing Date: Monday 9th June 2025, Midday
Cromwell Community College is a ‘Good’ school, which aspires to be outstanding. We look to our English Faculty to be a driving force towards this aspiration.
About us:
We are a growing, successful and oversubscribed school, striving for Outstanding. Pupils enjoy their English lessons and staff are hardworking, enthusiastic and committed. We are a well-established, collaborative department who aim to be outstanding role models of English to our pupils. We are an outward looking team with a keen interest in up-to-date pedagogical ideas and methods. An array of subject specific CPD is offered to our department to build our subject knowledge. Many extra-curricular opportunities are provided for our pupils to build a love and passion for our subject.
We recently become an all-through school, the first in Cambridgeshire, and have pupils from age 4 – 18. The addition of our primary phase, over the coming years, will also provide lots of additional opportunities for staff to work in the primary phase as well as the secondary and Post-16. It is imperative that we ensure our pupils access a curriculum which is relevant and ambitious throughout their journey at Cromwell. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is driven and wants to work collaboratively with the primary phase in addition to further improve GCSE and A-Level outcomes.
About the role:
We are looking to appoint an inspirational English teacher to join our successful team at Cromwell Community College. The successful candidate will be teaching across KS3 and KS4, and possibly KS5.
This role is due to begin in September 2025.
The ideal candidate:
We are seeking a dynamic, creative and well-qualified English Teacher who will be committed to ensuring the highest levels of achievement for our pupils at Cromwell Community College.
If you are enthusiastic, ambitious and passionate about English and recognise its importance for the development of all pupils, and will strive to provide excellent results in our already successful department, we would like to hear from you. Cromwell Community College offers the chance to join a strong and experienced team and for you to develop your skills and enhance your career development through a wealth of CPD opportunities which is a particular strength of the Trust.
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of students and to work in a forward-thinking academy with a commitment to inclusion and development. You will be part of a supportive and collaborative team, with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Vivup Benefit System
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Access to Teacher Pensions
We encourage you to visit us to find out more about this exciting opportunity. Please contact Caroline Buckle - cbuckle@cromwell.cambs.sch.uk to arrange a visit.
The Active Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.
The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 6 months’ probation period at the start of their employment (except for Early Career Teachers who are subject to a Statutory Induction Period). This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Flexible working will be considered for all roles deemed suitable.
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.
About Cromwell Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 18
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1524 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Cromwell Community College website
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