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Teacher of English

The Chalk Hills Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE

This job expired on 14 October 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  January 2025 or earlier if possible

• Closing date

  14 October 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,100.00 - £41,721.00 Annually (Actual) AST 1-6 £30,100-£41,721 dependent on experience

Teacher of English job summary

Teacher of English

We have an excellent opportunity for a talented and self-motivated Teacher of English to join our wonderful department. We are particularly searching for a teacher who is an excellent, reflective, and creative classroom practitioner with the ability to spread the enthusiasm for the subject beyond the classroom.

You will be someone who is enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a team and is able to build effective working relationships with students and staff.

We are seeking an English teacher to help further the success of our department. You will play an integral role in taking responsibility for raising the standards of attainment for all students through a high standard of learning and teaching.

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner that is able to bring stimulating and engaging experiences for our students, challenging them to achieve beyond their expectations and supporting them to become lifelong learners.

It’s incredibly important to us here at The Chalk Hills Academy that all our teachers feel valued, listened to, mentored, challenged, and given adequate opportunities to develop. As a Teaching Trust, we offer exceptional teacher training and high-quality professional development programmes catered to your needs. Consequently, we have many success stories of teachers that have joined us and been given excellent CPD and training that has allowed them to climb the career ladder.

If you want to grow and develop in a fast paced, dynamic, and successful Academy, come and join us at The Chalk Hills Academy!

Key Duties

• Be able to develop, plan and deliver effective and high-quality learning experiences to all students
• Be an aspirational professional who is enthusiastic, influential, and committed to working in pursuit of success for the academy and its learners.
• To set high expectations for all pupils, to deepen their knowledge and understanding and to maximise their achievement.
• To assess pupils’ work systematically and use the results to inform future planning, teaching, and curricular development.

The successful candidate will

• Have qualified teacher status and experience delivering good English lessons.
• Willing and committed to developing and sharing outstanding teaching practice.
• Able to work in partnership with students, parents, staff, academy council and the wider Community.
• Have demonstrable commitment to inclusive teaching and learning.
• Be able to demonstrate the appropriate motivation to work with young people.
• Use data to inform target setting and planning.

Job specifics

Start date January 2025 or earlier if possible

Salary AST 1-6 £30,100-£41,721 (dependent on experience)

Job Role Fixed Term , Full time

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer. The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Shared Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.

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About The Chalk Hills Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1619 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Chalk Hills Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-chalk-hills-academy (opens in new tab)

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