Teacher of English (Maternity cover)

Codsall Community High School, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, WV8 1PQ

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  6 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 academic year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: M1 - UP3

What skills and experience we're looking for

Post Title

Teacher of English

Purpose

• To deliver a high quality of education.
• To secure high levels of progress and enjoyment.

Reporting to

Head of English

Liaising with

Teachers, non-teaching staff and parents.

School policies and planning

• To implement all relevant federation and school policies.
• To contribute to the Team Improvement Plan for English and its implementation.
• To contribute to the implementation of the School Development Plan.

Curriculum planning

• To produce high quality lesson plans with supporting resources for own classes.
• To share planning and resources with other colleagues.

Assessment

• To share model answers with students so they can assess their own and the work of their peers so they know what they need to do to improve.
• To provide students with feedback after milestone assessments so they know what they need to do to improve.
• To maintain appropriate paper based and electronic records on SIMS.
• To track student progress and use information to inform teaching and learning and the development of the curriculum.

Teaching and learning

• To consistently deliver high quality teaching and learning experiences that lead to high levels of progress, learner interest and enjoyment.

Communication

• To ensure effective communication with parents of students.

Marketing and liaison

• To contribute to marketing activities and help to promote the federation of schools.

Pastoral system

• To register students in a tutor group, encourage their full attendance and their full participation in all aspects of school life.
• To monitor attendance, achievement and behaviour and support its development for students in a tutor group.
• To deliver PSHEE during tutor time.
• To communicate with parents and people concerned with the welfare of students.

Safeguarding and equal opportunities

• To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for or come into contact with.
• To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• To be aware of, support and ensure equal opportunities for all.
• To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school

Additional duties

• To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its vision, mission and ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example.
• To undertake any other duty as specified in the STRB not mentioned above.
• Every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.

This job description is current at the date shown below, but in consultation with you, may be changed by the Headteacher to reflect changes to job or school priorities, commensurate with the grade and job title.

What the school offers its staff

Our Beliefs – Culture and Benefits

• Our goal is to strip away the unnecessary and focus on the important stuff – making our schools the best possible environments for our young people.
• There is no expectation or belief that getting to school early or staying late is the only way of showing you’re working hard. All staff should work in a way that suits them, making sure that they have time for themselves and their loved ones.
• No lesson observation gradings, no showcase lessons, no tick sheet approach – we focus on a culture of typicality and will always work at developing a positive and inclusive culture of support and challenge.
• No expectations to answer emails out of school working hours.
• Open door senior leadership across the organisation – no issue is ever too small to discuss if it’s important to you.
• A strong focus on mental health and wellbeing – staff with responsibility for ensuring that there are resources and signposting for any staff that need support.
• In house leadership development programmes as well as access to various NPQ courses.
• SSLP Star of the Term – each term headteachers and SLT will be asked to nominate staff for this award. The winning member of staff will be presented with a £50 voucher for a local restaurant / pub.
• Every member of staff in each school is entitled to 2 x wellbeing half days. These can be requested in advance and can be for any reason.

Our Beliefs - Workload

• No need or expectation to write or rewrite lesson plans in a particular format.
• An assessment and marking policy which significantly reduces workload by moving from “marking” culture to an effective assessment culture.
• A goal of ensuring that there is no more than one cover lesson per half term, less if possible.
• Data will never be asked for twice in different contexts.
• A maximum of 3 data collection points per year group.
• If a new policy or practice is introduced we will strive to take away something old, ensuring that we review everything we do annually.
• Consultation on key policies which include workload assessments.

Further details about the role

Teacher of English Full Time Maternity Cover

M1 – UPS3 £31,650 - £49,084 per annum

Codsall Community High School

Closing Date – 9am Tuesday 6th May 2025

Codsall High is a comprehensive school for Years 9 to 13 situated in a semi-rural area of Staffordshire near Wolverhampton. It has over a thousand students on roll and almost three hundred in its highly successful sixth form.

Codsall High is a good school where pupils behave and achieve well (see OFSTED report).

The English Department is fully staffed with dedicated teachers. Staff work together, support each other and go the extra mile to support their students. It is a great department to work in.

We are looking for a committed English Teacher to cover a maternity leave starting in September 2025 for the academic year.

The ability to teach GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature is essential.

The post would suit an experienced Teacher who would like to join a successful school.

To arrange an informal discussion about the post or visit to the school please contact Miss Williams, the Headteacher’s PA, on dwl@sslp.uk

Completed application forms with a letter of application should be sent to Mrs Straw on jobs@sslp.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am Tuesday 6th May 2025

"This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment". This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from schools or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

"This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment". This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from schools or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk”

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jobs@sslp.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Additional documents

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

Person Specification English Teacher.docx - 21.1 KB (opens in new tab)

Teacher of English Maternity Cover Recruitment pack.docx - 252 KB (opens in new tab)

About Codsall Community High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1070 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Codsall Community High School website
• Email address: jobs@sslp.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/codsall-community-high-school

Codsall Community High School is a vibrant, exciting and dynamic learning environment which embodies the value we place on working with our students to achieve the very best outcomes for each and every one.

We are very proud of our focus on staff and student wellbeing; driven in our aims and ambitions to build on our success in a supportive and friendly environment.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is a priority; with an open-door senior leadership policy, a comprehensive new staff / NQT support programme, celebration of staff who go the extra mile and in-house pathways programmes for aspiring future leaders.

We are a high achieving school, providing education to students from years 9 to 13, with our results placing us amongst the highest performing state schools in the country. Through our committed staff, dedicated Governors and supportive parents, we continue to flourish.

Arranging a visit to Codsall Community High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@sslp.uk.

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