7 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2025 or Easter 2025

  • Closing date

    18 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    26 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time: 33.25 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650 - £49,084

Pay scale

M1 - UPS3

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint an outstanding Teacher of English. You will be joining a hard-working, well-qualified and very friendly group of teachers who want the English subject to be seen as lively and exciting. The ability to teach English to A-Level would be advantageous.

Our school is an amazing place, full of wonderful students and staff. We pride ourselves on taking an evidence-based approach to innovation, meaning that we choose strategies that impact on student progress and teacher workload.

Our sensible and realistic policies include an excellent behaviour policy, and a whole class feedback policy.

Our modern facilities provide an excellent environment to work in, and our thriving Sixth Form continues to grow, as do the numbers in other year groups as the school becomes increasingly popular.

We welcome a visit to meet our staff and students. Please contact Shane Hurren on 01394 288228 orshurren@fxs.org.uk.

The ideal candidate will:

  • Be an excellent English teacher who truly is passionate about the subject;
  • Be a committed team player;
  • Have the ability to engage and inspire pupils and build excellent relationships;
  • Be committed to Felixstowe School's ethos;
  • Be passionate and ambitious about their own career development.

For more information about the school, visit the School websitewww.fxa.org.uk

For more information on our Trust, Unity Schools Partnership, visit the Trust websitewww.unitysp.co.uk

All applications must be submitted via our Trust online application portal.

Closing Date:09:00am, 18th October 2024

Interviews: TBC

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.

Unity Schools Partnership is committed tosafer recruitment,equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.

Unity Schools Partnership, welcoming diversity.

What the school offers its staff

The ideal candidate will:

  • Be an excellent English teacher who truly is passionate about the subject;
  • Be a committed team player;
  • Have the ability to engage and inspire pupils and build excellent relationships;
  • Be committed to Felixstowe School's ethos;
  • Be passionate and ambitious about their own career development.

Commitment to safeguarding

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Felixstowe School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1245 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Email address
shurren@fxs.org.uk
Phone number
01394288228

Arranging a visit to Felixstowe School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email shurren@fxs.org.uk.

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