Salary:
MPS/UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2025
Apply by:
29 January 2025
Job overview
ENGLISH TEACHER
Main or Upper Pay Range (ECTs welcome)
Permanent with the potential for a TLR for the right candidate
Full time required from September 2025
Are you ambitious? Do you want to work in a dynamic 11-16 school?
We are seeking to appoint an excellent teacher of English, who is confident in their subject knowledge and is able to motivate and enthuse students.
We can offer you:
* The chance to work in an oversubscribed, innovative and forward-thinking school
* To be a key member of an already successful and supportive English department
* A DfE Behaviour Hub Lead School with CPD opportunities
* Teaching at KS3 and KS4
* Judged to be GOOD under the new OFSTED framework (March 2020)
* Effective support for Professional Development in preparation for your next step, including engagement with the SSAT Embedding Formative Assessment CPD programme
* A friendly and supportive environment
* The opportunity to work with well-motivated students and supportive parents
* A location on the coast very close to main line railway services and road networks
* Free well-being and medical support cover
* The opportunity to be part of the South Downs Education Trust MAT
* Free use of our fitness suite
Are you someone who:
* Is a consistently good/outstanding teacher?
* Is able to motivate and inspire students to raise attainment across all ability ranges?
* Is able to deliver outstanding teaching and learning and achieve excellent results?
* Has an excellent knowledge of English?
* Has excellent communication skills?
* Wants to make a real difference to the lives of our students?
For further enquiries or to arrange a visit please contact Gemma Clark-Davies on 01903 237864.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 29 January by 9am. An early application is advised as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.
Interviews will take place w/c 3 February 2025. For exceptional candidates an early interview may take place, so an early application is appreciated.
Completed applications should be sent to Mr Cook, Head of School, at the above address or emailed to vacancies@sdetrust.net
NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES: We prefer to hire people directly but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We will be in touch if we need you.
Please note, because of the nature of this job, if you are successful in your application you will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service with barred list check. This will be done by means of applying for a DBS certificate through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Disclosures include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions, spent or unspent. Clearance will be obtained before employment commences. We may also complete online searches as part of due diligence and safeguarding checks.
South Downs Education Trust (SDET) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About Worthing High School
Worthing High School
South Farm Road, Worthing
West Sussex
BN14 7AR
United Kingdom
+44 1903 237 864
About us
Choosing the right school for either the first step in your career or as you progress is a vitally important decision. Worthing High School offers a good education experience for our students ensuring they feel happy, valued and secure. At Worthing High School we believe that we can offer all of these things.
Everyone at Worthing High works hard to create a close community of learners in which there is a clear focus upon raising standards of student achievement.
The school is greatly valued by the community it serves and is a popular choice for prospective students and their parents. A marked feature of the school is the happy, friendly, caring ethos which enables our students to settle quickly. We believe that this is vital if students are to achieve their full potential. As a school we have high standards for our students– maximum effort and excellent levels of achievement are expected.
Worthing High thrives on being a community in the true sense of the term as it seeks to achieve a partnership between governors, teachers, parents and students as well as with our wider partners.
Students also gain from an outstanding programme of enrichment activities that are extensive, fulfilling and diverse. The broad, balanced and relevant curriculum provided by the school serves to ensure that opportunities are available to enable pupils to fully develop their interests and talents.
Worthing High School is part of the South Downs Education Trust (SDET).
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