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Teacher of English - September 2023 start

Walsall Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX

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• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  17 April 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - Normal working hours during term time and training days will be 8.15am – 5.15pm Monday – Thursday and 8.15am – 3.45pm on Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main or upper pay range, as appropriate

What skills and experience we're looking for

• QTS status
• Qualification to the equivalent of degree level in English or a related subject
• Knowledge and understanding of strategies that improve understanding of English at KS3, KS4, and A level
• Good classroom practitioner with evidence of setting appropriate expectations to advance learning, and engage and motivate students
• Ability to encourage and maintain a good standard of discipline in the classroom through well focused teaching, positive relationships and good classroom management
• Ability to use appropriately a range of teaching and learning strategies for whole classes, individuals and groups which stimulate, challenge, engage and motivate students
• Ability to set clear and appropriate targets, feed back to students and make use of assessment information to promote each student’s attainment and progress, and to plan future lessons
• Ability to reflect on own practice
• Ability to differentiate tasks appropriately
• An expectation that students can achieve better than expected outcomes
• Secure knowledge and understanding of the knowledge, concepts and skills in teaching English
• Determination to encourage the highest quality of learning experience for all students
• A commitment to equal opportunities
• Ability to establish good and productive working relationships, and work well in a team
• Ability to communicate effectively to staff, students, parents, orally and in writing
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Able to empathise with young people and yet be firm, fair and consistent when dealing with them
• Excellent attendance and punctuality
• Ability to work in and to lead a team
• Enthusiasm, personal dynamism, edge and stamina
• Sense of humour and perspective
• Ambition
• Personal presence
  

What the school offers its staff

For further information about the Academy, please take a look at our website at this link: https://walsallacademy.com/

Commitment to safeguarding

Walsall Academy is committed to safeguarding our students and all posts will require enhanced DBS check and standard pre-employment checks. Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) for an additional pre-employment check with effect 1 September 2022, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

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ENGLISH - Learning Area Information.pdf - 655 KB (opens in new tab)

Information for Prospective Applicants.pdf - 1.75 MB (opens in new tab)

Person Specification English Teacher.pdf - 107 KB (opens in new tab)

Prospectus.pdf - 6.66 MB (opens in new tab)

About Walsall Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1368 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Walsall Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: enquiries@walsallacademy.com
• Phone number: 01922 493 910
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walsall-academy (opens in new tab)

Walsall Academy in Bloxwich, Walsall opened in September 2003. The student enrolment is 1390 with 1060 in the lower school and a further 330 students in the Sixth Form. The School is one of a number of City Academies established in England prior to the expansion of the Academies Programme in 2010 and was originally sponsored by The Mercers’ Company of the City of London and Thomas Telford School. We are a founder school in the Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust.

Arranging a visit to Walsall Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiries@walsallacademy.com.

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