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Teacher of English
Wollaston School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN29 7PH8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
12 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 June 2026
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: Full time teaching position
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Scale / Upper Pay Scale
What skills and experience we're looking for
TEACHER OF ENGLISH – September 2026 Start – MPS / UPS
ECT Applications welcome
Are you passionate about inspiring young people through English? Do you want to start or develop your teaching career in a thriving and supportive secondary school?
Wollaston School (Wellingborough, NN29) is seeking a dynamic and motivated Teacher of English to join our vibrant department from September. This is a fantastic opportunity for Early Career Teachers (ECTs) or experienced teachers looking for a new challenge.
What we’re looking for:
- A qualified teacher (QTS) with a passion for English
- Strong subject knowledge and a commitment to high quality teaching and learning
- Enthusiasm for supporting and inspiring students of all abilities
- Willingness to contribute to the wider school community
What the school offers its staff
- What we offer:
- A well-resourced English department with supportive colleagues
- Comprehensive ECT induction, including a dedicated mentor and structured mentoring
- Reduced timetable and regular observations for ECTs, plus access to tailored professional development
- A positive, inclusive staff culture with opportunities for career progression
- Engaged and enthusiastic students in a school of 1400 pupils
- Commitment to your wellbeing and work-life balance
Further information about the job
Closing date for applications is: Friday 12th June 2026
Interviews will be held during w/c 15th June 2026
For questions or queries, please email:nvp-recruitment@nenevalleypartnership.com
To apply online, please visit: https://nenevalleypartnership.com/join-our-team
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)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Wollaston School
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1431 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wollaston School website
- Email address
- ridgek@wollaston-school.net
Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.
We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.
At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.
For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.
Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.
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