Teacher of English

About this Role

Our school is proud to be part of Anthem, a multi-academy trust that creates ambitious and successful schools where every child thrives.

The Deepings School is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive school at the heart of The Deepings, a vibrant, growing community in South Lincolnshire. We have high expectations of our students during the seven years that the majority of them are part of our school family. We have equally high expectations of all parents/carers and members of staff and we know that you have high expectations of us, too. At The Deepings School we place great emphasis on partnership and co-operation between parents, students and staff to ensure each child receives the best possible education. We encourage and welcome dialogue with all stakeholders of the school to achieve our aim of sustained improvement in all areas.

Our culture of care and positive relationships provide students with the confidence and independence they need to succeed both inside and outside school. We are also committed to ensuring that our students are positive leaders, strong problem-solvers and develop the life-skills required to prepare them for life after school.

About this Role

Join The Deepings School at an exciting time for school development. We are looking for a talented individual who is passionate about English and committed to educating young people.

You will have:

• a good degree and Qualified Teacher Status
• the ability to motivate and inspire students of all abilities and from all backgrounds
•  a passion for English which shows in your classroom practice
• the ability to guide students through their academic and personal development

We offer you the opportunity to join:

• an improving school at an exciting time of school development
• our dedicated, hard-working team of teaching and support staff
• an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school with the full ability range, located in a vibrant and growing community in South Lincolnshire
• Anthem Schools Trust

Employee Benefits Include:

• Pension schemes - TPS (Teachers) and LGPS (Non-Teachers)
• CPD certified opportunities - available to all employees
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - providing wellbeing and confidential advice services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Health Shield Scheme

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’.

Anthem will undertake an online check for all shortlisted candidates.

 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.