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Teacher of English

The Sutton Academy, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5AU

This job expired on 31 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  31 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• 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
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Sutton Academy is seeking to appoint a passionate and inspirational Teacher of English to join our academy from September 2025. This is an opportunity for an individual to make a positive contribution to our English department who play a central role in our drive to reduce attainment gaps and tackle disadvantage. You will work alongside colleagues who are incredibly welcoming, supportive and committed to delivering a curriculum which will improve the lives of the community we serve.

This role will suit either newly or recently qualified, enthusiastic and aspirational teachers or those with excellent practice who wish to share their expertise and make a difference.

The Academy offers a bespoke CPD and coaching programme, which is evidence informed and grounded in the latest research.

The successful candidate will:

• Be dedicated to the local community and motivated to work with all stakeholders to enrich the lives of our students.
• Accept their professional obligation to continually improve their practice.
• Be hard-working, will welcome feedback and have a positive mind-set.
• A team player who recognises the importance of collaboration.
• Work tirelessly to instil the highest standards of behaviour and virtues in our students.

The successful candidate will be a hardworking teacher who is fully committed to being the best practitioner they can be so they can make a difference to the students at The Sutton Academy.

Applications should be returned tovacancies@thesuttonacademy.org.uk

This post is subject to satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure Certificate. The Sutton Academy is committed to equal opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing Date Monday 31 March 2025

What the school offers its staff

We recognise that teaching can be a challenging but rewarding profession at times. To support all our staff, we are always looking for ways to drive down unnecessary work load and consider work life balance. In recent years, we have refined our systems for marking, data entry, and reporting to ensure that teachers are spending time on high impact strategies that matter. We have also written an ‘Email Etiquette’ policy, introduced a Golden Ticket Scheme and Length of Service awards. Staff Development

Staff continued professional development is a key driver for us at The Sutton Academy. We strongly believe that a highly skilled workforce supports improved student outcomes.

Commitment to safeguarding

This post is subject to satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure Certificate. The Sutton Academy is committed to equal opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This job post has expired.

Additional documents

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JOB PACK - ENGLISH 2025 (2).pdf - 2.16 MB (opens in new tab)

About The Sutton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1457 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Sutton Academy website
• Email address: vacancies@thesuttonacademy.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-sutton-academy

The Sutton Academy opened in September 2010 and is on a successful improvement journey having recently received an excellent ‘good’ judgement, the first in its history, and securing its best ever results in 2022.

We have a clear vision at the academy for students to achieve in all areas of academy life whilst nurturing their talents and passions. The academy ethos is built around the highest expectations of all and we see it as our duty to ensure that students have the best life chances possible; leaving the academy well prepared to take their place in the world. We strive for the best possible levels of achievement for all our students and are committed to providing the highest standards of teaching and learning. In return we have very clear expectations of student behaviour and commitment to learning.

Our students benefit from a modern learning environment with outstanding facilities. This helps to create a vibrant and positive learning community which is friendly, caring and purposeful.

We are aspirational for our students and see it as our duty to ensure they leave the academy as confident and responsible adults who are empowered to make real choices in their lives.

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