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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    22 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    16 April 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time: 32 hours a week, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Teaching Staff Pay Scales points 1 - 9 (National) £31,650 - £49,084

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Position

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated English teacher to join our dynamic team. At our school, we prioritise a curriculum designed to reduce teacher workload, allowing you to focus on delivering high-quality lessons and engaging with students. We are committed to the continuous development of pedagogy, offering opportunities for professional growth and collaboration. You will be part of a supportive, collegiate environment where a shared sense of responsibility drives us to succeed together. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative setting.

You will be carrying out the professional duties of a class teacher and as such will provide the provision of an appropriate learning experience for all pupils under the guidance of the Head of Department and Assistant Principal.

Unqualified teacher applications with experience will also be considered.

What you will offer

The successful applicant will have the ability to demonstrate enthusiasm and a passion for teaching. You must be able to enthuse, motivate and progress pupils of all abilities.

What the school offers its staff

What we will offer

You will be joining a friendly and engaging workplace with benefits including:

  • Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS)
  • A strong commitment to professional development
  • We strive to be a family friendly employer
  • Employee counselling service
  • Cycle to work scheme

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

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About Ipswich Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1044 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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"Good" co-educational Secondary school - ages 11-16

School location

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