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Teacher of English

Cheltenham

Start date: September 2025

Responsible to:  Head of Department

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Cheltenham Bournside School as a Teacher of English. The English Department at Bournside is successful, dynamic and innovative. We are a dedicated and hardworking team of fourteen enthusiastic teachers and as well as having a Head of Department, we also have a Head of each Key Stage 3, 4 and 5. We constantly strive to be better and work collaboratively to deliver high-quality teaching and learning. Our curriculum intent is simple: enable all students to be critical readers, confident writers and successful speakers.

Preliminary results, nationally benchmarked against the grades of 290,000 students, suggest that our English Progress 8 value will be +0.39 with an average English GCSE grade of 5.18.

Our resources are excellent: a laptop for each English teacher, a set of laptops for exclusive use in the Department, visualisers for each room and two teaching blocks equipped with interactive whiteboards in each classroom.

We are proud of our knowledge-rich, resource-rich curriculum with topics such as Victorian Gothic, ‘right and wrong’ in fiction and protest poetry alongside Shakespeare. The English team is very strong and supportive. To add to our team, we are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who has experience of teaching across all three key stages and has a genuine love of literature.

The post would be an ideal opportunity for a new entrant to the profession although equally attractive to a more experienced colleague. We have a positive commitment to supporting Early Career Teachers and a comprehensive staff development programme.

Person Specification
Qualification
Essential

• Degree in English
• Qualified Teacher Status

Desirable

• 2:1 or better

Experience, understanding and knowledge
Essential

• A passion for English and for teaching
• A strong academic background and subject knowledge
• An excellent classroom practitioner (or the potential to be one)
• A commitment to professional development
• An understanding of the needs of pupils across the ability range
• A teacher who can inspire and enthuse pupils and who uses a range of teaching and learning strategies for effective delivery
• An understanding of how to assess pupil progress
• An awareness of ways to raise pupil attainment
• A commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of students

Desirable

• Good knowledge of the National Curriculum in the subject
• The ability to use ICT to enhance learning and aid teaching

Employee benefits
Lifestyle and wellbeing

• Salary sacrifice electric car leasing scheme
• Attractive salary and pension
• Free one-to-one wellbeing support with a qualified psychotherapist and a coach
• Family-friendly policies
• Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
• Free access to the school’s Gym
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gifts cards via Voucher StoreTechscheme – save money on the latest tech from Apple and Currys PC World
• A comprehensive range of staff social events throughout the year
• Our dining centre and Pit Stop Cafe is open between 8:30am and 1:30pm every day.
• Professional Development
• Every year, there is some disaggregated INSET time, resulting in additionalholiday days per academic year
• Personalised CPD hours to develop areasspecific to your practice and needs
• Support to complete further academic study and professional qualifications
• Access to high quality in-house and external leadership development programmes, tailored to a wide variety of levels of experience
• Membership of your subject association through your department
• Membership of the Chartered College of Teaching for ECTs
• A well-stocked CPD library

Statutory and other benefits

• A wide range of statutory benefits including sick pay, maternity, parental, and adoption leave
• Enhanced Paternity Leave Policy
• We will honour your continuity of service in other state funded schools in relation to sick pay and pension rights

Please click on Apply Now to view the full Job Description and Person Specification and download an applications pack, or request one via the email address to the right of this advert.

If you would like to apply, please complete the online forms and email them via the email address to the right of this advert by the application deadline.

Closing date for applications: Friday 24th January 2025 – 9am

Salary: MPS/UPS

Hours Per Week: Full-time, Permanent

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