Teacher of English

The Charter School Bermondsey, London, SE16 4EE

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 June 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: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £40,317.00 - £62,496.00 Annually (FTE) Inner London pay scale and benefits

Teacher of English job summary

About The Charter School Bermondsey

The Charter School Bermondsey is an Ofsted “Good” (2022), four-form entry, mixed, 11-16 free school that opened in September 2013. The school is in a new state-of-the-art building, just a stone’s throw from Bermondsey Underground and boasts fantastic spaces for staff and students. DfE school performance tables show a headline Progress 8 score of +0.08 in 2024, having previously achieved +0.29 in 2023. We believe that all pupils have the potential to flourish through great teaching and providing the right environment and opportunities. At our school, every young person is known, valued and supported to thrive. Guided by our values — Belong. Believe. Become. — we create a community where pupils feel part of something, build confidence in their abilities, and develop the character and skills to succeed.

Skills and experience:

• Experience of working with young people (11-16)

• Ability to teach outstanding lessons

• Proven subject expertise and an understanding of what constitutes ‘outstanding’ in your subject

• A vision for how student attainment can be improved and maintained

• Experience of successful behaviour for learning strategies

• Successful experience of monitoring and target setting to improve learning outcomes

• Understanding of different models of support for students with SEN, EAL and Gifted and Talented

• Effectively narrowing the gap between disadvantaged and other students in the classroom

We support our staff with:

• Excellent opportunities for professional development including coaching and NPQs

• Providing a well-ordered working environment, including centralised detentions, so teachers can focus on teaching

• Regular opportunities for flexible working

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About The Charter School Bermondsey

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 470 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Charter School Bermondsey website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/compass-school-southwark

The Charter School Bermondsey is a 600 place free school for pupils aged 11-16. Formerly Compass School Southwark, we opened in September 2013 to provide an outstanding education for local families.

The school is a new member of The Charter Schools Educational Trust; home to seven Good and Outstanding schools including The Charter School North Dulwich, The Charter School East Dulwich & Charles Dickens Primary School.

Through our schools, nurseries and sixth forms, our trust improves all children and young people’s lives, now and in the long term.

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