27 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Easter 2025

  • Closing date

    7 February 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    9 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Languages

Working pattern

Full time, part time: 32.5 Hours 52.143 weeks

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a Teacher of MFL from April 2025.

This is an exciting and innovative time for the Academy and we are looking to appoint an individual who is:

  • An inspirational and enthusiastic team member.
  • Clear about what constitutes outstanding outcomes for all students.
  • A passionate, creative teacher who believes in all students’ capacity to succeed and will embrace our ethos ‘Turning Potential into Excellence’.

What the school offers its staff

Shire Oak School, a comprehensive secondary school, was formed in 1970 by merging Shire Oak Grammar School, opened in 1961, with Walsall Wood Secondary Modern School, which had been moved to new buildings adjoining those of the grammar school in 1966. In September 2003 we received designation as a specialist science college. In April 2011, our school became an 11 to 18 comprehensive converter Academy. In October 2018, Shire Oak Academy alongside Aldridge School, Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Queen Mary’s High School and The Walsall Studio School formed The Mercian Academy Trust.

Shire Oak Academy is a popular and innovative Academy under the leadership of our new Associate Headteacher, Mr Neal Critchley.

We can offer you the support of a strong, hard-working team and the opportunity to work with students who meet the high expectations we have of them.

The Academy has been heavily oversubscribed for a number of years and we are incredibly proud of our external examination results.

We will consider Full Time and Part Time Applications for this role.

For a more detailed look at our Academy access our website onwww.shireoakacademy.co.uk.

Further details are available by contacting the Headteacher’s PA by e-mail ons.read@soa.merciantrust.org.uk

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.


Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Shire Oak Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1425 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Arranging a visit to Shire Oak Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk.

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