Teacher of English

Your opportunity

As part of Future Academies Watford, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming the lives of children. With regular progression opportunities and excellent CPD for all staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career. Our aim is to help you achieve your ambitions more quickly.

We offer appropriate support and training as well as excellent opportunities for professional development. We are also able to offer additional remuneration for an exceptional candidate, with the possibility of some management responsibility if appropriate.

What we are looking for

We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming the education of our students, and help to create exceptional opportunities for learning for all our young people.

About Future Academies Watford

Future Academies Watford is set in leafy Hertfordshire, is well connected with many transport links and a short train journey away from the centre of London.

We are part of Future Academies, a Multi-Academy Trust which includes three primary schools and seven secondary schools in and around London and Hertfordshire. We are motivated by a mission of social change and reducing educational inequality. We are unique in our approach to a knowledge-rich curriculum; our school motto is libertas per cultum (freedom through education), and in our strong emphasis on raising young people’s aspirations and outcomes through the teaching of classical and traditional subjects.

Why work at Future Academies Watford?

Our staff often refer to their departments and the wider staff as ‘a family’.

We also take workload issues seriously and we believe our Academy does more than any other to help staff maintain a sustainable and joyful life/work balance.

We provide a safe, caring and challenging environment for learning, committed to the development of every student as an individual. We understand that while students have different gifts and talents we have a strong belief that everyone can be Great.

All staff benefit from high quality continuing professional development opportunities and there is a comprehensive Induction programme for NQTs

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. We are fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.