Teacher of English

Redhill School, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 1JX

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  15 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 May 2026

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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: £32,916.00 - £51,047.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher of English job summary

Redhill School is a thriving secondary school situated in Stourbridge, West Midlands. Redhill is a great place to work. We are a school which combines exceptional care and wellbeing with consistently strong examination results. The development of the whole child is very important to us. We are very proud of all our students.

Redhill also offers staff a wonderful caring and supportive environment to work in. Ensuring our staff are looked after is very important to us. We are committed to the positive wellbeing of our staff whilst offering an exceptional CPD programme.

The English Department at Redhill is a successful and high attaining department within the school. The subject team has created a culture of challenge and support that inspires pupils to flourish and succeed.

We encourage you to come and visit us to feel the warmth and friendliness in our great school.

Required for September 2026

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher of English who is both confident in their subject knowledge and able to motivate and enthuse students.

The candidate appointed will have the opportunity to play key roles in promoting the subject within the school and participate in wider professional development activities. This is an outstanding opportunity for either a newly qualified or more experienced teacher to join the English Department and make a difference.

Redhill offers:

An outstanding opportunity for a committed teacher to join an established and well resourced English Department

Outstanding leadership and teaching

An opportunity to experience excellence

A culture of engagement, challenge and support

Exceptional pupils and staff

Opportunities for continued professional development

The person Redhill is looking for will:

Have a passion for learning and teaching pedagogy and curriculum design.

Have the ability to teach English at KS3 and KS4 with a ability to deliver strong outcomes for students

Be inspirational, innovative and committed to consistently delivering the highest quality of teaching.

Be passionate about teaching so that every student is continually motivated and progressing to their full potential

Closing date: Friday 15 May 2026 (9am)

Interviews: week commencing 18 May 2026

Please view the full candidate pack for further information and how to apply

All candidates are subject to safer recruitment procedures.

Stour Vale Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will carry out pre-appointment checks including DBS and will disqualify any applicant where we consider the outcomes to be unsatisfactory. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

We are equally committed to ensuring that no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of their protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Stour Vale Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will carry out pre-appointment checks including DBS and will disqualify any applicant where we consider the outcomes to be unsatisfactory. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
We are equally committed to ensuring that no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of their protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Redhill School

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1211 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Redhill School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/redhill-school

Redhill School is a successful 11-16 mixed non-selective school situated in Stourbridge in the West Midlands. OFSTED (Nov 2011) identified the school as Outstanding in all key areas and in March 2013 the school was awarded National Teaching School status which is entirely in keeping with our commitment to developing the best practice in teaching and learning in our own school and the wider educational community.

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