Teacher of English (Maternity cover)

Discovery Inc; Hutton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Referral bonus

October half term

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

MHFA training

Bike2Work

Training & development

Gifted service leave

Health cash plan

Job summary

Discovery Educational Trust is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Teacher of English to join our thriving English department at St Martin's School in Hutton, Brentwood. You will deliver engaging and challenging lessons, foster a love of literature and language, and support students to aim high and achieve their full potential.

The Trust, formed in 2014, is a growing multi-academy trust with five schools across South Essex, offering strong CPD, mentoring and a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Deliver engaging and challenging lessons in English.
• Foster a love of literature and language among students.
• Support students to aim high and achieve their full potential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging and challenging English lessons.
• Foster a love of literature and language among students.
• Support students to aim high and achieve their full potential.

Job description

Discovery Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding our pupils against radicalisation and extremism and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. It is an offence to apply for a role if barred from regulated activity. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. Please note that online checks will also be carried out. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Teacher of English to join our thriving English department. We are seeking a dedicated professional who can deliver engaging and challenging lessons, foster a love of literature and language, and support students to aim high and achieve their full potential.

St Martin's School is a large co-educational comprehensive school located in Hutton, Brentwood. The school benefits from a pleasant semi-rural environment with agricultural land to the rear. The school, which also includes a large sixth form block, is situated on an open, attractive 30 acre site. Parking is available on-site and there are good transport links by both rail and bus. Hutton is five miles from the M25 and 19 miles from London, which is easily reached by road or train (25 minutes to Liverpool Street Station). This is a large, but friendly school in which all staff are helped to develop their talents. This is supported by an extensive and wide ranging in-house continual professional development programme (CPD). We have high quality mentoring and induction programmes for staff with excellent opportunities for training and professional development. 2025 - 74.9% of students achieved grades 9-4 in GCSE English Literature and 74.8% in GCSE English Language and 78.1% of students achieved grades 9-4 in Mathematics 2024 - 77.5% of students achieved 9 - 4 in GCSE English Literature and 79.5% in GCSE English Language and 79.9% of students achieved 9 - 4 in Mathematics - Over Subscribed - 1184 applications for 292 year 7 places in 2023 - Ofsted 2024 - Good with outstanding leadership About Discovery Educational Trust: Discovery Educational Trust, formed in 2014, is a successful and established multi-academy trust based in South Essex, comprising just under 4000 pupils and 500 staff, across 5 schools. Our schools are:

• Chase High School (Westcliff-on-Sea)
• St. Martin's School (Brentwood)
• Hogarth Primary School (Brentwood)
• Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School (Brentwood)
• Larchwood Primary School (Brentwood)

We aim for each of our schools to become the school of choice within the community, offering a broad and exciting range of extracurricular activities to enhance the opportunities within their formal curriculum. Our vision is that strong and effective leadership places our children and young people at the heart of everything we do. We value relationships, which are open and honest, underpinned by kindness, trustworthiness and compassion. We offer ongoing training and professional development for all staff in a supportive and collaborative environment.

We offer the following benefits for employees:

• Pension scheme - also automatically includes Life Assurance
• Generous Referral Bonus for employees who refer quality candidates to join Discovery Educational Trust
• Two-week October half term (term time staff)
• Employee savings and discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme - free confidential wellbeing support for employees and dependants
• Mental Health First Aiders - we have qualified MHFA England trainers within the Trust and continue to add to our pool of trained MHFAs
• Bike2Work scheme
• Ongoing training and professional development in a supportive and collaborative environment
• Gifted Service Leave for long service
• Health Cash plan to support with every day healthcare costs - e.g. dental, optical, physiotherapy. Includes Virtual GP service