Teacher of English (Mat Cover)
Dean Trust Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN5 0DQ14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
6 May 2026 at 8am
Date listed
22 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- 32,916.00 - 51,048.00
Teacher of English (Mat Cover) job summary
The Dean Trust is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Teacher of English (Maternity Cover) to join our dedicated team at Dean Trust Wigan.
The core purpose of the role will be to teach English across the full age and ability range.
Key responsibilities:
- To plan their teaching to achieve progression in pupils’ learning
- To set high expectations for pupils’ behaviour, establishing and maintaining a good standard of discipline through well focused teaching and through the development of positive and productive relationships
- To use a variety of teaching methods, including ICT, which sustain the momentum of pupils’ work and keep all pupils engaged
- To make effective use of assessment information to inform planning and maximise learner progress
- To mark and monitor pupils’ classwork and homework (keeping accurate records), providing constructive oral and written feedback and setting appropriate targets to maximise pupils’ progress
- To develop, evaluate and update schemes of work across all Key Stages
- To be familiar with the statutory assessment and reporting requirements and know how to prepare and present information reports to parents
- To be familiar with the Code of Practice on the identification and assessment of Special Educational Needs and as part of their responsibilities implement and keep records of Individual Education Plans for pupils when required
- To evaluate their own teaching critically and to use this to improve their effectiveness
- To attend and contribute fully to meetings and progress evenings as required
- To contribute to activities identified in the Faculty Improvement Plan
- To carry out the role and responsibilities of a form tutor
- To contribute to the planning and delivery of wider curricular activities
For more information about the role please contact us on 01942 511987 or email dtwoffice@deantrustwigan.co.uk.
Thank you again for your interest in working for The Dean Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates including those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Dean Trust Wigan
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 770 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Dean Trust Wigan website
Dean Trust Wigan is part of The Dean Trust, which has a number of very high performing schools and a proven track record of sustained improvement. The Dean Trust’s core values include traditional academic education, excellent discipline and respect, resulting in improved attainment and progress. “Believe, Achieve, Succeed” has been embraced by all of the schools in The Dean Trust.
Ofsted October 2023- 'Pupils and staff at the school are right to identify the Dean Trust Wigan as an improving school...The school has high expectations for pupils’ academic achievement. Pupils understand how they should behave. Most pupils meet the school’s raised expectations for behaviour. In lessons, most pupils embody the school’s values of ‘be ready, be respectful, be responsible’ through their improved attitudes to learning'.
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