Teacher of English (Maternity Cover)
St Richard's Catholic College, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1SE11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 June 2025
Closing date
7 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 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 (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Fixed term - June 2025 - February 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Experience of successful teaching or teaching practice in English at KS3 and KS4
- A keen interest in developing the teaching of English
- Awareness of data protection, security and confidentiality
- Effective working relationships with young people of a range of abilities
- A sound knowledge and understanding of The National Curriculum Framework for English
- Knowledge of current trends in the teaching of English
- A very good understanding of how children learn
- A good understanding of assessment strategies
- An up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the professional duties and core standards of teachers
- Know or awareness of the assessment requirement and arrangements for the English GCSEs
- Have knowledge and understanding of how to use and adapt a range of teaching, learning and behaviour management strategies
- Be flexible, creative and adept at designing learning sequences within lessons and across lessons that are effective and consistently well-matched to learning objectives and the needs of learners
- Know how to make effective personalised provision for those they teach, and how to take practical account of diversity and promote equality and inclusion in their teaching
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team
- Ability to inspire and motivate pupils
- Hardworking with an enthusiastic and positive attitude
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Willingness to share expertise and knowledge with others
- Willing to learn new skills and adapt existing ones
- Very good ICT skills
- Able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
- Teach challenging, engaging and motivating lessons
- Provide timely, accurate and effective feedback on learners’ attainment, progress and areas for development
- Understand how children and young people develop and how the progress, rate of development and wellbeing of learners are affected by a range of developmental, social, religious, ethnic, cultural and linguistic influences
- Manage learners’ behaviour constructively by establishing and maintaining a clear and positive framework for discipline
- Willing to support the department’s extra-curricular/enrichment opportunities
What the school offers its staff
Superb working conditions
- Excellent staff facilities including free tea and coffee and microwave and fridge in the staffroom
- Staff Welfare team which provides gifts, flowers and cards for leavers and staff with significant life events
- Occasional social activities eg Friday after school football, staff choir, Christmas party, informal nights out
- Child care voucher scheme
- SLT doors are always open to listen to your concerns or share your successes
- Supportive of part-time working
- Ensuring equality and diversity is a priority
- Governors focused on Staff wellbeing
- Free confidential counselling provided on request
- Oversubscribed school with close links with the community and supportive parents/carers
- Exemplary pupil behaviour which is always commented on by visitors
- Extensive range of extra-curricular activities and enrichment
- Many opportunities to work with pupils and participate and support local, national and international fundraising and awareness opportunities
- Lay Chaplain available to offer confidential support
Commitment to safeguarding
St Richard's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@strichardscc.com
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Richard's Catholic College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1026 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St Richard's Catholic College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@strichardscc.com
- Phone number
- 01424 731070
St Richard’s is a co-educational Catholic school offering an inclusive Christian education to pupils of all abilities from the ages of 11 to 16 years. It is our aim to encourage, support and develop every pupil in our care academically, socially and spiritually.
We have high academic standards at St Richard's, as our GCSE results consistently testify. We expect our pupils to work hard, behave well, dress smartly and pursue excellence in all that they do inside and outside of the classroom. We also aim to provide a happy, caring and safe environment in which pupils can learn and develop into rounded, responsible and confident members of the community.
Our efforts have not gone unnoticed. We are a Specialist Science School with High performing Specialist School status. We have a Prince’s Teaching Institute Art Mark, Leading Edge status, Fairtrade Fair Achiever Award status, an Artsmark Gold Award, a Space Education Quality Mark, Green Flag Eco-Schools Award and Investors in Careers at the highest level. Our interim Diocesan Inspection of March 2024 found that 'students articulated how much they valued the academic support and pastoral support that they have received during their time at St Richard's. We have also been awarded numerous times by the SSAT, currently holding Exceptional Education Awards, Engaging with Key Stakeholders, Climate for Learning, Leadership through Moral Purpose, Professional Development, Variety of Teaching Approaches, Exceptional Pupil Performance and, perhaps most pleasing, Exceptional Pupil Progress.
An OFSTED inspection in October 2021 graded the school outstanding in ‘Behaviour and Attitudes’, ‘Personal Development’ and ‘Leadership and Management’. Our results of 2024 place us, again, as the highest achieving school within the County and progress rates continue to be extremely strong, meaning the pupils at St Richard’s leave school with all the attributes they need to be successful and caring members of their communities.
All children are unique and precious individuals with different talents and aspirations, and our efforts are directed into ensuring that they feel both valued and challenged.
Arranging a visit to St Richard's Catholic College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@strichardscc.com.
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