Teacher of English

Tanbridge House School, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1SR

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  17 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 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
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: TMS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

If you love teaching, are passionate about English and want to be part of a brilliant team where you will receive outstanding professional development, then Tanbridge House School would like to hear from you. A candidate with an ability to also teach media studies would be desirable. The successful candidate will be:

• Enthusiastic, flexible, and resilient
• Determined to “make a difference” in young people’s lives
• Ambitious for students and for themselves
• A reflective practitioner, always striving to be the ‘best they can be’

What the school offers its staff

Tanbridge House School is an inspiring place to work, where students and staff share the same goals and strive to be exceptional every day through our core values of Care Kindness and Achievement. We ‘teach to the top’ to ensure that students are challenged in all lessons. Staff are reflective and committed to continually developing their own practice.

In August 2024 our English results were outstanding, 84% of our students gaining 4+, 77% at 5+ and 35% achieving 7+. Progress 8 scores have consistently been very strong. In August 2023 the progress 8 score was +0.4.

English is taught in a suite of 13 fully resourced classrooms, all with Smartboards and visualisers. In addition, we have use of a ‘Learning Zone’ for group revision, small group work and drama.

Throughout Year 7 and 8, students read and respond analytically and creatively, both verbally and in writing, to a wide range of non-fiction and fiction texts including modern novels and plays, short stories, poetry and Shakespeare. KS4 students follow the Eduqas GCSE specifications in English Literature and English Language starting in Y9.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to a DBS enhanced certificate.

Applying for the job

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

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Tanbridge House School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1508 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tanbridge House School website
• Email address: jobs@ths.uk.net
• Phone number: 01403 263628
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tanbridge-house-school

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