Teacher of English

Wyvern St Edmund's Academy; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established educational institution in the UK is seeking an outstanding Teacher to join their English Department. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a committed team dedicated to empowering students through a knowledge-rich curriculum. The ideal candidate will be a passionate educator with a proven track record, ready to inspire and lead students in their literary journey. The academy values staff support and offers extensive professional development opportunities, ensuring a collaborative and engaging teaching environment. Join a forward-thinking team that is ambitious for every child and committed to fostering academic excellence.

Benefits

Extensive support and progression opportunities

Collaborative planning resources

Excellent ongoing CPD and career development

Feedback policy focused on whole class feedback

Qualifications

• Experienced classroom practitioner with a track record of strong outcomes.
• Commitment to a knowledge-rich curriculum and traditional teaching methods.

Responsibilities

• Empower students with mastery of language and literature.
• Create a scholarly culture that is warm, strict, and disciplined.

Skills

Classroom Management

Curriculum Development

Literature Analysis

Teaching Methodologies

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Degree in English or related field

Job description

We are looking for an outstanding Teacher to join the English Department at Wyvern St Edmund's from 1st September 2025.

The English department is a committed team of passionate, experienced teachers with high expectations of ourselves and our classes. We aim to empower students with a mastery of language and to enrich them through the study of Literature, accessing a wide and varied curriculum in Key Stages 3 and 4.

Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate will be an experienced and outstanding classroom practitioner with a track record of strong outcomes. This could also be an ideal opportunity for an exceptional Early Careers Teacher.

Our Commitment: At WSE, we are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional teacher-led, interactive approach to teaching, behaviour, and culture. We believe in teaching powerful knowledge, ‘the best that has been thought and said,’ and providing a compelling aspiration-raising ethos. Our approach is greatly influenced by Doug Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion,’ Rosenshine’s principles, and recent developments in cognitive science. We have a consistent, routinised, collective philosophy around teaching and learning and aim to create a scholarly culture that is warm, strict, disciplined, and joyful, ensuring impeccable behaviour so that teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning.

Values and Vision: We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all our students, enabling them to learn, thrive, and lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, regardless of their background, prior attainment, or needs. We do not lower expectations due to a child’s background or home life; instead, we redouble our efforts to help them overcome barriers and flourish.

Staff Support: We value our staff highly and take workload seriously. Our systems are designed to be high leverage, allowing you to focus on your core purpose – teaching – in a sustainable way, free from bureaucracy or poor behaviour.

What We Offer:

• Extensive support and progression opportunities

• A knowledge-rich curriculum built on ‘powerful knowledge’

• Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources

• Excellent support from the MLP team

• A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies

• Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm/strict’ behaviour system

• Highly visible and supportive senior leaders

• Centralised detentions

• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing supportive feedback

• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development, and promotion opportunities