Trinity COE School - English Teacher
Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham, London, SE12 8PD29 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
22 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
24 March 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week - Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £40,317 - £52,300
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Enhanced DBS check
Teaching experience
- Experience of working in at least one Key Stage
- Experience of planning and delivering fun, engaging and challenging lessons
- Experience of working successfully with pupils with Special Educational Needs
Experience managing own or others’ performance
- A reflective practitioner who sets high expectations of themselves
- Experience of working successfully with teaching assistants and/or other support staff
Knowledge
- Sound knowledge of the National Curriculum or Development Matters documentation
- An understanding of curriculum and pedagogical issues relating to learning and teaching
- Knowledge of effective strategies to include, and meet the needs of all pupils, in particular underachieving groups of pupils, pupils with EAL and SEN
Skills/abilities
- Sound ICT knowledge and skills relating to class teaching, able to demonstrate effective use of ICT to enhance teaching and learning
- Able to use assessments of pupils’ learning to inform future planning
- Ability to plan and work collaboratively with colleagues
- Experience of using positive behaviour management strategies to reinforce good learning behaviours
Philosophy, beliefs, values
- Personal values mirror those of the Trinity Ethos Statement
- A belief in restorative justice
- Demonstrates a passion for closing the gap for children from disadvantaged backgrounds
Personal Qualities
- Has excellent inter-personal skills
- Is constantly striving to be the best practitioner they can be
- Can work as part of a supportive team
- Has a (good) sense of humour
- Is approachable
- Can seek support and advice when needed
- Able to manage own workload effectively
What the school offers its staff
English at Trinity
The English Department of Trinity School is a dynamic and knowledgeable team who want to inspire pupils with a love of language and literature. Pupils study texts for breadth and depth from a diverse range of authors and contexts, allowing them to consider and challenge attitudes, concepts, and stereotypes. They are encouraged to question, critique and learn to share their point of view in an articulate and powerful way through the power of words.
In English, we foster a love for literature in all its forms. We empower Trinitarians to learn with purpose so they can live full lives as strong, articulate communicators. Our aim is to inspire them to live fully, engaging with texts that shape both their thinking and character.
We teach a rigorous, academic curriculum where students study challenging texts. Using insights from cognitive science, we believe that explicit instruction, deliberate practice, and a knowledge-based curriculum are the most effective and efficient ways to ensure that students make progress. Our teachers teach from the front, using their subject expertise to not only stretch students, but also to anticipate and preclude misconceptions and scaffold learning for those who are struggling.
Reading is at the core of everything we do and lessons will often involve whole class, close reading followed by text dependent questions. Our units of work are fully planned and delivered though booklets. The booklets contain everything that teacher and students need in terms of content, allowing staff to concentrate on delivery and the best way to maximise learning. Units are designed to build and develop background knowledge as well as improving student writing across three broad genres: text response, rhetoric, and creative writing. We teach vocabulary and grammar explicitly, focusing on Tier 2 words and high utility sentence constructions.
We take workload seriously and our teachers are only asked to create resources that are reusable and sustainable. We grade summative assessments using comparative judgment and whole class feedback, saving hours of time compared to traditional methods and resulting in massively increased reliability. Our everyday approach to marking is through whole class feedback and we do not expect extensive, unwieldy and unsustainable written commentary in books. We are a collaborative, caring and supportive team and ensure we always work together to reduce workload and allow for consistency.
The continuing professional development of all staff at Trinity is a priority and the English department is devoted to providing opportunities for staff to further their careers. We are excited at the opportunity to welcome you to the English Team at Trinity.
Further information about the job
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
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 16
- Education phase
- All through school
- School size
- 1051 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham website
- Email address
- u.ezirim@trinity.lewisham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02088523191
Trinity all through school is a thriving community, where our staff and pupils are enthusiastic, conscientious, talented and caring. We take appointing new staff very seriously and seek other professionals who are committed to young people and supporting Trinity to continue to move forward. We are very proud of our school and are seeking likeminded people to join us with our vision and ethos of making all pupils succeed in a happy and caring environment. The successful candidate will help support our inclusive vision in providing the very best education for all children and help us to achieve the next level of success.
This academic year (2025/6) we volunteered for an early Ofsted inspection, and our full report can be found online. We are clearly ‘Strong’ in all areas. At Trinity pupils make rapid progress from their starting points. Pupils of all ages demonstrate detailed understanding across the subjects they study. Leaders are highly ambitious for children. Leaders systematically evaluate strengths and priorities for further improvement. Robust systems, and a keen analytical approach ensure that the school makes strategic decisions that put pupils’ interests first. Trinity has established a highly positive culture that is conducive to learning. Pupils are settled and calm in the school. At Trinity pupils want to attend school and take their education seriously.
Arranging a visit to Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email u.ezirim@trinity.lewisham.sch.uk.
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