Teacher of English (September 2025 start)
Job details
Job role
* Teacher
Visa sponsorship
Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
English
Working pattern
Full time
Contract type
Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
Main Scale/UPS
Job Summary
The Cherwell School wishes to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated Teacher of English to join us from September 2025. The English faculty is a team of talented and supportive teachers whose passion and enthusiasm for both English and Teaching and Learning has helped secure a history of success for our students.
We are a high performing and oversubscribed comprehensive school in Oxford with approximately 2,000 students on roll, including 680 in the Sixth Form. We were judged 'Outstanding' by Ofsted (October 2022), reflecting our commitment to continuous development and improvement.
Our aims are supported by our designation as a National Teaching School and as a School Centred Initial Teacher Training provider. We are committed to the professional learning and career development of our staff and work in conjunction with the River Learning Trust to continue to raise standards.
We value the wellbeing of our staff and aim to support colleagues throughout their working lives. Staff report high levels of wellbeing due to:
* Well designed, sequenced and resourced curricula which are centralised
* Feedback and marking approaches which are carefully considered for impact and workload
* Clear, centralised Behaviour for Learning System; pastoral teams supported by non-teaching deputy year leaders
* Lower than typical contact hours for classroom teachers and middle leaders
* Excellent in-house and external CPD opportunities
* Professional support for ECTs provided by experienced teams of staff
If you would like to have a confidential conversation about the role, please email Louise Scott (lscott@cherwellschool.org) or phone 01865 558719.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. The River Learning Trust and The Cherwell School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates.
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Commitment to safeguarding
The Cherwell School and the River Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. All staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job. CVs are not accepted.
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