Teacher of English

Teacher of English

Start date: January 2025/April 2025 or earlier

Salary: Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale (Suitable for ECTs) plus one-off R&R £2,000 at the end of a 2 year service

Costello is a Good school with Outstanding features – Ofsted, Nov 2021

Is there a job more important than helping a child find their voice? We don’t think so, and if you have a love of language and literature and a passion for reading we’d love to hear from you. If you’d love to work with a full team of specialists, who share your passion for the written and spoken word, then you’ve just found the job for you.

You will join a close knit team that are achieving special things, with GCSE results well above national, and one that is at the forefront of learning in English. Our recent Ofsted inspection highlighted the exemplary practice in the English department – we’d love you to come and join our high performing team.

We invest heavily in CPD/ training and have fantastic links with other schools and professional organisations. New ideas and approaches are welcomed with open arms and coaching is used to unlock potential. We work very closely with our ‘family’ of partner schools and are currently the strategic lead for a unique teaching and learning project.

As part of the Bohunt Education Trust, there are plenty of opportunities for support, development and progression.

We have a strong desire to create a unique, innovative and rich educational climate underpinned by co-planning and collaboration between professionals, which has the possibility to lead to additional responsibilities.

If you can:

• Inspire and innovate

• Nurture and develop (yourself as well as others)

• Commit to, and raise further, high achievement and motivation

• Optimise English learning for all

Then come and see us. We are looking for potential as much as experience so we welcome applications from ITTs. Here’s just a few reasons why you’d be mad not to:

·        Our greatest strength is our people and we work hard to make sure you know that. Colleague wellbeing is very important to us and will always remain a high priority

·        Our team is our greatest asset. Colleagues at Costello are supportive, respectful and protective of one another. We are a team that put children first and enable one another to provide the best experiences and opportunities for those within our community

·        We strive to ensure that our learning environments are safe, supportive and enable learners the ability to learn in a high quality learning environment, with high quality colleagues

·        Planning your lessons is crucial and it’s always easier when we collaborate – we’ve put in place hours of co-planning so that you can share best practice and resources and not have to sit at home doing it on your own

·        Our recent Ofsted inspection judged us as Good with Outstanding features, and said that ‘Leaders, teachers and support staff work together as a tight-knit team to meet these pupils’ pastoral and academic needs very well. Good relationships between staff and pupils ensure typically calm, respectful behaviour across the school. Pupils enjoy school and feel happy and proud to be here.’

If you feel you could contribute to our success and pursuit of excellence please visit our website (https://www.costelloschool.co.uk/vacancies) for details and an application pack, or contact Jana Niebauerova, HR Assistant, HR@costello.hants.sch.uk, The Costello School, Crossborough Hill, Basingstoke, RG21 4AL, Tel: 01256 321263. 

Closing date for applications: Monday 9th December 2024, 9.00am.           

Applicants are welcome to come and have a tour of the school and meet the team at any point. We reserve the right to interview early for suitable candidates.

Bohunt Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships . The successful candidate will be subject to pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS checks (including a self-disclosure form), online/social media checks and satisfactory references.