Teacher of English

Full-time permanent 

Required for September 2024 or earlier 

MPS/UPS

Applications are also invited from Trainee Teachers

Closing date - Monday 29th January at noon. 

This is an exciting vacancy that will allow a practitioner the ability to contribute to and be supported by a strong and successful large department in our school. The successful candidate will either be a newly qualified English teacher or equally someone with more experience, in any case, they will be passionate about their subject, and is committed to bringing out the best in our students. 

The department is a large, extremely friendly and supportive team who all share a passion for delivering high-quality English lessons as well as instilling a life-long love of reading and the written word within our students. We engage with subject-specific professional development, regular standardising to ensure confidence and consistency in applying mark schemes and enjoy professional discussions about the texts we teach as well as current pedagogy. We are also very keen to increase cross-curricular links as well as raise the profile of reading for pleasure within the school. 

You will be joining a school that has a vision to be an educational centre of excellence based on the principle that effective relationships are the key to positive outcomes. The staff team have a student centred approach and we have a robust teacher education programme. We want to invest in successful applicants and help them progress through their own career. We are looking for candidates who share the same values as us as we continue to grow our team.

Further details of this post and an application form are available on our website  (www.dchs-alnwick.org)  Further questions or a virtual discussion can be arranged by   emailing the school at admin@dchs-alnwick.uk

We are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. 

If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post. An online check will also be carried out on the successful candidate.