Teacher of English - Permanent

Woodchurch High School, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 7NG

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September or sooner

• Closing date

  24 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 February 2025

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: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPR-UPR
• Additional allowances:

  TLR for the right candidate

What skills and experience we're looking for

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly successful oversubscribed school. We are seeking to appoint an excellent and dynamic classroom practitioner to join a successful, supportive and well-resourced English Curriculum Area. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a love for English and a commitment to making a difference to the lives of young people. They will also model and promote our Christian values The contract will run on a permanent basis from September 2025 or sooner.

This post is suitable for an experienced teacher looking for an exciting opportunity to establish themselves in a new setting, or an early career teacher looking for their first teaching role.

What the school offers its staff

Woodchurch High School is an exciting place to work. It invests significantly in teacher development and support. It is a successful and oversubscribed 11 – 16 co-educational comprehensive. We enjoy state of the art facilities, designed to engage and motivate learners. Further details and an application pack can be obtained from the school website. Application forms, together with a covering letter, should be returned to Mrs A Bestwick HR Officer. Email whsrecruitment@woodchurchhigh.com. We do not accept CVs and approaches from recruitment agencies. If you do not hear by 3rd March, you may assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Further details about the role

The 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 post is in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education general online searches will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of race, sex, age or disability. Under data protection law, individuals have a right to be informed about how the school uses any personal data we hold about them. We comply with this right by providing access to ‘privacy notices’ to individuals where we are processing their personal data. This privacy notice explains how we collect, store and use personal data about individuals applying for jobs at our school. Please access this notice via the following link: https://www.woodchurchhigh.com/docs/Policies/PrivacyNoticeJobApplicants-09-12-20.pdf Closing Date: Monday 24th February - 9:00am

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

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About Woodchurch High School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1419 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Woodchurch High School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: whsrecruitment@woodchurchhigh.com
• Phone number: 0151 641 8226
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodchurch-high-school (opens in new tab)

Woodchurch High School is an exciting place to work. It is a successful and oversubscribed 11 –
16 co-educational comprehensive. We enjoy state of the art facilities, designed to engage and
motivate learners. As an Academy committed to professional development, all new teaching staff will be expected to actively participate in CPD programmes.

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