Teacher of English
King's Leadership Academy Warrington, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4PF9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
7 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS
Teacher of English job summary
King's Leadership Academy Warrington is seeking to appoint an inspiring and passionate Teacher of English to join our Ofsted Outstanding Academy.
King's Leadership Academy Warrington is a non-selective free school with a rich foundation in traditional values and cutting-edge international research. Our school is highly regarded and significantly oversubscribed. In the most recent DfE performance tables, King's is proudly ranked in the top 2% of schools in the North West.
The English faculty is forward-thinking and has established a scholarly community where innovative teachers develop talented students. For the successful candidate, this is a unique opportunity to join a superb team and shape the future of two thriving departments.
Our curriculum is exciting and knowledge-based, with students across all ages genuinely enjoying their lessons. Departmental resources and schemes of work are provided and are of a very high standard that support teacher work-life balance, additionally with minimal marking and research-informed pedagogy.
As a school, we are unique in our approach in that we seek to develop character and leadership skills in our students. Every student at the school is conscientious, hard-working and an absolute pleasure to teach, our staff never have 'Sunday night dread'. For the successful candidate, this represents a rare opportunity to join a caring team of outstanding practitioners, dedicated to each other’s well-being and the future of every child.
As part of the Great Schools Trust, we are relentless in our focus on people and wellbeing, ensuring that staff are supported, developed and valued. With dedicated weekly CPD time, access to leading leadership programmes and a trust-wide commitment to work-life balance, this is a place where both students and teachers thrive.
We’re looking for an inspirational English Teacher with:
- Strong subject knowledge and a passion for your specialist subject.
- The ability to engage and motivate students.
- High expectations for academic achievement and personal development.
Why Join Us?
- Ofsted Outstanding since September 2019
- Supportive, aligned staff culture – a school where values are lived
- Exceptional CPD offer – including coaching, trust-wide leadership development and a team-building away trip once a year with an overnight stay
- Wellbeing-first approach – with access to BUPA Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunities for growth across a nationally recognised and expanding MAT
- Modern, tech-forward learning environment – every student has access to a personal tablet
- Smaller class sizes and year groups – allowing you to connect with students truly
Important Information:
Ready to Apply?
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification (attached in the recruitment pack) before applying.
If you would like to visit King's Warrington, please reach out to Stacey Perrie at s.perrie@kingswarrington.com
Safeguarding Commitment
King’s Leadership Academy Warrington is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks, references, and vetting procedures as outlined in our safer recruitment policy.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About King's Leadership Academy Warrington
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 789 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington website
“King’s Warrington – Winner of the first National Character Award”
King’s is an 11-18 school that was founded on traditional values. The school is highly regarded and significantly oversubscribed. In the 2018 national performance tables, King's was ranked in the top 2% of schools in the North West.
We are unique in our approach in that we seek to develop character and leadership skills in our students. Every student at the school is conscientious, hardworking and an absolute pleasure to teach - our staff never have ‘Sunday night dread’. For the successful candidate, this represents a rare opportunity to join a caring team of outstanding practitioners, dedicated to each other’s well-being and the future of every child.
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