Teacher of English High School

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and driven English teacher to join our high-performing, forward-thinking and cohesive department.

English is a thriving and successful subject area, at both GCSE and A-Level. The English team is large yet tight-knit and benefits from co-located, subject-specific laboratories that enable effective collaboration with departmental colleagues. We teach a rigorous academic curriculum with a clear focus on supporting all students achieve positive outcomes. You will work with the Director of English and the wider school team to continually drive attainment and standards across the department and the school as a whole.

• To plan and deliver high-quality lessons in your subject through our highly effective schemes of work and lesson resourcing
• To proactively participate in our whole-school CPD programme to continually develop and sharpen your practice and to take pride in sharing your strong practice with colleagues
• To contribute to whole school activities and events
• To be engaged in the wider curricular offer for students, through being involved in clubs and activities, particularly those in the subject area
• To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies

• Are an inspirational and skilled teacher of English
• Are committed to improving your pedagogical practices
• Are aspirational for career development and eager to seize additional career progression opportunities

You will also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values, which are:

• Aim high
• Keep improving
• Don’t leave anyone behind
• See the bigger picture

To discuss the post or your application, please contact Nikki Steele, HR Officer, on or email us at [email protected]

Poole High School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (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.

The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Poole High School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

• Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm-strict’ behaviour system
• Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
• The opportunity to teach up to A Level
• A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies
• A centralised homework system at KS3 – you do not need to mark KS3 homework
• Centralised detentions, including homework detentions (you do not need to organise/chase at all)
• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback, helping you to continuously develop
• Professional development that is continuous and based upon national research schools
• A culture of engaged learners – leaving you free to teach high-quality lessons
• Comprehensive induction process with ongoing support from a dedicated induction co-ordinator
• An exceptional CPD offer from ECT through to preparation for senior and system leadership
• A school and trust with the scale and structure to maximise opportunities and career progression
• Automatic membership of the Teachers Pension Scheme
• Free and easy on-site parking