Position: Teacher of English with whole school Reading Coordinator
(Applications from ECT’s welcome)
Salary: Main Pay Range/ Upper Pay Range pro rata + TLR 3
Contract: 0.7, Permanent
Closing Date: Friday, 3rd May 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 6th May 2024
Start Date: September 2024
Earl Mortimer College & Sixth Form Centre seeks to appoint a Teacher of English to join our team of creative, supportive and dynamic staff.
It is an exciting time to be joining the hardworking and committed staff at Earl Mortimer College. The School is focused on providing a high level of education for all children and ensuring that every child has access to the same opportunities. Earl Mortimer College’s vision and ethos is rooted in developing aspirational and self-reflective learners who are able to think for themselves and be valuable members of their community. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum placing significant importance on cultural capital alongside academic achievement.
What you’ll need to succeed:
• Be a qualified teacher of English – QTS status
• Have exemplary subject knowledge
• Have knowledge of the Eduqas GCSE specifications for Literacy and Language
• Be passionate and enthusiastic about teaching and learning
• Have a positive outlook and excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate outstanding classroom practice with high expectations for achievements and behaviour
• Be able to deliver a creative and stimulating curriculum to a high standard, enabling our students to achieve their best possible outcomes
• A willingness to participate in continuous professional development opportunities to maximise your pedagogical knowledge
• Be willing to contribute to the values, ethos and the development of our school
• Be willing to take on the role of whole school Reading Co-ordinator
We will offer you:
• Students who are eager to learn, happy to be at EMC and willing to work hard.
• State of the art resources, teaching facilities and ICT.
• A personalised approach to Professional Development which will develop your skills so that you are ready for the next stage of your career.
Earl Mortimer College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks will be conducted in accordance with KCSIE. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Links to our school policies and most recent Ofsted report can be found on our website.
Visits to the College prior to submitting an application are welcomed. Please contact the College to arrange or to request an application pack.
Earl Mortimer College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks will be conducted in accordance with KCSIE. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.