Teacher of English
8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
12 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 31650 - 49084
Teacher of English job summary
Welcome from the Principal
Thank you for your interest in applying to join us at Co-op Academy Belle Vue for the role of Teacher of English. You can find our 2024 - 2025 Strategic Plan including our Workload Charter here and our March 2024 “Outstanding’ in all areas Ofsted report here.
We are on the lookout for an individual who possesses drive, intelligence, and is a team player, and who is dedicated to nurturing the love for English in young people and helping them excel through their studies.
The ideal candidate is someone who is enthusiastic about English, stays up to date on the latest research and developments, and has a genuine love for their discipline. They set the bar high for student behaviour and attention, are highly organised and dependable, and have a strong grasp of curriculum design and effective teaching methods. They are committed to a curriculum that emphasises a strong foundation of knowledge. This role is open to experienced and/or ECT’s with a hunger for learning and development.
Are you passionate, experienced and looking for a new challenge? Do you want to join an academy with exemplary behaviour , allowing you to focus on celebrating the success of the whole school. Do you want to be part of a dynamic team in a growing secondary academy that is dedicated to providing outstanding education to its students? If so, then we have the perfect opportunity for you!
Pupils have admirable and mature attitudes to learning. They respond extremely well to the schools’ high expectations of them to achieve the ‘The Belle Vue Difference’. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are incredibly proud to come to this school.
Outstanding Provider Ofsted 2024
We are a heavily oversubscribed start-up secondary academy with 720 students, and we are on our way to becoming a leading educational establishment with a projected growth to 1200 students. We have been operating to an outstanding level and are committed to providing our students with the best possible education.
We are looking for people to join us who have:
- A passion for education and a commitment to making a difference in the lives of young people
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with students, staff, and parents
- A deep understanding of the challenges facing young people and a commitment to promoting their welfare and well-being
- An innovative and strategic approach to problem-solving, with the ability to inspire and motivate others
- The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and to embrace change and new challenges
In return for your commitment and dedication, we offer a competitive salary, ongoing professional development opportunities, and the chance to be part of a growing academy that is committed to excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of young people and to contribute to the development of a school that is poised for success.
All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.
Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.
Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.
Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all have equal chances to succeed.
Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.
Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.
Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.
Our Values
Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:
Succeed together
Do what matters most
Be yourself, always
Show you care
So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you!
We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:
Benefits include:
Our employee benefits package includes:
- You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
- Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
- Discounted gym membership
- Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
- Co-op Funeralcare benefit
- Season ticket and rental deposit loans
And More!
For more information about the Co-op Academy Belle Vue, please visit: https://www.bellevue.coopacademies.co.uk/
The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Co-op Academy Belle Vue
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 473 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue website (opens in new tab)
School location
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