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  • Job start date

    1 January 2024

  • Closing date

    29 September 2023 at 9am

  • Date listed

    8 September 2023

Job details

Visa sponsorship

No, visa sponsorship not available

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Contract type

Maternity or parental leave cover - Maternity leave cover

Pay scale

M1 to UPS3

What skills and experience we're looking for

For a maternity cover starting in January 2024, we are looking for:

• a positive teacher who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and is committed to excellence and high student achievement

• a teacher who is able to teach across the whole age and ability range.

• a teacher with a passion for working with young people and a perseverance to make a difference to them and their future

• a teacher with a focus on their own professional development and a drive to work with us to become the best teacher they can be



• Applications from ECTs, who would benefit from our highly-praised professional studies and support programme and experienced teachers are welcomed.


What the school offers its staff

  • Excellent CPD opportunities for staff
  • Wellbeing programme, including staff discounts, yoga and circuits
  • Onsite gym
  • Onsite parking
  • Good transport links to Brighton and the South Coast, London and Gatwick


Further details about the role

Join Hazelwick – a popular, highly-successful and happy community where our students enjoy learning and teachers enjoy teaching

Our shared vision is “for each and every student to achieve their maximum potential.”

Salary: £29,344 – £44,919 per annum

MPR/UPR including Fringe Area Allowance

Hazelwick is a high achieving and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed secondary school with 1500 students in Years 7 – 11 and 383 students in the 6th form.

As one of the highest performing schools in West Sussex, with a Progress 8 score of +0.52 (2022), we have an unwavering focus on enabling our students to achieve their maximum potential.

Hazelwick is an excellent school. According to our recent superb Ofsted report (2022), Hazelwick is a school;

• which is very successful, welcoming and ambitious

• which is kind and caring, with remarkably strong relationships between staff and pupils

• where you can see and feel the shared values of respect and responsibility in and out of lessons

• where there is a remarkable sense of community

• where expectations are set very high

• where pupils from diverse backgrounds work extremely well together to achieve very high standards

• with confident learners who focus especially hard in lessons and use lesson time extremely well

• where pupils’ behaviour is excellent

• which is a safe and inspiring place to learn

• where the school motto ‘effort achieves’ pervades all aspects of school life

• where staff at all levels speak very highly of the support and professional development they receive

• where staff ‘love working’


History at Hazelwick is:

• taught by a team of highly skilled, supportive and dedicated staff

• a very popular KS4 and KS5 option with 4 A Level classes and 7 GCSE groups in Year 11

• a supportive and collaborative staff team


Applying for the job

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About Hazelwick School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1879 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Phone number
01293 584604

Hazelwick is a high achieving and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed secondary school in West Sussex. As one of the highest performing schools in West Sussex, with a Progress 8 score of +0.52 (2022), we have an unwavering focus on enabling our students to achieve their maximum potential. Hazelwick is a school which is a warm and welcoming place to be, with a clear sense of teamwork and community spirit. We are a school where teachers are proud to work and have excellent development and CPD opportunities for staff

Arranging a visit to Hazelwick School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@hazelwick.org.uk.

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