Teacher of English

Career Opportunity (M1- UPS3

Ambitious, forward-thinking, flexible and self-motivated? If you can combine these attributes with excellent teaching skills, now is the unique time to join the teaching staff at Coombe Wood School.  

CWS is a vibrant and heavily oversubscribed school (over 1600 applications for 180 Y7 places in September 2022), situated in a £35million state-of-the-art, brand new building. With a track record of rewarding outstanding performance via internal promotion, CWS brings a variety of opportunities for dedicated and ambitious staff. By becoming part of the team at Coombe Wood School, your career will benefit from joining a future-focused group of schools within Folio Education Trust, offering access to CPD that contributes to the recognised quality of learning within our schools.

There is a strong team spirit amongst both staff and students at Coombe Wood School. Our staff are ready to overcome unexpected challenges, break fresh ground, encourage collaboration and share excellent teaching skills within our hardworking and dedicated group. See our Ofsted results for more details here.

Our English department

We are passionate about providing a high quality, aspirational curriculum for our students. Our aim is for our students to leave Coombe Wood as effective readers, writers and communicators, with a life-long love for the subject. With a focus on innovation and collaboration, our dedicated and supportive teaching team have worked hard to establish a strong foundation at each key stage: students are extremely positive about the subject, eager to learn and show great enthusiasm for the extra-curricular opportunities we offer.

As we approach our first year of public examinations, your expertise will help us develop this foundation, ensuring our students flourish and fully achieve their potential. In particular, we look forward to capitalising on the fantastic resources available in our new building, including a brand new library, excellent ICT facilities and an outdoor auditorium. We would welcome your contribution to help our vision of a truly exceptional English curriculum evolve even further. 

About us – context, location and buildings

This fully inclusive secondary co-educational school was established to meet an urgent rising local demand. The site of our new building and extensive grounds is opposite Lloyd Park in South Croydon, with an excellent Tramlink service to and from East Croydon station (just 5-minute journey-time away,) and a short walk from several bus routes. Our £35 million new building and facilities offer specialist teaching spaces for all subjects including Music, Dance, Drama, Science, Design Technology and Art. In addition, students benefit from indoor and outdoor auditoriums, a brand new Health Related Fitness building offering dedicated health and well-being studios and competition-sized spaces for gymnastics, netball, football and basketball. The school is set in spacious parkland grounds which offer a range of outdoor learning opportunities across all subject areas. 

Advantages Include:

• Network of expertise and CPD support within CWS and Folio

• 9 INSET days per year

• Chance to join an innovative and supportive ground breaking team

• Opportunity of career progression with natural expansion of the school

• Catchment includes many aspirational, supportive families

• Working with students who use MyZone technology to track and improve their fitness, as a result increasing their focus and concentration in class

• Outstanding brand new £35M building, modern facilities and extensive grounds

• Free access to new sports amenities for staff.

Application Procedure

Please download the candidate pack and Job Description / Person Specification and application form or visit Career Opportunities on our website. 

Please email your completed applications to careers@cws.foliotrust.uk   in compliance with safer recruitment guidelines CVs will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 9am 08 June 2023, please apply promptly*

Interviews:   To be arranged upon application, subject to receipt of references*

*We may appoint sooner if we identify a suitable candidate

Safeguarding: Folio Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The recruitment process will include an enhanced DBS check, medical screening, confirmation of right to work in the UK and all other pre-employment checks in line with safer recruitment requirements.

Child Protection Policy

The Candidate Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) is published on our web site www.folio-education.co.uk 

Equal Opportunities

At Folio Education Trust, we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the school have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief.