Teacher of English & Whole-School Reading and Literacy Lead

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a vibrant, thriving and leading school in the local area. (1395 on roll with a Sixth Form of 223) and our long history and excellent community links provide our students with opportunities in many ways.

As a school, we are immensely proud of our September 2021 Ofsted report which describes our school as good with outstanding features. Inspectors said that “Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a learning community where pupils have great respect for each other. Teachers support pupils to become highly articulate young people who can express their views well on a wide range of issues.” They also commented that “Pupils benefit from studying a wide range of subjects. Leaders have put in place an ambitious curriculum. Leaders and teachers have high expectations of all pupils.”.

You will be joining a committed and supportive team of subject specialists, alongside our dedicated intervention team, to ensure the very best for our students.

This role is full time and permanent. If this advert incorporates your strengths and interests and you wish to be part of our extremely successful and constantly evolving team, please see the job description, person specifications and application forms available on the school website at www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk .

Closing date: Thursday 2nd February 2023 at 12noon.

Interviews: Week beginning 6th February 2023

Email application forms and covering letters to Lynn Lewington (l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk)

Job description, person specification, application form, code of conduct – Safer working practice guidance , Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 form, consent to obtain reference form, Disqualification Policy, model reasonable adjustments statement are available on the school website at www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk.

Applicants from overseas outside the EEA should obtain an overseas criminal check before applying for a visit as the post is in an education sector.

Our school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check, together with an additional check as part of the shortlisting process, will be to carry out an online search (including social media).

The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and 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.