Teacher of English
The Mountbatten School, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 5SY4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
8 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full-time or Part-time considered
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650 to £49,084
Pay scale
- MPR1 to UPR3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale
Required from September 2025
The Mountbatten School English Faculty is committed to helping all students become happy, confident, curious and knowledgeable learners. Our students experience a range of texts and opportunities to discover the magic of words.
Our students are a joy to work with and make teaching at The Mountbatten School a pleasurable and rewarding experience. We are a well-resourced department and have access to a large library and chrome books which can be booked for students to use in lessons. We teach a three-year KS3 curriculum and a two-year GCSE course. Currently, our students study Edexcel English Literature and AQA English Language GCSE. All teachers contribute to our schemes of work and we ensure that our planning is collaborative and considers both our subject content and the best pedagogical approaches to ensure student progress.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed teacher to join our supportive and dedicated English team in the new academic year. This role would suit ECTs or an experienced teacher looking to develop their career. The ability to also teach Drama would be a benefit but not essential.
The role would suit an Early Career Teacher (ECT) or an experienced teacher. A part-time offer may be considered for the right candidate.
For further details and to apply please visit www.mountbatten.school/jobs, alternatively email human.resources@mountbatten.school or telephone 01794 510227.
Closing date: 9.00 am Thursday 08 March 2025
Interviews: To be confirmed
Please
note CVs will not be accepted and we reserve the right to close vacancies early
if we receive applications that meet the criteria. We therefore strongly advise you to submit
your application as soon as possible
What the school offers its staff
The school is situated in Romsey, a very pleasant abbey town in the southern Test Valley. Opened in 1969 and built on land formerly in the ownership of Earl Mountbatten's Broadlands Estate, the school enjoyed the patronage of Lord Louis until his assassination. We are honoured that his great granddaughter, The Lady Alexandra Knatchbull, is our current patron.
The school is one of the largest and most successful co-educational comprehensives in Hampshire. Our intake is 300, and there are currently 1466 students on roll.
The school serves a predominantly rural catchment area extending from the boundary of Southampton to the boundary of Wiltshire. We are the larger of two secondary schools in the town. The school is very popular and heavily oversubscribed.
The school is a Single Academy Trust. Chris Cox, the school’s Headteacher, has been in post since October 2024 and was formerly the Associate Headteacher appointed in January 2015.The school is organised into eight faculties with approximately 80 FTE teaching staff, and the pastoral structure is based on five year groups.
The school is fortunate to have extensive grounds as it was built on land that was formerly part of Lord Mountbatten’s Broadlands Estate. Since the school became an academy on 1 April 2011, there has been an extensive refurbishment programme over many years. As a result, all departments are very well-resourced and accommodated.
The school is high achieving and GCSE outcomes are very good. Ofsted carried out an ungraded inspection of the school in January 2024; the school remained ‘good’ with many aspects of the school’s work being recognised as ‘first class’. There is a very strong international ethos and tangible links with schools in Africa, Asia and Europe. The school has a very strong focus on staff development. Career development is pursued in leadership, pedagogy and pastoral opportunities.
The Mountbatten School recognises the benefits derived from investing in our staff, and there are a number of additional benefits available to all staff:
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Professional development opportunities
- Free parking for all staff
- Free use of the Fitness Suite
- Childcare vouchers if already part of the scheme
- Annual Flu Jabs offered
- Assistance towards eye tests and glasses
- Vivup Benefits. This includes lifestyle, home, and electronics savings as well as cycle to work benefits
- Blue Light Card by application offering a great range of discounts online and on the high street
Commitment to safeguarding
The Mountbatten School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and all staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. All our recruitment and selection practices reflect this and successful applicants are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to human.resources@mountbatten.school
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Mountbatten School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1460 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Mountbatten School website
- Email address
- human.resources@mountbatten.school
- Phone number
- 01794 510227
Secondary School
Arranging a visit to The Mountbatten School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email human.resources@mountbatten.school.
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