Teacher of English
Oakwood School, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9AE8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
5 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 April 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: Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- TMPS/UPS Fringe
What skills and experience we're looking for
We require an enthusiastic and highly motivated English Teacher to join our dedicated team from September 2025 or sooner by negotiation. Applications are welcome from ECTs and experienced teachers.
English is a thriving subject with our students achieving in line with national average. We are, therefore, looking to appoint someone who is motivated and committed with a passion for teaching English throughout Key Stages 3 and 4. The English department is a collaborative and caring environment, very much with a team ethos. As a member of the department, you can expect to be fully supported professionally and personally by a team of compassionate, considerate and enthusiastic colleagues. Within the department, we work together to achieve collective, department wide resources with the aim to provide a respectable and strong work-life balance.
We are looking for colleagues who are:
- Highly successful classroom practitioners
- Enthusiastic and hardworking team players
- Able to achieve high levels of student engagement, challenge and progress
- Inspirational with the ability to motivate students
What the school offers its staff
In return, we offer:
- A supportive and collaborative working environment
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression
- Discounted gym membership
- Supportive wellbeing committee
- Free on-site parking
- Electric charging point
- Close proximity to the mainline station
- Plentiful staff enrichment activities
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Oakwood School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1572 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oakwood School website
- Email address
- recruitment@oakwood.surrey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01293785363
Oakwood is a large and expanding school of over 1600 students. We have split the population into ‘Years’ which enables the students to be cared for in smaller units. Each student also belongs to a House and we encourage a community ethos. The students are loyal and enjoy the friendly rivalry around House activities. Their personal development is also central to the school ethos.
Our priority is to shape our school to fit the students’ needs and aspirations, rather than fit students to the school. For this reason, we adopt the Pathways Approach, where we help students ‘Learn to Learn’. Opportunities for elements of vocational pathways exist as well as accelerated progress and Gifted and Talented opportunities.
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