Teacher of English (Part time)

The Shaw Education Trust; Crewe; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Shaw Education Trust seeks an exceptional teacher to join their English department in Crewe. The position involves delivering high-quality lessons and supporting the development of students in a nurturing and progressive environment. Ideal for experienced educators or exceptional Early Career Teachers, this role offers a chance to contribute to a highly reputed school committed to excellence and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Electric Car Scheme

Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan

Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme

Free Eye Tests

Cycle to work scheme

Access to courses for professional development

Qualifications

• Exceptional teacher.
• Committed to continued professional development.
• Ability to teach across age and ability range.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality lessons across age and ability range.
• Contribute to a supportive team environment.
• Engage in professional development activities.

Skills

Commitment to professional development

Ability to teach high quality lessons

Exceptional teaching skills

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

English department. The successful candidate will be an exceptional teacher, able to teach high quality lessons across the age and ability range and be committed to continued professional development. This position would also be suitable for an outstanding Early Career Teacher wishing to begin their career as part of a supportive team which strives for excellence in everything they do.

At Madeley, our English department prides itself on being a supportive and forward-thinking team, united in our pursuit of excellence. We work closely together to adapt and refine our standardised, aligned curriculum, ensuring it meets the needs of all our students and leads to the best possible outcomes. Our collaborative ethos has enabled us to lead on several Trust-wide curriculum initiatives, and we value the opportunity to work with other outstanding departments across our network to raise standards.

This is a rare opportunity to join a school that has been hailed as a beacon of excellence. Our recent Ofsted inspection (Feb 2025) was nothing short of phenomenal, with inspectors blown away by the exceptional standards of teaching, leadership, and student achievement.

Why Madeley?

• One of the top-performing schools in Staffordshire - our GCSE results are exceptional, with Maths ranked number 1 in the county and overall Progress 8 scores significantly above the national average.
• Oversubscribed and thriving - Madeley is the number one school of choice in the region, receiving 299 applications for September 2025, with 190 as first-choice preferences.
• An electrifying culture of excellence - students cannot speak highly enough about their school; they are inspired, ambitious, and driven to succeed.
• An expertly crafted and engaging curriculum - our curriculum is described as "ambitious, immersive, and designed to excite and engage pupils", ensuring hands-on, real-world experiences.
• Innovative and forward-thinking leadership - our self-evaluation was described as "pinpoint accurate", our approach to teaching "exemplary", and our relentless drive for success embedded in every decision we make.
• A school that feels like home - students feel safe, valued, and driven to exceed their own expectations, supported by a team that goes above and beyond every single day.

We are proud of our long history serving the localcommunity and relish the challenge of preparing our students for their futuresas leaders in the 21st. century. As arelatively small secondary school, we are uniquely placed to care for eachchild as an individual. We take pride in providing a friendly, nurturing andwelcoming environment for learning for all students, regardless of backgroundor prior achievement and where our students are given the skills, experiencesand qualifications necessary for them to take charge of their own destinies.

Our relentless focus on ensuring the highest academicstandards has placed us amongst the top performing schools in the area based onsustained improvement.

We strive tokeep our core values at the heart of all we do on our collective mission ofinspiring excellence

In addition to providing the highest quality teaching forsuccessful learning in lessons, we are passionate about providing excellentenrichment opportunities beyond the classroom, so that all of our students havea rewarding and enjoyable time with us as they develop their interests andtalents.

A positive growth mindset underpins our approach todeveloping a learning culture where effort, resilience and learning from ourmistakes are seen as the key to unlocking outstanding attainment.

Shaw Education Trust area thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary andSpecial Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people inour communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation thatfocuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesomeacademies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staffacross our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has theopportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.

In our secondary schools, wepride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design, to ensure allour schools have breadth and ambition for all students, regardless of theirstarting points and barriers. Standard curriculum models don’t always engageall students, so we constantly seek to innovate and provide betteropportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We want ourstudents to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful, andultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of ourinnovation include moving towards an extended school day, to provide a worldclass enrichment programme and more opportunities for essential skills likereading and cultural capital. We are also introducing vocational and technicalpathways, which run through the normal

school curriculum but attractsupport from leading employers and universities to develops work-readiness inour students, so that they can progress onto T Levels and apprenticeships.

We are currently at anexciting point in their evolution, with collaboration at the heart of ourcollective endeavour. We don’t operate in silos: we value the power of the packand strive to collaborate as a collective, ensuring no school or colleague isleft behind. We are currently co-constructing an aligned curriculum across allEBacc curriculum subjects,

to create a world classcurriculum, rich in powerful knowledge and skills. This is driving up standardsthrough the sharing of the very best practice, whilst allowing each schoolsufficient flexibility for autonomy to do what is right for their local context.A by-product of this approach has been the reduction in planning workload forcolleagues, meaning they can spend more time on the things that matter andfostering strong relationships with pupils and delivery of the curriculum.

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

• Support Staff only based on workingfull time, all year- Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holidayrising to 39 daysafter 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
• Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help yougrow, contributeandflourishin your role and in the Trust.

We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.

Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.

• Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.

Madeley School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including an online checks and criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions.

All shortlisted candidates will undergo an online search as part of Trust safer recruitment.

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted.

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date, therefore, we encourage early applications.

Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.