TEACHER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERACY - SECONDARY (SEND)

Exhall Grange Specialist School; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Exhall Grange Specialist School in Coventry invites applications from teachers with Qualified Teacher Status to deliver English across KS3-5. You will engage and challenge pupils, stimulating curiosity and confidence, and support those working below age-related expectations.

The role requires strong planning and assessment, differentiation, and the ability to create a purposeful learning environment. You will plan long and medium term schemes and use literacy, numeracy and IT to support teaching

Qualifications

• Must hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and be eligible to teach in England.
• Experience delivering English to KS3-5 and supporting pupils working below age-related expectations.
• Ability to plan, assess and differentiate to raise attainment.

Responsibilities

• Promote learning and achievement while ensuring equality of opportunity.
• Plan long-term and medium-term lessons.
• Deliver engaging English lessons across KS3-5.
• Differentiate tasks to meet individual needs.
• Assess, set targets and plan future teaching.
• Embed preparation for adulthood within teaching.

Skills

English teaching

Lesson planning

Differentiation

Assessment

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

UK teaching qualification

Job description

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for candidates with Qualified Teacher Status, a passionfor teaching and learning that can be utilised to challenge all pupils, and theability to motivate, inspire and stimulate curiosity, interest and enjoyment.

You will be delivering English lessons across Key Stages3, 4 and 5 but knowledge of Key Stage 2 English is also beneficial as you willbe teaching pupils who are working below age related expectation.

Areas of Responsibilities:

• Promote the learning and achievement of allpupils in your classes ensuring equality of opportunity for all.
• Plan and prepare long term and medium-termplans.
• Have an excellent knowledge of the relevantcourse content.
• Create a purposeful learning environment.
• Teaching, according to individual educationalneeds, and marking of work.
• Teach engaging and motivating lessons informedby well-grounded expectations of pupils and designed to raise levels ofattainment.
• Know how to make effective personalizedprovision and effectively provide differentiated tasks for those that youteach.
• Have high expectations of our pupils including acommitment to ensuring that they can achieve their full educational potentialand to establish fair, respectful, trusting, supportive and constructive relationships with them.
• Know how to use skills in literacy, numeracy andIT to support teaching and wider professional activities.
• Use assessment as part of your teaching toaddress pupils’ needs, set realistic and challenging targets for improvementand plan future teaching.
• Ensure that elements of preparing for adulthoodare embedded into teaching.
• Deliver exciting and innovative learning andundertake assessment using a broad range of methods, taking full responsibilityfor the success of all pupils, developing a personalised and holistic learningapproach in all lessons.