Teacher of English

CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time or Part Time considered.

Job overview

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join an outstanding school adopting a faith-inspired, virtues-led approach to education, with outstanding results and outcomes for children. The post will support the Faculty Leader to ensure:

• High standards of learning and teaching.

• A quality curriculum.

• Excellent preparation, implementation of content and assessment, ensuring all pupils make better than expected progress.

English is an important academic discipline, both in its own right and in the access it provides to other subjects across the curriculum. At Nishkam High School, we aim to secure excellent outcomes at GCSE for all students, including disadvantaged students and those with SEND. Our ambitious curriculum starts in KS3, where students are introduced to the key foundational concepts of English Literature and English Language. In each year, they are exposed to a variety of prose, poetry and drama, including a Shakespeare text in every year. These concepts are revisited and built upon each year, and at GCSE rigorous teaching and assessment ensure that students apply this knowledge confidently in examinations. We make academic writing a focus of students learning. 

From Y7 through to A Level English Literature, students are taught the component parts of excellent writing through reading, modelling and deliberate practice. As with the other areas of English, students are taught cumulatively sufficient knowledge of writing for future learning and employment. However, literature is not just a means to an end, but an end in itself. Reading opens doors to new worlds. To highlight this, our curriculum is organised thematically around some of these underlying human and literary concepts; Y7 study texts related to ‘identity and exploration’, Y8 tackle ‘society and its divisions’, whilst Y9 journey through ‘innocence and experience.’ Students enjoy a range of texts from the canon of literature, learning to see themselves and their experiences in both what is familiar and what is not. Ultimately, our English curriculum is ‘FaithInspired, Virtues-Led.’ There are many chances to stop and reflect on what books teach us along the way. The library is the hub for our subject. We encourage students across the school to read for pleasure, prioritising reading to allow pupils to offer the full curriculum offer, as well as to open doors to new and exciting worlds. Moreover, our curriculum is enriched by trips, visits and experiences, such as theatre trips and study days. 

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an excellent English specialist to join our successful school to help drive improvement and to ensure that all pupils achieve the best outcomes they can, whilst contributing to the school’s Faith-Inspired and Virtues-Led approach to education. You will be joining a vibrant faculty that is characterised by excellence, passion for their subject and the support of students and each other. There will be a tailored support programme in place for the successful candidate.

Ideally you will be:

• A subject specialist.

• An innovative and dedicated classroom practitioner.

• Able to inspire pupils to go beyond their expectations with a real passion for your subject.

• A creative and inventive professional, committed to being a positive role model for children.

• Enthusiastic about contributing to the wider life of the school.

• Keen to play a key role in the interventions and support given to students who require help. 

We will offer you

A tailored CPD programme

• Bright, enthusiastic pupils who are eager to learn and are proud of their school community.

• A school rated ‘outstanding’ in all areas in both its OFSTED Section 5 inspection and its faith Section 48 inspection.

• A professional, hardworking and supportive team of staff.

• An inspirational work environment.

• Modern, well-resourced working environment with excellent Business facilities.

• A staff development programme designed to further knowledge and skills.

• Opportunities for involvement in the wider pastoral and extra -curricular life of the school.

• Pathways to advance your career. 

The School

Nishkam High School opened in September 2012. The video footage on YouTube showing the ‘Building

of Nishkam High School’ is an essential starting point for any interested candidate. The ‘new’ DfE built

school opened in April 2014 and a visit to our truly inspirational building is highly recommended. Please

contact the school on 0121 348 7660 and we will be happy to make arrangements for you to have a

look around.

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/138586

The Trust

You will be working with a pioneering group, Nishkam School Trust, which is a flagship DfE Free School Trust, and the first multi-faith academy trust in the UK. At the core of Nishkam education is the triple pursuit of nurturing a strong values-led approach to life, academic excellence and creating a community that supports children throughout their lives.

To Apply:

Please kindly click the link to complete and submit your application form: https://nishkamschooltrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies