Teacher of English
Hitchin Boys' School, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
14 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) Main or Upper Pay Scale
Teacher of English job summary
Hitchin Boys’ School (HBS) is a high achieving, all ability, single sex school with over 1,300 students on roll. In collaboration with our partner schools, we have a mixed sixth form. Our history stretches back nearly 400 years, but we embrace fresh thinking and a modern, vibrant curriculum. We have high expectations, excellent standards of behaviour and pride in our extra-curricular activities that lead to academically successful and well-rounded students, who are well equipped for life beyond school.
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a talented, enthusiastic, and ambitious Teacher of English to join our highly regarded school. We are seeking to recruit someone who is inspiring, dynamic and has a love for the subject.
This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who wants to join a high performing school and gain significant experience to further enhance their career. Applications are welcomed from ECTs or those offering more experience. Applications from those wishing to contribute to other aspects of school life outside the classroom are particularly welcome.
What can HBS offer you?
- A school with great traditions, excellent reputation but with a modern outlook
- A dedicated, well qualified and experienced staff who share the goal enshrined in our school motto “Per Ardua Ad Alta” – Striving for Excellence
- Generous employer contribution to Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Free Employee Assistance Programme, accessible 24/7
- A campus that combines state of the art facilities with historic Grade II listed buildings
- A full school induction and a Middle Leader training programme
- An SLT commitment to supporting the mental, physical & emotional wellbeing of staff/students
Application deadline: 9am on Wednesday 14th May 2025
Interviews: w/c 19th May 2025
Applications should be submitted via My New Term
Further information on our school can be found on the school website https://www.hbs.herts.sch.uk
HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts.
HBS welcomes applications from all applicants who meet the requirements for the position, however we are especially keen to receive applications from those in minority groups for which the school is currently underrepresented. We celebrate diversity and thrive on the benefits it brings.
Link to the HBS Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy
Commitment to safeguarding
HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts.
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 Hitchin Boys' School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1317 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hitchin Boys' School website
Hitchin Boys’ School (HBS) is a high achieving, over-subscribed comprehensive school with a mixed sixth form, which forms part of the highly successful Hitchin Schools’ Consortium. We have a history that stretches back nearly 400 years but embrace fresh thinking and a modern, vibrant curriculum. We have high expectations, excellent standards of behaviour and pride in our extra-curricular activities that lead to academically successful and well-rounded students who are well equipped for life beyond school.
Following Ofsted's visit to Hitchin Boys' School in September 2021, we were delighted to announce that we have once again received top marks by retaining the judgement of ‘Outstanding’.
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