What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an enthusiastic and inspiring Teacher of English? If so, you will be interested in the opportunity that we currently have available at Ossett Academy from September 2025. You will have passion and enthusiasm, alongside the skills and desire to develop pupils in your classes and help them achieve excellent academic results.
You will have a deep interest in the attainment of pupils at every ability level and show vigour, initiative, and will be committed to ensuring that every pupil is challenged to achieve their maximum potential. The successful applicant will relentlessly pursue instilling an interest in their subject amongst all pupils, they will be innovative, with demonstrable resilience, vision and energy.
Ossett Academy is an Ofsted ‘good’ rated secondary academy with great facilities and a fantastic English department. We also have a standalone Accord Sixth Form building on-site, meaning that colleagues also have the possibility of teaching at A-Level if this is an area of interest or development.
What the school offers its staff
We are confident that new staff joining our Trust will feel welcomed and happy to have chosen us. Prospective applicants are welcome to visit prior to applying.
As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits and we also encourage prospective candidates to look at our website for further information regarding our ‘People Pledge’ and our recently launched Employee Benefit package Working For Our Trust - Accord (accordmat.org).
Here are a few examples of employee benefits that focus on our employees Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing:
• Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Technology scheme via SmartTech*
• Access to an extensive discounts platform via Accord Rewards
• Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
• 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner through Healthcare Cash Plans
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Free annual flu jab
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
*restrictions apply
Commitment to safeguarding
The Accord Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.