Teacher of English
Walsall Studio School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1RL7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
17 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 October 2025
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
- Part time: 19.5
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teacher of English (0.6 FTE)
Location: Walsall Studio School & Sixth
Contract: Permanent, Part-Time (0.6 FTE – 3 hours a day across 5 days)
Salary: Main Scale / UPS
Start Date: 1st January 2026
Closing Date for Applications: Friday 17th October 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 22nd October 2025
About Us
Walsall Studio School & Sixth is a deliberately small, forward-thinking school for young people aged 14 to 19 who are passionate about creative pathways in performance, music, and media. Our unique learning environment mirrors a modern creative workplace, with flexible studio spaces and industry-standard facilities. We are proud to be part of The Mercian Trust, a family of schools committed to partnership, collaboration, and community.
The Role
We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic English Teacher to join our creative team. You will inspire, challenge, and engage students through high-quality, innovative teaching that prepares them for both exams and future creative careers. You will design and deliver a curriculum that links knowledge to real-world applications, ensuring all students achieve highly, regardless of background or ability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver engaging English lessons in line with the national curriculum and our “Curriculum That Gets You Hired” principles.
- Plan lessons that promote curiosity, problem-solving, and critical thinking through practical and project-based learning.
- Use assessment for learning to track progress and close gaps in knowledge.
- Contribute to the planning and continuous improvement of the English curriculum, embedding cross-curricular links with creative specialisms (Media, Music, Performing Arts, Digital Technology).
- Support enrichment projects, employer engagement activities, and STEM experiences.
- Assess student work and provide constructive feedback.
- Model professional standards and values, contributing to a culture of mutual respect and excellence.
- Use trauma-informed and adaptive teaching approaches to meet diverse needs, including SEND.
- Build positive relationships with students, parents, carers, and external agencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications:
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Evidence of further professional development
Experience:
- Successful teaching within the curriculum
- Successful management of an area of the curriculum
Skills & Attributes:
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to plan, organise, and prioritise
- Commitment to inclusion and high expectations for all students
- Creative and imaginative problem-solving
- Ability to inspire confidence and develop positive relationships
Safeguarding
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
How to Apply
For informal conversations or to arrange a visit, contact Angela Lingard (SLT PA and Office Manager) at a.lingard@studio.merciantrust.org.uk.
Please apply via The Mercian Trust website.
What the school offers its staff
Our Offer to You
- A superb staff team committed to excellence
- Support from Trust central teams and other schools
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Comprehensive employee assistance and staff benefits package (including health plans, GP access, optical/dental care, flu vaccination, and discounts)
- An ambitious, forward-thinking environment with new challenges and opportunities every day
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Studio School & Sixth is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A copy of the ‘Safeguarding Policy’ is available to view or download by logging onto the School website: https://walsallstudio.school/
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.
Applying for the job
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About Walsall Studio School
- School type
- Free School, ages 14 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 185 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 14 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Walsall Studio School website
- Email address
- lottie.fellows@merciantrust.org.uk
Studio School & Sixth is a specialist 14-19 non-selective school and founding member of The Mercian Trust.
Located in the heart of Walsall town centre, our unique small school and sixth form offers an immersive professional experience; supporting academic, vocational and personal excellence for students starting Year 10 or Year 12 who seek a creative and digitally rich curriculum.
Vocational learning is really important here, but it would be wrong to think that this means our students focus purely on practical work. There’s plenty of theory to learn and we strike a good balance between the academic and the vocational. Above all, we challenge our students to be the very best they can be in their chosen fields.
Back in the Renaissance, more than 400 years ago, ‘apprentices’ studied under the guidance of ‘masters’ and it’s this model that has influenced the way Studio Schools operate today. Of course, much has changed and now, thankfully, those ‘masters’ and ‘apprentices’ are just as likely to be women and girls as men and boys.
Studio School & Sixth has almost 300 such ‘apprentices’. It’s one of only a handful of Studio Schools in the country and opened its doors in 2013. Its students go on to universities, conservatoires and high-quality apprenticeships. The school focuses on the creative, health and digital industries, which means students have careers as paramedics, therapists, software engineers, actors, dancers, teachers and much else besides.
Arranging a visit to Walsall Studio School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lottie.fellows@merciantrust.org.uk.
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