Teacher of English
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 7ET17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
13 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
27 March 2026
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: 0.6 to Full Time Monday to Friday School day 8.45am - 3.25pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Pay Range to Upper Pay Range
What skills and experience we're looking for
Responsible to: Head of department (as teacher)/head of year (as form tutor)
Responsible for: Teaching staff and other relevant personnel within the department
Main Purpose of the role:
- To inspire, motivate and challenge students through the development and delivery of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum
- To promote, monitor and support good student progress and development, academically and pastorally
- To ensure a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.
Principle responsibilities
A teacher at John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre is responsible for meeting all the requirements as appropriate of the “Teachers’ Standards” and our career-stage expectations.
Teaching and learning:
Secure and sustain effective teaching, evaluate standards of students’ achievements and set realistic and meaningful targets for improvement.
- To set homework and plan other out-of-class activities to consolidate and extend the learning of students.
- Review schemes of work to ensure subject coverage, continuity and progression for all students in an environment that fosters student enjoyment;
- Contribute to the development of students’ literacy, numeracy, citizenship, ICT and study skills;
- Ensure information on students’ prior attainments and achievements are used effectively to secure good progress;
- Set targets for student attainment and achievement in the subject and monitor and evaluate progress against those targets;
- Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and learning in the department and use the analysis for further improvements;
- Establish a partnership with parents involving them in and informing them of their child’s progress;
- Develop effective links with the local community, including business and industry, to enhance teaching and learning in the subject and prepare students in their economic well being;
- To ensure a working environment in which learners feel safe and adopt safe practices.
- Support the SENCO to ensure the implementation of an appropriate of appropriate provision for SEND students;
- Establish best practice procedures in department;
- Use departmental accommodation to the best effect to create an effective and stimulating environment for the teaching and learning of the subject;
- Ensure there is a safe working and learning environment;
- Be pro-active in attracting additional funding and resources for the curriculum;
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of joining the "John Kyrle Family":
Employee Assistance Programme
Free parking, onsite canteen and gym
Staff events including "Fab Friday", "Tea and Toast" and more
Cross MAT training and development opportunities
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre is proud to be a part of the Heart of Mercia Multi-Academy Trust.
The school is fortunate to have hugely-committed staff who give their all, take public service seriously and are keen to provide extra-curricular activities in a multitude of areas. John Kyrle aims to provide all students with a life-enhancing secondary school experience where students feel happy and secure yet challenged.
John Kyrle is a popular and oversubscribed high school with other 1400 students who are drawn from the town of Ross and the surrounding rural area. The school is located on the Ledbury Road about half a mile from the Market House and adjoining the dual carriageway. John Kyrle High School is organised on a year basis with form tutors and a head of year responsible for the pastoral care and monitoring of students. We also have a team of high-experienced pastoral support officers. Form tutors stay with their tutor groups from Years 7 to 11. A head of sixth form oversees Years 12 and 13.
The school has excellent facilities, including sports fields, an all-weather sports surface, tennis courts, a specialist drama studio, a purpose-built art and ceramics facility, and a modern library. There are also technology workshops, a music- technology suite and practice rooms, computer and business rooms, language lab, a gymnasium and an on-site sports hall which are used extensively. We have dedicated specialist classroom areas for many subjects with Maths and Science benefiting from purpose built buildings in recent years.
Further information about the job
From 1st September 2026, or earlier by agreement (subject to notice periods), we are looking to appoint a Teacher of English on a 0.6 -to full time basis. The successful candidate will join a forward-thinking department of teachers who are fully committed to innovative teaching methods, which motivate and engage all students.
Applicants must be able to teach across the whole ability range and should bring with them enthusiasm and expertise in the teaching up to KS4. The ability to teach A level is desirable but not essential.
Applications from well-qualified Early Career Teachers (ECTs) are warmly welcomed.
Salary: MPR/UPR
Candidates should complete the application form in full (black or typewritten please).
Your letter of application should include the following points:
- How your expertise and experience equip you for the post
- Your views on what makes a good classroom teacher
- Your views and beliefs on the teaching of English
Open testimonials are not required and should not be submitted.
The closing date for receipt of application is 13th April 2026, 9am.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend interview, during the week beginning 20th April 2026.
John Kyrle High School & Sixth Form Centre proud to be part of the Heart of Mercia MAT
Registered office: Hereford Sixth Form College, Folly Lane, Hereford, HR1 1LU. Company Number: 10499174
All employees of JKHS are employed by the trust.
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
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1292 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- hr@jkhs.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01989764358
Arranging a visit to John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@jkhs.org.uk.
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