Teacher of English - Maternity Cover
Downlands Community School, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 8LP4 days remaining to apply
Earliest start date
13 March 2025
Latest start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
28 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 February 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 0.8 or Full Time
Contract type
- Fixed term - TBC - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a talented teacher with a passion for English who has the skills to help students excel?
Do you want to work in a successful expanding and academically successful school that achieves outstanding results?
Do you want to join an innovative and supportive department that achieves outstanding results?
Do you want to work in a school that offers high quality professional development to teachers of all experiences including ECTs?
What the school offers its staff
This is a rare and outstanding opportunity to join a thriving and successful, 11-16, mixed, comprehensive school, set in an enviable location at the foot of the beautiful South Downs just north of Brighton.
The post is suitable for a newly qualified teacher or a more experienced teacher wishing to further their career.
This school and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.
Closing date for applications: 09:00hrs on Friday 28th February 2025 though we reserve the right to bring this date forward. Visits prior to application by appointment only.
An application form and further details can be downloaded from our website http://www.downlands.w-sussex.sch.uk under “Vacancies” or from our Cover and Recruitment Officer, email: sjohnson@downlands.org
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 are 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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Downlands Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1255 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Downlands Community School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sjohnson@downlands.org
Downlands Community School is a thriving, 11-16, mixed, Local Authority, comprehensive school, set in a beautiful location at the foot of the South Downs and only 6 miles north of Brighton with an enviable reputation for success with pupils of all abilities and from all social backgrounds.
Downlands is a very inclusive school and we are proud of the pastoral support and guidance we are able to offer our young people.
Arranging a visit to Downlands Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sjohnson@downlands.org.
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