Teacher of English

Bohunt School Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH

40 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2026

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher of English job summary

Teacher of English

Salary: National pay-scale MPS

Potential for additional payment and responsibility

Start date: October 2026

Bohunt School are seeking an ambitious and inspirational classroom practitioner who can teach English with the potential for an additional responsibility.

We wish to appoint an exceptional individual who has the necessary skills and attributes to have a real impact upon English learning and teaching at Bohunt Worthing.

Potential is as important as experience so applications are invited from ECTs as well as more experienced colleagues.

You are joining Bohunt Education Trust at an exciting time of its development. We have ten schools across four local authorities: Hampshire, Portsmouth, West Sussex and Wokingham; Bohunt Farnborough joined in January 2024 and Rusper Primary School in March 2025. You will benefit from being part of a multi-academy trust offering the support of experienced colleagues across our schools and greater opportunities for career progression for those with both potential and aspirations to progress.

English is currently delivered by 8 teachers following the AQA GCSE qualification which students begin in Y9 after a two year mastery based KS3. The department is committed to trialling new ideas in the classroom and works hard to provide engaging activities and lessons to ensure that all students have every opportunity to make excellent progress.

For further details or to make an appointment prior to applying please contact Karen Calder on 01903 601361, or by email recruitment@bohuntworthing.com.

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Closing date: Monday 19th October 2026 midday

Interview date: W/c 19th October 2026

Start date: October 2026

*Interviews will be held as soon as suitable candidates are available, so we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Bohunt School Worthing

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 900 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Bohunt School Worthing website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bohunt-school-worthing

I am very proud to welcome you to the community and family that is Bohunt School Worthing (BSW). Our purpose built, modern and innovative Academy school opened in September 2015 to Year 7 and 8, and has since grown into a vibrant and successful 11-16 comprehensive school in the heart of the Worthing community, where all our young people and staff genuinely enjoy, respect and achieve.

As part of the Bohunt Education Trust we deliver a shared vision where the highest expectations, opportunities and innovative teaching combine to develop young people who are ‘game changers’. Where every child has the potential to be the best version of themselves.

Our school is built on the firm foundations of high expectations for all, with a creative and personalised curriculum that extends learning both in the classroom and through a wide range of enriching experiences and opportunities.

This is uniquely blended with the firm conviction that all our young people are at the heart of all we aspire to achieve. We are committed to and experienced in developing confident, ambitious and skilled young people who will relish their role in making a positive difference to their communities; whether local, national or global. BSW young people should be well equipped for any challenge.

Our positive and collaborative ethos is underpinned by the belief that all members of our school have the potential for excellence. We are an inclusive place of learning where all young people, visitors and staff, of all gender types are recognised and welcomed and where all young people that require additional support, are cared for. We are committed to raising aspiration and dedicated to supporting the development of, confidence, self-belief, academic reading & numeracy skills and well-being vital for success within our everyday lives. This means everyone at BSW will be able to achieve and thrive, celebrating both whole school and individual successes, academic or personal together.

I am delighted to be able to welcome you to our school and encourage you to review our website or contact us for further information

Bohunt School Worthing is based in a central location in Worthing; a coastal town on the South Coast in West Sussex. With easy access to the A27; centrally between Chichester and Brighton, and also the A24 and the A23. We are well served by public transport, with a train station within walking distance and a bus route on our doorstep.

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