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Teacher of English

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR

This job expired on 31 October 2019 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  31 October 2019 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 October 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £24,373 to £35,971 per year (full-time equivalent)
• Additional allowances:

  We are committed to staff professional learning and leadership development for all staff, at all levels

  We provide highly regarded NQT induction and Coaching for Excellence programmes

  We have adopted a ‘Fair Workload Charter’

  We are conveniently located for quick and easy access to London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire

  Staff benefit from being members of the PiXL Club and the Princes Teaching Institute

  Staff have subsidised access to Highdown Sport and Leisure facilities

Teacher of English job summary

We are looking for an outstanding, passionate and dynamic practitioner to join our highly successful and well-resourced English department of 12 staff.

This post would be suitable for either an NQT or an experienced teacher. A willingness to teach across all years and abilities is essential.

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.

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About Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1575 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hnb@highdown.reading.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highdown-school-and-sixth-form-centre (opens in new tab)

Highdown was awarded academy status in 2010 and was judged to be a good school by Ofsted in April 2015.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is a thriving school where all students are challenged to reach excellence every day.

Our most important resource is our staff. Therefore, we aim to create the conditions and culture within the academy that make Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre a rewarding place to work. We are committed to investing in staff professional learning and leadership development, taking action to rationalise workload, promote mental and physical health and wellbeing, and encourage collaboration and peer support.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, teaching and support staff (including temporary and supply staff), governors and volunteers to share this commitment.

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