Teacher of English

Sir William Stanier School wish to appoint well-qualified and enthusiastic colleagues to join our English team. This would suit a English Teacher who is looking for their next challenge and would suit colleagues from a range of teaching backgrounds including mainstream and specialist settings.

The successful candidate must have excellent subject knowledge and be committed to raising the achievement and aspirations of all students. Additionally, they will want to sustain improvements in the teaching and learning of English. The department aims to nurture the mathematical potential of every student and to assist in their progress towards becoming confident, autonomous young people. Teachers within the department strive to stimulate, motivate and inspire the students through engaging lessons which draw on active, participative learning. The curriculum area endeavours to foster a positive learning culture, which allows students' self-confidence to develop within a framework of high expectations.

The newly formed Learning Partnership has a comprehensive and supportive performance development process, to motivate, inspire, and develop colleagues to ensure that both teachers and pupils can realise their potential. There is a wealth of continuous professional development and networking opportunities across the trust through The Learning Institute, our teacher training and learning and development faculty. The posts provide the opportunity for an ECT or current teachers of English to receive the very best coaching, training and experience within their subject.

Collaborative working across trust schools and sharing best practice are highly encouraged, and we have opportunities for more formal training and qualifications through apprenticeships and the NPQ programmes. We are passionate about developing and retaining our staff; we offer teaching and learning responsibility and retention allowances to ensure we remain an employer of choice in the locality.

The trust promotes and prioritises staff wellbeing through its commitment to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. A new staff benefits programme has launched this academic year, providing staff discounts in response to the rising cost of living, and offers a confidential employee assistance programme to support staff mental health and wellbeing both personally and professionally.

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What can we offer you:

• Supportive and inspiring teaching and learning community with regular coaching and mentoring opportunities
• Individual subscription to a range of research-based teaching and learning platforms, including:
• The National College
• TES Develop
• Bluesky Learning Modules
• TLP Perks – access to a wide range of discounts and benefits for employees of The Learning Partnership Trust.

Salary: Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Scale

Closing Date: Monday 15th April 2024, 9am

Start Date: 1st September 2024

To learn more about the role, the school, and the

development of the trust please contact Mr Smissen, Deputy Headteacher via

michele.dobson@sws.cheshire.sch.uk or 01270 660880.

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The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.