Teacher of English

Contract: Permanent, Full Time 

Salary: M1 – UPS3 (£30,000 - £46,525) 

TLR: 2A Is available for the right candidate to become Second In English 

Start Date: January 2025 

Advert Closing Date: 21st October 

We are looking for a passionate and inspiring qualified Second in English to join our supportive and talented team at Hans Price Academy. We are a growing organisation, looking for professional and ambitious people, with a passion for transforming our students’ learning.  

 What we are looking for: 

• Empowering teachers to provide an inspirational education for all students by:  
• Ensuring delivery of an exciting, rigorous, broad and ambitious curriculum 
• Creating a culture of collaboration and a drive towards excellence 
• Leading professional development of the team so they have expert subject knowledge 
• Developing the curriculum team as efficient and effective professionals. 
• Being fully aware of the level of expertise in your team and have clear vision for how to support all members of your team. 
• Intervening in a timely, compassionate and manner to address underperformance with teaching. 

Empower yourself and empower our community 

 Bringing the curriculum to life happens through the medium of teaching and learning, and the more efficient and effective the teaching, the greater the learning. The more we compel our students to think deeply, and the more skilfully we do this, the greater the learning, so the greater the impact the school is having.  

Our Academy: 

Hans Price Academy is a forward-thinking secondary school based in Weston-Super-Mare. The children at Hans Price Academy are excited to learn and are real ambassadors for our increasingly diverse community. They benefit from a hugely positive and supportive learning environment housed in excellent, modern facilities. 

At Hans Price we believe that at the heart of our students’ learning experience is the quality of what we deliver, and we continually strive to provide excellent opportunities in a broad range of subjects and extra-curricular settings. Fulfilment of individual potential is at the very heart of what we hope to achieve and development of students’ wider character alongside high academic expectations is something that we feel very strongly about.  

About the Cabot Learning Federation:  

The Cabot Learning Federation is a diverse Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) in the South West. We are proud to serve 18,000+ pupils who all attend ten secondary academies, seventeen primary academies, an all through provision, a studio school, a discrete Post 16 provision, two alternative provision schools and three SEMH special schools.  

CLF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The trust is proud to serve a diverse student population and their communities. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.  

We are proud to be part of diverse communities in the region and celebrate the richness of cultures, faiths and backgrounds of our students. We aim to develop a curriculum that is responsive to our pupil’s needs and reflects their diverse interests and backgrounds.  

Cabot Learning Federation Benefits: Click here to access a full list of Cabot Learning Federation benefits.  

How to Apply:  

Please download the Candidate Information Pack below, which includes wider details on the role and the job description and person specification.  

Please submit your application form via the CLF recruitment portal by clicking ‘Apply’ on this page and then logging into your account/registering for an account. CV’s will not be accepted and any submitted will not be considered alongside your application.  

Please note updates regarding an application, which could include an invite to interview, will be sent to the email address used when registering an account. Copies of all correspondence will also appear under the ‘messages’ section, in the event that emails are being directed to a ‘junk’ or ‘trash’ folder please make regular checks on the status of an application.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.  

If you have a query on any aspect of the application process, or need additional support with the submission of your application, please email [email protected]  

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Teaching Training  

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Safeguarding and pre-employment checks:  

The Cabot Learning Federation are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role has significant responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice within the academy. This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.  

The successful applicant will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK and a child disqualification check. The checks will also include an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.