English Teacher
- Part time
- Permanent
- Based in Trowbridge
- September start
- £25,410 to £39,300 per annum depending on qualifications and experience
Are you looking for an exciting role within a specialist school for a permanent placement that will commence in September? Long- Term Teachers are working with a fantastic independent school, first opened back in 2009 and has achieved a 'Good' Ofsted rating in 2020. They offer a holistic approach to learning, they focus on the students social and emotional development; so it is incredibly important you are moldable to work with the teaching styles of the school.
About the School:
Based in Trowbridge, their Post-16 program is designed to provide a dynamic and supportive learning environment where students can excel academically, grow personally, and prepare for their future lives.
They foster skills such as critical thinking, creativity, resilience, and teamwork. Their supportive pastoral care ethos ensures that every student feels valued, respected, and equipped to face challenges with confidence. Students study a bespoke programme which is designed to meet their individual needs.
About the role:
As an English teacher, you will be expected to plan and teach clear, high quality lessons to support pupils to make good or outstanding progress and to embed key concepts in their long term memory. You will be setting clear targets for pupils' learning, building on prior attainment and considering each pupil as an individual.
There will be an opportunity to undertake pastoral and support roles as required and to be able to attend regular meetings to report on students progress.
All students who attend the school have specific needs, these include complex learning needs, trauma, SEMH and challenging behaviour. It is essential for you to have previous experience of working with SEND students, to ensure you are providing the highest quality of teaching possible.
Commencing in September 2024, you will be working Monday to Wednesday, with scope to potentially go to full time. Your hours of work will be 8.45 am - 4.45pm, term time only, with planning and marking included into your timetable.
Requirements/ About you:
- A QTS is not essential, however you must have GCSE English and Maths grade C or equivalent. If you do have any teaching qualifications or higher education qualifications, we would love to hear from you.
- Evidence of successful and recent teaching responsibility of English
- Understanding of Special Education
- Ability to prepare and deliver a progressive curriculum using a range of teaching styles and methodologies
- Awareness of strategies to effectively manage the behaviour of the most vulnerable and needy children and young people.
- Resilient under pressure.
- A team player, who is able to establish rapport with students, staff and parents and carers
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Working with Long Term Teachers:
We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.
LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.
Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.
We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.