Teacher of English - Fixed Term

Hounsdown School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9FT

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,047.00 Annually (FTE) Part Time or Full Time / Fixed Term until February 2027

Teacher of English - Fixed Term job summary

We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and hardworking English teacher to join our outstanding English Department. Experience and ability to teach KS3 and KS4 English is essential. Previous experience in teaching Media GCSE is also desirable. English GCSE results and progress has been outstanding over the past four years.

Hounsdown is an 11-16 Science College which converted to an Academy in August 2011. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful. We are committed to supporting all staff in their career aspirations and growing new leaders. The school motto is ‘Be the best that you can be’.

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, online searches along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

We will be accepting referrals from recruitment agencies on this occasion.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, online searches along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

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 Hounsdown School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1283 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hounsdown School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hounsdown-school-southampton

Hounsdown is an 11-16 Science College which converted to a Single Academy Trust in August 2011. We are a popular, over-subscribed, Outstanding (Ofsted 2017), Hampshire school and a strategic partner for the ETC Teaching School Alliance. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful. We are committed to supporting all staff in their career aspirations and growing new leaders. The school motto is ‘Be the best that you can be’.

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