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Teacher of English (ECTs welcome to apply)

Callington Community College, Callington, Cornwall, PL17 7DR

This job expired on 15 January 2025

• Start date details

  Easter 2025 (A September start may be available for the right candidate)

• Closing date

  15 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,083.00 Annually (FTE)

Teacher of English (ECTs welcome to apply) job summary

Fancy working in a school where the beach is only 30 minutes away, where a shared common curriculum exists to support workload together with wellbeing slot hours that support staff working flexibly and the sense of community is at its strongest? If this sounds like the job you are after please keep reading.

We are geographically situated just a 20 minute drive from the city of Plymouth, for those who like the comfort and convenience of the city, while maintaining a traditional rural location in Callington, Cornwall, with Bodmin Moor on one side and Dartmoor on the other side. The views outside of our classroom windows are enviable. Our school has just under 1,000 students which is the perfect size for knowing each of our children inividually and enhancing our family feel.

We are a school where loyalty to our local community and its families are the highest of our priorities. We are not just the bricks and mortar of our building, we work extensively with and for our community.

We require a passionate and inspirational Teacher of English to join our thriving English Department at Callington Community College which has a world class curriculum and lesson resources, reducing planning load whilst still enabling creativity, adaptability and ownership of resource and delivery. The department offers A Level English and Media and attracts a strong Post-16 cohort year on year. We would expect the successful candidate to be able to teach across Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5. We would welcome applications from experienced and early career teachers

You will be well supported by a range of colleagues who are focussed on teaching and learning, and by a comprehensive programme of induction and training to ensure your individual needs are met.

Are you passionate about your subject? Are you fully committed to learning, high quality teaching and raising standards of all students? Are you able to face challenges, whilst maintaining your sense of humour and care for young people? If so, this is the job for you!

Callington Community College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance, which will include, if appropriate, a letter of good conduct from any country in which an applicant has worked or lived in within the last 5 years; plus prudent checks of references and employment history. The interview will include questions about safeguarding children.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Callington Community College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance, which will include, if appropriate, a letter of good conduct from any country in which an applicant has worked or lived in within the last 5 years; plus prudent checks of references and employment history. The interview will include questions about safeguarding children.

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About Callington Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 890 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Callington Community College website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/callington-community-college-pl17-7dr (opens in new tab)

This is an exciting opportunity to join Westcountry Schools Trust. We are a dynamic organisation with our students and staff at our heart. Built on an extensive track record of excellence, the Trust combines a range of secondary colleges, primary schools and business units based in a variety of sites across Devon and Cornwall.

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