Role: Teacher of English (Maternity Cover)
Grade and Salary: Main Scale / Upper Pay Scale (£31,650 - £49,322 per annum)
Working pattern: Full time
Contract term: Maternity Cover – one year fixed term from Easter 2025
The School:
At Frederick Gent our aspiration is to ensure that every student has a happy, successful and memorable time at our school. We are proud of our achievements and were thrilled to be judged ‘Good’ in our most recent Ofsted inspection. We are confident that working together as a school and with the wider community we will continue to make a difference to our students and enable our provision to become outstanding.
The role:
We are looking to appoint a full time Teacher to join our English Faculty to cover a period of maternity leave. The role will be responsible for consistently delivering engaging lessons to our students.
From September 2025, this role may pick up some timetabled hours in our Humanities Department in addition to English hours, due to timetabling needs.
The person:
The successful candidate will be a talented and dedicated Teacher who is able to share their love of English with their students.
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate excellent subject knowledge and a drive to deliver excellent teaching to our students. The ideal candidate will have a range of skills and experiences that they can bring to our school to complement our current talented team of teachers.
Applicants must be able to attend the school in person if selected for interview.
Why join us?
There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.
We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well-motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.
We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.
We offer:
· Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
· We do not operate appraisal or appraisal related pay progression. All employees participate in our Professional Learning Scheme which supports colleagues to develop their expertise and benefit from valuable professional learning.
· An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts.
· Entry to a career average pension scheme.
· Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
· A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.
· Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.
· We take the wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.
The closing date for applications is: 8am on Monday 10 February 2025
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 26 February 2025
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.
In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment.
We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.