Teacher of English

Walsall Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  7 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Good, Depends on Experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ability and willingness to offer extracurricular activities.

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

Ensures everyone feels safe and well cared for Encourages everyone to work hard alongside inspirational and supportive colleagues, within a supportive network of teams, aiming for mutually challenging goals Benefits from functioning in a building of which we are all proud and which provides staff and students with the facilities and resources needed to achieve their best Contributes to the wider community locally, nationally and internationally with a keen focus on environmental issues

Commitment to safeguarding

Walsall Academy is committed to safeguarding our students and all posts will require enhanced DBS check and standard pre-employment checks.

Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) 2023, refers to the role of online searches as part of due diligence within the recruitment process. In response, all short-listed candidates will undergo an online search prior to interview.

Applying for the job

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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: sharon.turnbull@walsallacademy.com
• 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 sharon.turnbull@walsallacademy.com.

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