Teacher of English
Location: York, North Yorkshire
Start Date: September 2024
Contract: Full-Time
Salary: £30000 – £46525 per annum
This job is suitable for Early Career Teachers.
GSL Education is seeking a full-time Teacher of English for a York Secondary School, starting in September 2024. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced teacher looking for a new challenge, or an Early Career Teacher looking for a full-time position.
About the School:
- A School that is at the heart of their community and is full of hard working, caring, confident and happy students.
- Over the past five years, the school have been through a period of rapid improvement with a strong emphasis on Behaviour for Learning and high-quality teaching.
- The school has built a culture of success through their core values and celebrate all achievements from Year 7 to Year 11.
- They offer an extensive curriculum and have outstanding facilities to ensure students have everything they need to realise their true potential.
Teacher of English Responsibilities:
- Plan and teach well-structured, engaging lessons to your assigned classes, developing and following plans, curriculum and schemes of work for Key Stage 3 and GCSE English.
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of pupils, ensuring awareness of any SEND needs of pupils in assigned classes.
- Prepare students for their Year 11 GCSE examinations, through interventions, mock exams and revision sessions.
- Undertake duties as a Form Tutor.
- Manage pupil behaviour in-line with the school's behaviour management policies, ethos and values.
Teacher of English Requirements:
- Hold UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with a degree at 2:2 or higher.
- Relevant teaching experience for Key Stage 3 and GCSE English Literature and Language.
- The ability to effectively differentiation schemes of work and lesson plans for students with additional needs, such as learning difficulties and autism.
- Awareness of and the ability to use a range of teaching and learning strategies for improving the learning and achievement of all pupils.
- An Enhanced DBS registered to the update service, or the willingness to apply for one via GSL Education. DBS sponsorship is available for this position.
To apply for the position as a Teacher of English at a York Secondary School, please contact Kerry Fowler at GSL Education and submit an up to date CV via the application link.