Salary: MPS
Hours/Contract: Full time, 1 year contract commencing 01.09.2026
Probation period: This role is subject to passing a satisfactory probation period.
Cotham School is a successful, vibrant and diverse 11-18 comprehensive school, and we wish to appoint a committed English Teacher and Form Tutor to join our experienced, driven and highly-skilled team.
We are proud of the creative and representative curriculum we offer at Cotham, and are continually striving to ensure that it meets the needs of our diverse student population. Alongside delivering engaging and challenging content in all lessons, we firmly believe in the transformational skills a successful English curriculum provides to students so they are equipped to achieve their full potential, both academically and beyond. We are a student-centred yet reflective team who work collaboratively to continually develop and refine our resources and practices to prepare our students for the ever-changing context they face. We are aspirational for all at Cotham, and build on students’ diverse backgrounds and starting points to ensure that they achieve the very best outcomes, and leave us with the foundational skills, communicative expertise and cultural awareness to succeed.
You will be:
- A passionate and highly skilled teacher with the ability to teach English at Key Stages 3 and 4.
- Creative and innovative; willing to contribute to the development of students’ learning and progress within a committed and forward-looking faculty.
- Committed to continuous professional development leading to outstanding teaching.
We offer:
- The opportunity to join a hugely successful and oversubscribed school.
- A wonderfully diverse student body.
- A highly cohesive, experienced and high-performing Senior Leadership Team.
- A committed and enthusiastic staff group.
- Excellent opportunities for personal and professional development.
Cotham School is a great place to work. Our staff are a cohesive, friendly and high performing team of professionals who are keen to welcome new colleagues into our school community to contribute to and share in our achievements. Join us and you’ll receive a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Access to employee assistance programme - this includes counselling, physio sessions, menopause support, bereavement support and much more.
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities and access to the school CPD library.
- At least 5 inset (training) days per annum with the provision of free onsite drinks and meals including the opportunity to work flexibly from home on some of these days.
- Opportunity for staff to use some PPA time offsite.
- Comprehensive induction process.
- Competitive salaries which are reviewed annually.
- Family friendly policies and wellbeing support initiatives.
- Access to staff sports - yoga sessions and team sports are currently available.
- Option to participate in the cycle to work scheme.
- On site free car parking (when available).
- Free eye tests (Display Screen Equipment Users) and free annual flu jab.
As a diverse school community, we particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented groups with regards to ethnicity, gender, age and disability.
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will need to be DBS checked.
Please visit our website for further details and application pack.
Closing date: Tuesday 05.05.26 at 9.00 am
Interview date: Wednesday 13.05.26
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of appointment are conditional on the following:
- Enhanced DBS check
- Satisfactory completion of a Staff Disqualification Declaration form
- Confirmation that you are not subject to either a Prohibition Order or Interim Prohibition Order
- The receipt of at least 2 satisfactory references
- Verification of identity
- Verification of medical fitness
- Verification of qualifications
- Verification of QTS where required
- Verification that they are legally able to work in UK
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account .
Cotham School’s child protection policy and practices and policy on employment of ex-offenders in the application pack can be found on the School website.