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Teacher of English

Longbenton High School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 8ER

This job expired on 3 February 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  3 February 2020 at 11am

• Date listed

  15 January 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490

Teacher of English job summary

Teacher of English
Main Scale

Required for September 2020
(full-time permanent post)

Longbenton is a successful 11-18 school looking to appoint a creative, enthusiastic and exceptional teacher of English from September 2020. These are exciting times for us as a school and a really good opportunity for someone to join us at a key point in our development to be part of something innovative, challenging and rewarding at a school that is inclusive, comprehensive in its intake and a focal point of the local community.
If successful, you will be joining a committed team of professionals, who are raising standards and determined to develop the quality of teaching and curriculum in the department and improve learning outcomes for all learners. This is an important appointment for our school, the main responsibilities for which are set out in the applicant’s pack, which you will find on our school website, www.longbenton.org.uk.
The successful candidate will be required to teach English across the age and ability range of KS3 and 4. The potential to be able to teach English Language or Literature at KS5 would be an advantage as English is a popular A level choice at Longbenton. Above all, we are looking for someone who is, or has the potential to be, an excellent teacher. In return, you will work in a very supportive environment with pupils who want to learn and a staff who are keen to collaborate and develop their practice.
The English Department at Longbenton contains a wealth of experience and expertise in a number of different areas, and would be a great place to develop your pedagogy. We run many successful extra-curricular events, and, as such, we expect the successful candidate to get involved in the whole life of the school. Longbenton offers the successful candidate a whole-hearted commitment to professional learning that places individual development at the heart of its ethos.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 11am on Monday 3 February 2020 with interviews on Friday 7 February 2020.

Longbenton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Commitment to safeguarding

Longbenton High School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About Longbenton High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 906 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Longbenton High School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: lhs@longbenton.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/longbenton-high-school (opens in new tab)

We are a highly aspirational, truly comprehensive 11-18 secondary school of around 1,000 students in North Tyneside. Our vision is ambitious and unapologetic: we are creating change in order to be the school of first choice in the local area. We are passionate about equality, fairness and our students achieving the very best they can. We are proud of our traditional values: kindness, integrity, determination, manners, ambition, and positivity. We are a fully inclusive school, in a wonderful modern building, that is dedicated to both supporting and challenging all members of our diverse community and to developing the potential in all our students, regardless of their starting points. Ours is a calm and orderly work environment, based upon high standards of behaviour and an ethos of trust and care. We were rated Good by OFSTED in June 2022 and are oversubscribed for Year 7 admissions.

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