Description English Teacher Salary Range: MPS / UPS (£31,650 - £49,084) Start Date: September 2025 start – Full or Part time considered A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an English teacher to join our dynamic department. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic and inspirational English department as Teacher of English at our school in the heart of Yorkshire. This rewarding position would suit an experienced teacher of English or ECT looking to start their career. The role is permanent and you would be instrumental in supporting our amazing students by creating a culture of success and ensuring they have a positive learning environment to increase student attainment, achievement and social and emotional development. Outwood Academy Ripon has been part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust since 2011 and is an exceptional place to build your future. Our school-based community is welcoming & friendly; students and staff make excellent progress together. We expect our staff to bring out the best in each and every student. Our diverse curriculum has something for everyone, with extra guidance for those requiring additional support, and we do whatever it takes to help young people develop a sense of responsibility – towards themselves, each other, their community and the wider world. We are extremely proud of the achievements of our students and therefore we are seeking applicants with integrity, determination and energy for this rewarding role as a Teacher of English to join our department of 6 subject specialists. We need a teacher who is passionate about their subject and keen to drive our young people to achieve the best possible education whatever their background or ability. If you care about the success of all students and are looking for a new challenge, we would welcome your application. Outwood Academy Ripon places students at the centre of everything it does, with a focus on creating a culture of success, a positive climate for learning, and increased student attainment, achievement and social and emotional development. You will have the desire to make a significant difference to the lives of our students and share our single goal of ‘Students First, raising standards and transforming lives’. Outwood Grange Academies Trust offers: The opportunity to work and progress across the Family of Schools, should you wish in the future; The chance to apply for leadership roles in the Deeps structure taking on a whole school leadership project; The support and expertise of Directors and Heads of Departments working across the Family of Schools; A full and detailed programme of support and development for all; A further comprehensive programme of professional development, including leadership, provided through the Outwood Institute of Education. OGAT is proud to be a part of the National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) hosting its North and East campus as Outwood Academy Redcar and Outwood Academy Adwick. The NIoT identifies best practice in education, in order to develop cutting-edge, evidence-based teacher training and professional development programmes. OGAT colleagues will benefit from the work of the institute, which draws on the expertise of some of the most outstanding school leaders in education today. For our ECT colleagues a full and detailed programme of support and development, including science subject specialism support will be provided. If you would like a conversation about the position please either contact Rupert Burgess, Director of English at r.burgessoutwood.com or Kerry Robson, Head of Department at k.robsonripon.outwood.com who will be happy to assist. Positions within this school are eligible for government assistance through Early-career payments for teachers. The DfE are referring to early career teachers who trained to teach during, or after, 2017/18. You can access information about this here: DfE Guidance: Levelling up premium payments for teachers We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will therefore close at 12 noon, either on the advertised closing date, or the day the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early. You must have the qualifications as per our attached person specification. These must be listed on your application and certificates must be provided at interview. Please also ensure your employment and education history is listed in a chronological order with any gaps explained. To view the full job description please click here. To view the person specification please click here. The English department : We have six teachers, a specialist literacy teaching assistant and a one-to-one tutor. The department is a combination of experienced staff and more recent entrants to the profession, and is given strategic direction by two supportive and determined leaders. More experienced teachers will value the clear sense of purpose and organisation in the department and recently-trained colleagues will find it a rewarding place to start a career in English teaching. Teaching takes place in the department’s six classrooms. Every classroom has a visualiser and these are used extensively by the team. Some classrooms have large television screens and others interactive whiteboards. There is a library with a wide range of fiction to support students’ reading needs which is run by a full-time enthusiastic librarian. The department has created a rich and engaging KS3 curriculum which is chosen and planned by the whole department. Students study Gothic literature and ‘The Woman in Black’, Victorian crime fiction, language change and early literature (including experiencing some Old and Middle English texts in the original language) and poetry outside the canon as well as within. There is a strong whole-school literacy strategy which aims to ensure that all students can gain the educational and personal benefits of reading. This includes reading in form time, Accelerated Reader and a variety of reading interventions for readers who are not yet proficient. The specialist literacy teaching assistant uses the Ruth Miskin phonics programme to support emergent readers. As in all OGAT secondary academies, the department prepares students for Eduqas GCSE English Language and English Literature qualifications. The programme of study is fully resourced with high-quality materials produced by staff across the trust who know this specification well. We aim to make all our teachers ‘experts’ in preparing students for GCSE examinations, using our thorough and systematic methods devised over many years. We have the benefit of support from the trust’s team of expert English directors, who provide support, materials, advice, coaching and who model and team-teach in lessons alongside us to develop our expertise. As an indication of our success, each year over 80% of year 11 students achieve a pass in English, with strong positive average progress for all students. We look forward to working with you, whether you are an aspiring ECT or an experienced teacher. If you are interested in joining our team, please contact Kerry Robson, Head of English ( k.robsonripon.outwood.com ) who would be pleased to tell you more, either by email or telephone, and we would be delighted to welcome you on a visit if you would like to see us in person. Outwood Academy Ripon is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children