Teacher of English (maternity cover)

Birkenhead Park School, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UY

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  12 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 April 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: 1.0 FTE fixed term teaching contract - Monday to Friday 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed term contract will end on the return of the post holder - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: MPS / UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an outstanding English practitioner with great passionand drive to join our ambitious and supportive team.

We are looking for a champion of the subject, with keen subject expertise and a resolute determination to inspire a love of English and reading across the school. We always seek enthusiastic and adaptable individuals with excellent professional standards and good communication skills. We need a strong team player, who is proactive and driven to succeed.

You will have energy, resilience and enthusiasm whilst working in line with the vision of the School and Trust. This is an exciting opportunity because you will join an innovative and aspirational faculty, using cutting edge approaches to their teaching through a curriculum full of mastery to nurture new confidence.

The faculty has a range of initiatives in place with a particular focus on reading skills, such as The Big Read (a daily reading programme to develop a love of reading) has been shortlisted for the ‘Innovative and Creative Literacy Award’ by Educate Awards.

What the school offers its staff

You will be joining our ambitious and collaborative team with a strong commitment to providing high quality learning opportunities.

We are a school that invests in all its staff through subject specific CPD and places great emphasis on its own programme of professional growth.

This is a position that will offer you a platform to make a real difference toour students, ensuring all students engage with the curriculum and are able toachieve beyond their own expectations.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Birkenhead Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be subject
to an enhanced DBS check. Applications will only be considered when submitted on a fully completed application form. All applicants
will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of age, sex, race or disability.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

English Job Advert.pdf - 5.13 MB (opens in new tab)

BPS - Teacher of English JD + PS.doc - 102 KB (opens in new tab)

About Birkenhead Park School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 767 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Birkenhead Park School website
• Email address: recruitment@birkenheadparkschool.com
• Phone number: 0151 652 1574
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birkenhead-park-school

The Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16 and has over 700 students on roll. It is an exciting time to join us as we are on an ambitious journey of transformation and are looking for staff who are motivated to make a real make a difference to the community we serve.

The school is very proud of its caring commitment and innovative approach to educating the community of young people in the area, with award-winning programmes designed to help students in Year 7 – 11 thrive in a high school environment and open pathways to their future.

As part of the BePART Educational Trust established by nationally leading sixth form, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, the school encourages students to raise aspirations and unlock their true potential through adopting the school values which are intrinsic to everything we do, across all staff and students – Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness. Our values shape every interaction with have and are core to our success in nurturing both academic and personal success for every student.

We have recently been awarded a Silver Award by the Teacher Development Trust Network. This follows being awarded a Runner-Up prize in Educate North Awards’ Innovative and Creative Literacy accolade, acknowledging the school-wide Literacy Programme that has proven to have a significant effect in raising students’ reading ages and all-round academic ability.

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