Teacher of English

Reference: SCCG2912 | Closing Date: 19/06/2025 | Interview Date: W/C 23/06/2025

Salary: £27,238 - £45,109. Incremental progression throughout the band is available.

Contract Type: Permanent | Hours per Week: 1 FTE | Location: Pendleton Sixth Form College, Dronfield Road, M6 7FR

About the Role

Pendleton Sixth Form College is looking to recruit a hardworking and driven teacher of English. The successful candidate will have expertise in the teaching of A Level English Literature and A Level English Language. The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic teaching professional with excellent subject knowledge and a strong academic background. It is essential that candidates are passionate about working in education with young people and have high standards of achievement for all learners. We welcome applications from experienced and newly qualified teachers. For Early-Career Teachers (ECTs), we offer a full support programme which means you will be qualified to advance your future career in education.

The Department and Role

The English department offers A Levels in English Language, English Literature, Film Studies and Media Studies.

Our team is made up of experienced and early-career teachers who have experience in areas such as creative writing and performing arts. We have strong links with local universities and we have an excellent track record of our students progressing onto English, Media and Film degrees (and related degrees) at prestigious universities. Our key strengths are that teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do and we are proud to create supportive and academically challenging environments for our students to thrive in. We seek to appoint a teacher who is a team player and can bring imagination to their teaching. They need to be passionate about learning and able to develop outstanding rapport with students.

 How to Apply

For more information and to apply for this job, please complete the registration and online application form via our website.

If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, please email HR@salfordcc.ac.uk.

Reasons to Join Us: 

·       We have Generous Terms and Conditions (Sixth Form College’s Association style terms and conditions) including 13 weeks holiday (195 days in College).

·       We have a 2:30pm finish on Fridays, Free on-site parking and various health and wellbeing resources and benefit schemes including two Staff Wellbeing days per year.

·       We offer automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 28.68% employer pension contribution.

·       Our College is an incredible community, there is a lot that staff and their families can get involved with.

·       We have family friendly policies and we are happy to talk about flexible working.

·       We invest in our people and offer a range of training & career opportunities for all staff as part of our Be Outstanding Development programme

·       We have an amazing Staff Benefits Package with discounts and savings for supermarkets, petrol, high-street retailers, holidays, cinemas and other leisure.

·       Our shared purpose: We believe in the value of education for a successful future and we want the best for our learners and our staff.

·       Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. Staff and students behave with respect, integrity and kindness.

Commitment to Safeguarding

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as part of our safeguarding commitment we undertake DBS checks as part of our pre-employment procedures on all potential new employees

The College strives to be a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only.