Job description
Teacher of English
Prospero Teaching are working closely with a mixed secondary school located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school is easily accessible from out of the area.
The school have a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and enthusiastic Teacher of English to join a well-established and supportive department where leaders and staff have high ambitions for pupils. Applications from both experienced and Early Career Teachers are encouraged and a comprehensive ECT support package would be available, if appropriate.
The school has invested significantly in training and support for staff and offers excellent facilities and a wide range of extra-curricular activities. There is a regular culture of reading established throughout the school, with reading built into the curriculum outside of English lessons twice a day.
The school pride themselves on their ethos and culture of kindness and commitment, which promotes positive relationships and personal responsibility. In their most recent Ofsted report (2023) inspectors observed that “Pupils are well supported and appreciate how hard staff work to keep them safe. The majority of pupils are polite and are happy to talk about their learning and their school.”
Applications welcome from early careers teacher (ECTs), as well as MPS and UPS teachers.
CONTRACT DETAILS
1. Location – Portsmouth, Hampshire
2. Position – Teacher of English
3. Start date – ASAP start date
4. Contract duration – until the end of July 2024. Temp-to-perm contracts available
5. Full time/part time – Full time, but flexible to offer part-time
6. Minimum rate of pay – Paid to scale
7. Hours – 8:30 am – 3pm, plus parents’ evenings and department meetings
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
8. QTS or equivalent
9. Minimum 1-year English teaching experience in the UK
10. Up-to-date safeguarding training issued in the last year
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:
11. Hold Right to Work in the UK
12. Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service, or be willing to process a new application
13. Provide two professional child related references that cover the last 2 years
Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:
14. 1:1 Interview and trial day preparation given by our experienced training and development team and qualified teachers.
15. Free, accredited continued professional development courses. Prospero was awarded ‘Best Upskilling Provider’ in the UK Business awards 2024.