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Teacher of English
Wollaston School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN29 7PH9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
14 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 May 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time teaching position
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 32,916 - 51,048
Pay scale
- MPS / UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
TEACHER OF ENGLISH
September 2026 Start - MPS / UPS
ECT Applications welcome
Passionate about English? Ready to inspire the next generation and looking for your dream role for the next academic year? Are you a dedicated and ambitious English teacher looking for your next exciting adventure? Do you want to be part of a thriving, supportive team that helps students develop a love for English and achieve outstanding results? If so, Wollaston School could be the perfect place for you!
A thriving English faculty – Join an enthusiastic team with a track record of success, where students are inspired to continue their studies into the sixth form, choosing popular and well-established courses in English Literature, and Media Studies.
Commitment to professional growth: – whether you're an Early Career Teacher or an experienced teacher, we provide outstanding CPD, mentoring, and career progression opportunities to help you develop your skills and achieve your ambitions.
A school on an exciting journey – Wollaston School is a good school with a strong vision to become exceptional for the children in our community. Our core values of kindness, community, and ambition shape everything we do.
Easily accessible location: – conveniently located with excellent transport links, making it an easy commute from Milton Keynes, Bedford, Northampton, and Kettering.
Who we’re looking for: we’re seeking a well-qualified, passionate, and committed teacher of English who embodies:
✅ Loves bringing literature and language to life in the classroom.
✅ Believes every student deserves to enjoy and excel in English.
✅ Wants to be part of a friendly, high-energy, and supportive team.
✅ Is eager to contribute to a positive school culture and inspire young minds.
Closing date for applications is: Thursday 14th May @ Midday
Interviews will be held during w/c 18th May 2026
For questions or queries, please email: nvp-recruitment@nenevalleypartnership.com
To apply online, please visit: https://nenevalleypartnership.com/join-our-team/
Wollaston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check and the provision of two references one of which MUST be your most recent or last employer.
What the school offers its staff
Who we’re looking for: we’re seeking a well-qualified, passionate, and committed teacher of English who embodies:
✅ Loves bringing literature and language to life in the classroom.
✅ Believes every student deserves to enjoy and excel in English.
✅ Wants to be part of a friendly, high-energy, and supportive team.
✅ Is eager to contribute to a positive school culture and inspire young minds.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Wollaston School
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1431 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wollaston School website
- Email address
- ridgek@wollaston-school.net
Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.
We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.
At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.
For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.
Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.
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