WELCOME TO COLTON HILLS
Many Minds, One Mission
A community school is one which has the ethos of everyone working together as a family towards our shared goals, which can be summarised with our school values:
PRIDE – Participation – Respect – Integrity- Diversity – Excellence
At Colton Hills we believe that every child is entitled to the highest quality learning experience, irrespective of their starting point. There are no barriers to high achievement and no excuses for not succeeding. In every lesson students are exposed to powerful knowledge and culturally rich experiences.
Every day we are learning and reflecting on how we have improved ourselves. Through this, we maximise academic attainment so students can go to and through university and thrive in a top profession.
All students will leave Colton Hills highly numerate and literate with meaningful qualifications that prove this. They will also leave equipped with both the skills and self-belief to engage with the wider world so that they can change it for the better.
Every Child, Every Lesson, Every Day
Colton Hills has been judged as a ‘Good’ school in both 2018 and 2023, and we are committed to improving that judgment in our next inspection – not for our own glory, but because we know we will be giving our students the best deal possible. The school encompasses a rich, harmonious and multicultural community and is committed to the development of all students, up to and including our growing sixth form.
The school is situated to the south of Wolverhampton’s city centre, on a site surrounded by green space and fantastic views across hills and fields. We also benefit greatly from a wide range of fantastic facilities for our staff and students, including an on-site swimming pool, AstroTurf pitch, dedicated Sixth Form block, flexible breakout spaces across the school and a large theatre often used by groups in our local community for performances. We are a school with a real family feel, with a strong House ethos that underpins our work.
We know that having successful students starts with having happy and well-supported staff. We are very much committed to our teachers having a fulfilling work-life balance, with an email policy that respects family time, careful management of our time budget to eliminate unnecessary meetings, a reduction in the amount of data we collect and an evolving marking policy designed to give teachers their lives back. We have adapted our appraisal system to prioritise professional development over data targets because we want our teachers to be satisfied in their work and judged fairly on their commitment to our school.
Our outcomes show that we are a successful school. We are also a growing school, our student numbers are robust and the whole-school cohort is approaching 1000 students.
We are seeking a passionate, committed and dynamic Teacher of English to join our successful and thriving English department. Colton Hills believes that literacy is absolutely essential to improving the life chances of our students, with our English curriculum very much at the heart of this drive. You will join a cohesive team of teachers with an excellent Curriculum Leader who have developed an exciting and effective curriculum that our students really engage in.
The English department is based in the Green Zone of our school, which comes with a full suite of classrooms, IT facilities and a library which is integral to our department. All students have a dedicated Library lesson each week, so that they come to appreciate the power of reading and take these experiences into the rest of their English curriculum, which is full of great texts, powerful knowledge and the chance to broaden horizons through the power of language.
We are a ‘Good’ school on the a journey towards being ‘World Class’, and we would be delighted to have you along with us, working to make our students literate and to love English.
Colton Hills Community School has a successful past and every hope of a very bright future. Please come and find out more about the wonderful things that we do.
Colton Hills is committed to the safeguarding of all our Staff and Students and the successful applicant will undergo an enhanced DBS Check along with on line and social media checks.
Please complete your application, using the TES quick apply function, as soon as possible.
Fixed Term Contract - (Maternity Cover) Starting 2 June 2025 until July 2026
Closing Date - Monday 24th March 2025 at 9.00 am
Interviews will be held Wednesday 2nd April 2025