Teacher of English

Humberston Academy is now recruiting for a Teacher of English. This role could be the ideal next step in your career.

If you are ambitious, inspirational, creative, open-minded, and want to be part of our success then we want to hear from you. 

Providing our young people access to a world-class education and enrichment experiences is what drives us. Our students benefit from a wealth of opportunities to develop, learn and lead. From the classroom, to cultural visits, sports, music and arts and engaging with our local communities, the rich and varied experiences we create help fuel ambition and unlock potential. The education and experiences equips our young people with the leadership skills, team spirit, resilience and confidence to become outstanding citizens.

We work alongside outstanding organisations and individuals who are happy to share their expertise and skills in supporting the Trust’s vision, to give children better life chances through access to the best education and support we can give them.

About the role

To maintain a thorough and up to date knowledge of the teaching of your subject(s) and take account of wider curriculum developments which are relevant to your work.

To plan lessons/activities/tutorials and sequences of lessons to meet students’ individual learning needs

To use a range of appropriate strategies and follow Academy policies for teaching/tutoring, behaviour management and classroom management

To do all that you can to ensure that you safeguard and promote the welfare of students in the Academy

To set well-grounded consistent expectations for students in your teaching and tutorial groups using information about prior attainment

To assess, monitor and record the progress of students in your teaching (and tutorial groups) and give them clear and constructive feedback

To do all you can to ensure that, as a result of your teaching (and tutoring), your students achieve well relative to their prior attainment, making progress as good as or better than similar students nationally and in the Academy

To take responsibility for your own professional development and use the outcomes to improve your teaching (and tutoring) and your students’ learning

To make an active contribution to the policies, aspirations and plans of your year group, and your curriculum team and of the Academy.

About our Academy

We are an outstanding Academy and proud of our exceptionally high standards and traditional ethos. However, it is not all about academic achievement; we also offer an exceptional enrichment programme in order to develop skills outside of the classroom. We are a growing, oversubscribed, hard-working Academy, with a positive, business-like and purposeful atmosphere where students can develop and broaden their horizons.

Salary & Benefits

MPS/UPS (£23,720-£39,406)

Access to Teachers’ Pension Scheme

An excellent provision for your professional development and Leadership Development programme

Who we are looking for

Teaching KS3/KS4

Teaching students of all abilities               

Knowledge of National Strategy

Working to the expected standards for students at each Key Stage

Defining how the subject can contribute to students’ spiritual, cultural, moral, emotional, social and citizenship development

Build successful relationships with Students, Staff and Parents/Carers

Full details are available in the job description

About The David Ross Education Trust

The David Ross Education Trust (DRET) has grown to a network of 34 academies, incorporating primary, secondary and grammar, and special schools. We employ over 2000 people with the primary focus of raising the standards of education for 13,000 young people. Whatever your role, you should know you are contributing to achieving our vision of inspiring the next generation of young people to be the best they can in whatever they choose. Our aim is to be the country’s leading academy chain, committed to delivering the highest educational standards alongside an unrivaled package of sporting and cultural enrichment.

We are incredibly lucky to be able to work alongside outstanding organisations and individuals who are happy to share their expertise and skills in supporting the David Ross Foundation's vision to give children better life chances through access to the best education and support we can give them.

While each academy is unique, we share common goals, aspirations, values and methods that enable us to work collaboratively and collectively to achieve our mission. We operate regional hubs, whereby academies work with other schools who are part of the Trust so we can share skills and knowledge, allowing them to benefit and learn from each other. We offer high quality programmes for CPD and Leadership Development to support our practitioners to deliver high quality teaching and learning across our academies.

Apply now

To complete our application form, please visit our website.  Please note we cannot accept CVs without a completed application form.

Humberston Academy is committed to equality, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.