Teacher of English

We are seeking an innovative, highly effective and inspirational full time Teacher of English. The successful candidate will teach across KS3 and KS4 as a member of the English Faculty. You will be able to demonstrate a range of abilities and aspirations to make a significant and positive contribution to the vision of the school and faculty.

The successful candidate will be:

• An excellent and ambitious classroom practitioner.
• Committed to achieving the very best outcomes for our students.
• Able to create a stimulating learning environment to promote exceptional progress.
• Passionate about teaching and learning and your own professional development.
• Be reflective and willing to progress and take on ideas and current educational practice.
• Able to make a significant contribution to the development of History and work with an aspirational and innovative team of colleagues.

The Blue Coat School has recently become part of South Farnham Educational Trust - A growing Multi Academy Trust which currently consists of nine schools and one associate member, a Teaching School Hub and thriving SCITT.

Our Teaching School Hub is one of 87 centres of excellence for teaching training and development in the country. We provide high-quality professional development to teachers in over 300 schools and at each stage of their career (from TA to executive leadership), including outstanding teacher training, delivery of the Early Career Framework, National Professional Qualifications and Appropriate Body services.

South Farnham SCITT is the largest and leading provider of Primary Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in the area. Our Ofsted outstanding provision has also been rated as No.3 in the UK for our School Direct programmes and No.1 in the UK for our employment rates (Good Teacher Training Guide, 2015 and 2017). We train over 170 teachers in schools across Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex, Berkshire and the London Boroughs each year and contribute to ITT at a national level.

Closing date: Midday, Friday 12 July 2024

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible. For further details please contact Suzanne Henry at The Blue Coat School.

We are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and other employment checks.

Safeguarding Statement:

The Blue Coat School, Basingstoke is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.