Teacher of English
Blessed William Howard Catholic School, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9ABThis job expired on 13 February 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
13 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
5 February 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - One year from September 2025
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our successful, established English department is looking for an English teacher to join our new expanding department, with the passion and enthusiasm to make a positive impact on the young people at our school. We are reflective, supportive, and collaborative in our approach, using research to underpin our teaching and learning practices, and being mindful of staff workload in decisions particularly around shared planning and marking expectations. This is a fixed term contract for one year.
Our perfect teaching candidate will:
- Be committed to exceptional standards of teaching and learning.
- Be able to motivate, challenge and inspire students to achieve their best.
- Be able to establish and develop outstanding relationships with students and staff.
- Help us to build on already good English results.
- Contribute to our core vision and values as a Catholic school.
What the school offers its staff
Why Blessed William Howard?
- A Christian community with a caring, secure and
disciplined environment.
- A wide range of extra-curricular activities.
- High academic standards.
- A commitment to success for all.
- Ongoing CPD for all staff.
“There is a warm atmosphere and the quality of relationships between all members of the school community are a particular strength. Pupils and staff are friendly, helpful, polite and welcoming to visitors.” Diocesan Section 48 Report
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Blessed William Howard Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 951 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Blessed William Howard Catholic School website
- Email address
- recruitment@bwh.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01785244236
This school 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. 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.
Arranging a visit to Blessed William Howard Catholic School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bwh.staffs.sch.uk.
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