Teacher of English (Full or Part time)

All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham; Warmley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

All Saints’ Academy, Cheltenham invites applications for a Teacher of English to join a successful Faculty. This role suits an Early Career Teacher or an experienced professional, with strong support from the Leadership team and a commitment to excellent subject knowledge and high-quality lessons.

The English department covers KS3 to KS5 including Shakespeare, modern texts, language and literature, with opportunities to engage in Film Studies and Creative & Digital Media pathways.

Qualifications

• Commitment to delivering high-quality English lessons.
• Ability to collaborate within a supportive leadership team.
• Interest in contributing to broader curriculum areas (e.g., Film Studies, Creative and Digital Media BTEC).

Responsibilities

• Deliver English lessons across KS3, KS4 and KS5 as part of a broad English curriculum.
• Contribute to a positive, high-expectation department culture.
• Support safeguarding and promote welfare of students in line with policy.

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Teacher of English to join our successful Faculty.

This role is an ideal opportunity for an Early Career Teacher or an experienced Teacher, who will be well supported by the excellent Leadership team within the Faculty.

Our KS3 Curriculum is centred around building the knowledge and skills students need to succeed. The KS3 units include lots of intentional writing practice; novel studies such as ‘Noughts and Crosses’, ‘The Book Thief’ and ‘Animal Farm’, regular poetry study; a unit on Nineteenth Century Writers; Shakespeare studies, as well as two whole plays (Romeo and Juliet, and Othello); and rhetoric. We take care to expose students to texts which will really engage them, whilst also giving them windows to worlds beyond their own experiences.

At KS4, we teach the AQA specification and study ‘Macbeth’, ‘An Inspector Calls’, ‘A Christmas Carol’, and the ‘Worlds and Lives’ poetry anthology. Recently, we have aimed to invest a lot more in our teaching of English Language and students actually have separate Teachers for Language and Literature. Our Language curriculum is skills-based, and in Year 10, we look at varied texts and techniques, building a strong foundation before we go near any exam papers.

At KS5, we offer English Literature (OCR) and English Language (AQA). The engagement of students at A Level is notable.

Our department is overseen by the Head of Faculty, supported by an Assistant Head of Faculty and a KS3 Coordinator. Staff are encouraged to take on extra responsibilities and run bespoke projects, if they so wish. We have high expectations and aspirations for students. This is underpinned by a commitment to excellent subject knowledge, delivering high-quality lessons, and continually improving and adapting our practice as Teachers. The English Department are a wonderful, positive and supportive team who work closely together to achieve strong outcomes for our students.

As our Faculty also offers Film Studies and a Creative and Digital Media BTEC, there are also opportunities to broaden and diversify your teaching practice.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 recommendations. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS clearance.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020), for further details please visit our Recruitment of ex Offenders information found on our website.

All Saints’ Academy is committed to ensuring that all applicants and employees are given equal opportunities and that no applicants or employees are discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender reassignment, race, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, age or religion and belief.