KS3 English Teacher

JR United Kingdom; Halesworth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a KS3 English Teacher at a renowned independent school. This role emphasizes delivering inclusive and innovative teaching, fostering a culture of literacy among students aged 7-16. With a commitment to well-being and work-life balance, the school is trialing a 4-Day Working Week, allowing educators to enjoy more personal time while maintaining full pay. Join a passionate team dedicated to making a significant positive impact on students' lives, supported by a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes health and well-being. This is a chance to grow your career in a supportive environment focused on the success of every learner.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Mental health support services

Flexible Benefits Platform

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Paid fertility treatment support

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering innovative and inclusive English lessons.
• Knowledge of Key Stage 2 English is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging literacy lessons across Key Stages 3.
• Plan and prepare long-term and medium-term educational plans.
• Ensure equality of opportunity for all pupils in your classes.

Skills

Inclusive teaching

Curriculum development

Literacy instruction

Assessment and evaluation

Differentiated instruction

Education

UK QTS or equivalent

Job description

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How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!

Job Title: KS3 English Teacher

Location: Bramfield House School, Suffolk, IP19 9AB

Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum depending on experience and additional responsibilities (not pro rata)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

Start Date: September 2025

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for an English Teacher (KS3) to join our close-knit team at Bramfield House School located in Suffolk.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an English Teacher who will deliver inclusive, responsive and innovative teaching and learning within the curriculum area of English. You will constantly strive to produce outstanding/good teaching and learning at all times to ensure that all learners succeed. Under the reasonable direction of the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team, carry out the professional duties of a school Teacher as set out in the current School policies.

You will be delivering literacy lessons across the school and the strategy around reading, writing and oracy across Key Stages 3 classes but knowledge of the Key Stage 2 English is also beneficial, and you will be instrumental in the development of a literacy culture at Bramfield House School.

Areas of Responsibilities

• Be learning and the achievement of all pupils in your classes ensuring equality of opportunity for all.
• Planning and preparing long term and medium-term plans.
• Knowledge of the relevant course content.
• Create a purposeful learning environment.
• Teaching, according to individual educational needs, the pupils assigned to him/her, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in school and elsewhere.
• Teach engaging and motivating lessons informed by well-grounded expectations of learners and designed to raise levels of attainment.
• Know how to make effective personalised provision/effectively provide differentiated tasks for those that you teach.
• Have high expectations of young people including a commitment to ensuring that they can achieve their full educational potential and to establishing fair, respectful, trusting, supportive and constructive relationships with them.
• Know how to use skills in literacy, numeracy and IT to support teaching and wider professional activities.
• Use assessment as part of your teaching to address learners’ needs, set realistic and challenging targets for improvement, and plan future teaching.
• Ensuring that employability, employer engagement activities and enterprise are embedded into teaching.
• Deliver exciting and innovative learning and undertake assessment using a broad range of methods, taking full responsibility for the success of own learners, developing a personalised and holistic learning approach in all lessons.

Qualifications required

• UK QTS or equivalent

About us

Bramfield House School is an independent residential special educational needs school for boys aged 7 – 16 years who have social, emotional, mental health, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviours, located in rural Suffolk. The School has a committed and innovative multidisciplinary team, extensive site and excellent facilities to support both learning and extra-curricular activities; we are in a great position to provide our pupils with the best education and care possible.

This opportunity is in Halesworth which is within commutable distance of Lowestoft, Diss and surrounding areas.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.