Teacher of English up to A level

Brine Leas School, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 7DY

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  7 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 April 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, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hrs Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS1 to UPS 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications

• Good Honours Degree or Equivalent

• Teaching Qualification Preferably in

English literature or Englidh language

with literature.

Experience

• Extensive, successful and varied

teaching experience in the secondary

sector up to, and including, Advanced

Level

Knowledge and Understanding

• How to improve teaching, learning and

behavior through working with middle

leaders and individual staff

• The importance of pastoral support for

students, including interventions relating

to SEMH

• How to develop and embed processes

to develop students’ oracy, literacy and

numeracy skills

• How to monitor student progress and use

value added analysis

• Effective intervention strategies to

support students to achieve well

• Curriculum developments; both current

and anticipated

• How to strategically plan and implement,

then monitor and evaluate progress

• How to use ICT and other technologies in

leadership, teaching and learning

Skills

• Ability to initiate, develop and implement

policies and/or initiatives

• Ability to lead and/or manage a large

number of staff

• Ability to motivate staff and students

• Ability to communicate effectively and

sympathetically with Governors, staff,

parents/carers, students and the local

community

• Ability to learn from experience, and to

make well-judged and well-informed

decisions

• Ability to analyse and problem solve,

having a positive “can do” attitude

Qualities

• Strong sense of moral purpose, with

commitment to the school’s vision and

ethos

• Vision, imagination and leadership

coupled with a strong work ethic and

drive for improvement

• Sensitivity to the needs of others with the

ability to work effectively in a team

• Ability to work under pressure, welcoming

both challenge and opportunity

• Ability to adapt to changing needs and

circumstances

• Sense of humour and enthusiasm

What the school offers its staff

Rewards and Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We recognise that every school and every

individual is of equal importance, we respect and have tolerance of all, and we ensure

that everyone feels known, appreciated and valued.

We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, investing in

our staff with support, coaching, mentoring and a wide range of top-quality training

programmes at every level.

You will have opportunities to learn from colleagues who are highly experienced,

knowledgeable, and committed education practitioners to support your development

and career with the trust.

You will have the autonomy to evolve your school’s vision, values, performance and

culture, but you will never be alone, you will have continuous support from the wider trust.

You will also have full access to our rewards package:

Learning and development

We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities including structured

qualifications, and you will be able to access support, coaching and mentoring by senior

members of staff from across the trust.

Competitive pension scheme

Teaching and School leadership staff are part of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS).

You receive a guaranteed pension through the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. This is a

defined benefit scheme, via a career average arrangement; benefits are accrued each

year based on 1/57th of your pensionable salary including overtime.

Employee Assistance Programme

We have partnered with Legal and General to offer free and confidential to advice to our

staff. This is available 24 hours, 7 days per week for you and your immediate family. Some

of the services include support with family, financial information, legal advice, stress and

anxiety, and bereavement. You will also have access to structured counselling sessions.

Flexible working

We offer various flexible working arrangements, and all staff are encouraged to submit

applications for flexible working to suit their individual circumstances.

Discounts on shopping, leisure, and travel

Through our Legal and General EAP our staff have access to a wide range of offers and

discounts on high street and supermarket shopping, leisure facilities such as cinema and

gym, and travel options such as holidays and hotel stays.

Reduced gym membership at ‘The Barony’ fitness centre in Nantwich and an on-site staff

gym at Brine Leas School.

Flu vaccinations

All staff have the option to access their annual

Further details about the role

The Post

The governors and Headteacher are seeking

to appoint an exceptional candidate within

the English department.

A person specification and job description

are included in this pack.

English Curriculum Area

The English department at Brine leas

is proudly built around an ethos of

collaboration; we share resources, ideas

and inspiration both formally and informally.

As a team we currently consist of 12 subject

specialists: comprised of a mix of full and

part time members as well as those who

have responsibilities in the leadership team

of the school. In addition, we have a full-time

librarian, who keeps our wonderful library

wellstocked and aids us with the running of

The Accelerated Reader programme in Years

7 and 8.

In English lessons, reading is at the heart

of everything; we aim to provide students

with the skills they need to appreciate the

beauty of language and structure through

the exploration of the writer’s craft across all

three Key Stages.

Our delivery methods and schemes of work

are under constant review to ensure students

are equipped with the knowledge and cultural

capital they need to become reflective and

lifelong learners in an ever-changing world.

At A’ level we currently run both AQA English

Language and AQA English Language

& Literature, as well as Edexcel English

Literature. For GCSE we follow the AQA

specification.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding to ensure that our students thrive in a safe and supportive environment. All staff in the School are trained in Safeguarding and Child Protection issues and are kept up to date with changes in legislation and practice. We take all allegations, suspicions and disclosures seriously and will respond to them promptly.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Job Pack for English Teacher (1).pdf - 274 KB (opens in new tab)

About Brine Leas School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1440 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brine Leas School website
• Email address: hr@brineleas.co.uk
• Phone number: 01270 625663
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brine-leas-school

Brine Leas School is an 11-18 school within The Cornovii Trust.

We are a popular and successful school with a strong commitment to a broad curriculum that meets the needs of all our pupils. We believe in giving pupils life changing and affirming opportunities within our extra-curricular provision. Most pupils stay with us for seven years and enjoy excellent destinations appropriate to their abilities. Many go onto the world’s best universities, employers, and careers.

We have a talented, creative, and passionate team of staff who take every opportunity to cultivate an environment in which our pupils can succeed, ask questions and express their views. We actively encourage opportunities for pupils to think deeply about their work in order to make sense of the increasingly complicated world in
which we live.

We are extremely proud of our school, and we are looking for a colleague who will continue to build productive relationships within our school community.

Arranging a visit to Brine Leas School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@brineleas.co.uk.

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