Teacher of English
Felixstowe School, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 9QR21 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.
CVs are not accepted.
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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
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Felixstowe School website (opens in new tab)
- 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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