Teacher of English

TEACHERS OF ENGLISH 

Full or part time positions available 

Start Date: September 2025 (or July 2025 for newly qualified ECT’s)

Opportunities to work at one of the following locations in Bournemouth and Poole - Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies (including United Sixth Form), Glenmoor and Winton Academies or The Cornerstone Academy 

Salary: Competitive United Learning Pay Scale (£35,000 minimum starting grade) 

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 26th January 

Interview date: TBC – but we reserve the right to interview and offer to strong candidates prior to the closing date 

We are looking to appoint highly motivated Teachers of English and have opportunities within the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole Cluster at either Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies (including United Sixth Form), Glenmoor and Winton Academies or The Cornerstone Academy. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could. 

This is an excellent opportunity for either an ECT or someone wishing to further develop their career.  

The academies are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.   

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide excellent education so that all young people are able to make a success of their lives. Our most important purpose is to teach young people things they would not learn outside school which empower them. Our mission is to bring out ‘the best in everyone’. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We also believe in ‘Education with Character’ – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunity and prepared them for the ups and downs of life.  

We value our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour. 

What we offer: 

• An exceptional salary, above the maintained sector.  
• one personal day every academic year.  
• access to our health care cash plan and rewards scheme after six months service.  
• over 250 employee exclusive benefits through our partners, Perkbox, including access to discounted cinema tickets, holidays and gym memberships, car leasing and Cycle2work schemes.  
• Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm-strict’ behaviour system. 
• Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources. 
• 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/run/chase them at all). 
• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback, helping you to continuously develop. 
• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole academy cluster. 
• Up to 9 INSET days per year, dedicated to subject knowledge development and planning/resource development. 
• An unrivalled professional progression model to enable great teachers to remain in the classroom via our Lead Practitioner (LP) and Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE) routes and/or progression routes to middle and senior leadership. 
• A very pleasant location in beautiful Dorset. 

What we are looking for:  

The successful candidates will be: 

• an excellent Teacher of English who will play an important role in helping to continue the move of the English Departments within these Academies into the next stage of development. 
• aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working at one of our locations within the Cluster. 
• Able to motivate staff and students 
• Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. 

We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academies to fully appreciate our excellent learning environments. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.  

Note – We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible. 

For more information 

To apply, please complete the online application form. If you have a preference for which location you would like to work at, please indicate this in the personal statement section of your application. Please note – you only need to apply once and not for each school if you are interested in multiple locations. 

For more information about this role or to arrange a visit to all or one of your preferred locations please contact: 

recruitment@avonbourneacademy.org.uk

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 26th January