Teacher of English
Hawkley Hall High School, Wigan, Lancashire, WN3 5NY4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 May 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
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Classroom Teachers' Pay Scales
What skills and experience we're looking for
Hawkley Hall High School is seeking a dedicated and passionate Teacher of English to join our thriving English faculty. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic educator to inspire a love of literature and language in our students and contribute to a high-performing and supportive school community.
Whether you are an experienced teacher or an Early Career Teacher (ECT), we welcome your application.
What We're Looking For:
- A qualified teacher with a passion for English and strong subject knowledge
- Ability to teach English across Key Stages 3 and 4
- Excellent communication and classroom management skills
- A commitment to high quality teaching and learning
- A team player who is eager to contribute to the wider life of the school
What the school offers its staff
Hawkley Hall is a high performing 11-16 mixed comprehensive school situated close to the M6 motorway. The school was graded as Good in all areas by Ofsted in November 2024. We offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, with excellent professional development opportunities. For more information about our school, visit our website: www.hhhs.net
Further details about the role
To arrange a school tour, please contact Charlotte Harrison, PA to the Headteacher (c.harrison@hhhs.net).
For further information, including the job description, person specification and application form for this position, please see the recruitment pack attached below.
Commitment to safeguarding
At Hawkley Hall High school, your child’s safety and wellbeing is very important to us. Our students regularly receive guidance and support in school about how to keep themselves safe but we recognise that sometimes, as parents and carers, you may also wish to seek advice or support regarding an issue which is affecting your child. This section of our school website will signpost you to resources and information that you may find helpful on a range of issues that affect our young people.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jobs@hhhs.net
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hawkley Hall High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1177 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hawkley Hall High School website
- Email address
- jobs@hhhs.net
We are an 11 – 16 mixed comprehensive of around 1000 students and 150 staff situated to the west of Wigan. We are a community of students, staff, parents and governors with a common goal. We strive for the highest standards in everything we do.
We are proud of our positive, caring ethos based on a set of expectations we call ‘The Hawkley Way’ which has a fundamental principle at its heart; the principle of mutual respect. The students themselves coined the phrase in our code of conduct, ”Treat other people with respect to be respected in turn”. We believe this principle is essential for our happy and successful school community.
Hawkley Hall is a special place which has the highest expectations of our students ensuring that they achieve their potential. As an outstanding school, with National Support School and National Teaching School Status, our students and staff are provided with extensive opportunities.
Our success is built on core values of mutual respect as well as a clear understanding of the conditions required for effective learning. We have sustained our success because the following foundations are in place:
clear expectations of effort and behaviour
highly effective pastoral support
a culture of academic success and progress
high quality teaching
effective opportunities for student leadership to be developed
excellent buildings and resources that enhance learning
a broad and balanced curriculum
Our commitment to providing the best possible education means we are never satisfied and are always looking for opportunities to improve. We place high value on development and research and as a result we attract the best teachers and support staff.
We are always open to visitors and would be happy to welcome you into school so you can appreciate the Hawkley Way.
Arranging a visit to Hawkley Hall High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@hhhs.net.
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