Teacher of English
Bourne Grammar School, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9JE7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
01 September 2025
Closing date
2 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
Teacher of English job summary
The Headteacher is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Teacher of English to join our vibrant and successful English Department. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated and passionate individual to become part of a school that prides itself on academic excellence and a strong sense of community.
The Role
As a Teacher of English, you will join a collaborative and supportive team of 13 subject specialists. You will teach across Key Stages 3 and 4, delivering engaging and inspiring lessons that encourage a love of literature and language, while supporting students of all abilities to achieve their full potential.
For candidates with appropriate experience, there may be the opportunity to teach English at Key Stage 5.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver high-quality, engaging lessons across Key Stages 3 and 4 (and KS5, if applicable).
- Use a range of teaching strategies to inspire and challenge students.
- Assess, monitor and report on student progress, providing timely and constructive feedback.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of the English curriculum and departmental resources.
- Support and promote a culture of reading, writing and critical thinking.
- Establish positive relationships with students, promoting high expectations for behaviour and learning.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the department and school.
- Contribute to wider school life, including form tutoring and enrichment activities.
- Engage in ongoing professional development and reflective practice.
Person Specification
Essential:
- A degree in English or a closely related subject.
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or completion of initial teacher training by September 2025.
- A passion for English and the ability to communicate this effectively to students.
- The ability to plan and deliver engaging lessons to students of varying abilities.
- Strong understanding of assessment, feedback, and differentiation.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A reflective and resilient approach to teaching.
- A commitment to high standards of achievement, behaviour, and student wellbeing.
- A willingness to contribute to the life of the department and school community.
Desirable:
- Experience teaching English at Key Stage 4 and/or Key Stage 5 (this may include during training placements).
- Familiarity with current curriculum developments in English.
- An interest in contributing to extra-curricular activities or enrichment opportunities.
Why Join Us?
Bourne Grammar School offers:
- Motivated, respectful and high-achieving students.
- A dedicated, supportive and forward-thinking English Department.
- A well-established ECT induction programme and high-quality CPD.
- A culture that values academic ambition, professional growth, and innovation.
- A friendly and inclusive school community
- Free access to our Fitness Suite
- Access to the BUPA Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Staff Well-being Group
Bourne Grammar School is committed to the safeguarding of children, and any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the school’s pre-employment checks, plus sight of relevant original ID documentation and qualifications.
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Bourne Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1726 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bourne Grammar School website
We are an oversubscribed mixed selective school serving Bourne, Stamford and Peterborough. Our students are well-behaved and motivated and are taught in modern and well-resourced facilities. The school offers 240 places to students in Year 7 and, with a growing Sixth Form of over 500, has expanded to become one of the largest grammar schools in the country. The vast majority of Year 11 students transfer into our Sixth Form where students are offered a choice of 26 A-Level subjects.
The best atmosphere, the best support, the best results
This is our purpose statement - we have no long or complicated mission statement. The order of the purpose statement is deliberate; we believe that if we get the atmosphere and support right then, given our able students and committed staff, good results will follow. The atmosphere is special and cherished by us all and something that interview candidates often remark upon. We are a large and busy school and our students are well-behaved, motivated and want to be here and their parents/carers want them to be here. Most of the students, most of the time, want to learn and enjoy lessons which are well-taught and engaging.
The teaching staff body numbers around 100 teachers supported by 40 non-teaching colleagues. All teaching staff are subject specialists and are only required to teach their own subject. Staff absence is very low, as is staff turnover. Staff who do leave often do so for promoted posts. All teaching staff at Bourne Grammar School are issued with a laptop and other benefits including no breaktime, lunchtime or bus supervision duties and free on-site parking. Tea and coffee are freely available in our two large staffrooms.
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