Teacher of English & Literacy Coordinator
Stoke Damerel Community College, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BDThis job expired on 11 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
11 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS - UPS plus TLR 2a
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Teacher of English & Literacy Coordinator at Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medial and Healthcare College Campus.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join the campus and further contribute to the life chances of young people in the school and across the Trust.
The successful applicant will need to have the knowledge, skills and creativity to be an inspiring and outstanding teacher. They will work across the College to lead on developing the reading, writing and grammar skills for every student to the very highest standard. This will include responsibility for CPD programmes, data analysis and sustaining whole College policies around literacy standards.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Working strategically with pastoral and inclusion staff to ensure that students are supported to meet national average standards for reading and writing with a focus on year 7.
- To coordinate the identification and monitoring of the literacy interventions provided in Reach, Write Inc, and coordinating the work of the literacy practitioner(s)
- Working within the English department to contribute to raising student achievement and the continued development of the department
- Teach the English curriculum across the ability range to years 7-13
- Teach your specialism to higher GCSE and A Level
If you have a focus on raising student attainment, a passion for English and looking to work in an environment that values the learning of students we would welcome an application from you.
What the school offers its staff
Our campus is based in the heart of the city of Plymouth with stunning view of the Plymouth Sound and easy walking distance of the most accessible city waterfront. We encourage all young people to work hard and make the most of the opportunities they are given. Our amazing team of teachers and support staff themselves demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, both within and beyond our curriculum.
The vision for our campus is that we have high expectations and aspirations for all our students. Working at Stoke Damerel and Scott College you can expect the following:
- Highly visible and supportive leadership team
- Disruption free learning in all classrooms
- Hard working students
- Centralised planning and resources
- Centralised homework checked daily
- Centralised detentions
- A clear feed forward policy, incorporating live marking and whole class feed forward only
- Consistent lesson structure based on the Rosenshine principles
- Weekly, high quality CPD sessions focused on practice in the classroom
- Clear daily routines (Standard Operating Procedures – our SOPs) that all staff follow regardless of role
- Teacher desks include Pastore’s Perch & desk, visualiser and use of two computer screens
- Subject experts working together within a collaborative trust
- Commitment to personal developmental drop in every 3 weeks
- No report writing
- No hours of marking
- No individual lesson planning
- No graded lesson observations
- No excessive data collection
Commitment to safeguarding
Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All teaching and support members of staff must undertake the required pre-employment checks which include the uptake of references both professional and personal and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
About Stoke Damerel Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1301 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Stoke Damerel Community College website
- Email address
- HR@sdcc-smhc.net
- Phone number
- 01752 556065
Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical and Healthcare College are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character.
Our campus is based in the heart of the city of Plymouth with stunning view of the Plymouth Sound and easy walking distance of the most accessible city waterfront. We encourage all young people to work hard and make the most of the opportunities they are given. Our amazing team of teachers and support staff themselves demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, both within and beyond our curriculum.
Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical & Healthcare College are next door to each other. No additional travel is required.
We are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character. The Trust is a vibrant and forward-thinking community of teachers, support staff and learners committed to educating the ‘whole child’ to improve life chances, whilst securing the best possible outcomes for students.
As one of the highest performing multi-academy trusts in the country, we currently comprise of thirty schools: seven in South London, five in Berkshire, one in Surrey, fourteen in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, and three in Plymouth. We are continuing to grow and have further schools joining us on a regular basis.
We are ambitious about diversity and inclusion and very much look forward to receiving applications from candidates whose personal qualities and values reflect those in the person specification and whose experiences also place them in a strong position to deliver the challenges set out in the job description. We encourage applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, religion, belief, or race.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore this appointment will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Arranging a visit to Stoke Damerel Community College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@sdcc-smhc.net.
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