Teacher of English (SEND) - 0.8 or 1.0 Contract

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A nurturing school in Coventry seeks an English Teacher starting September 2025. The role involves delivering inclusive and innovative English lessons across Key Stages 3 to 5, focusing on creating a supportive learning environment. Applicants must have a commitment to fostering pupil achievement and be part of a progressive English department. The position offers an opportunity to influence a literacy culture and requires planning and assessment skills.

Qualifications

• Deliver inclusive and innovative teaching in English.
• Plan and prepare long-term and medium-term plans.
• Create a purposeful learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Promote learning and achievement for all pupils.
• Teach engaging and motivating lessons.
• Use assessment to address pupils’ needs.

Skills

Teaching

Literacy

Numeracy

IT Skills

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

Exhall Grange is a 4-19 school which provides a nurturing environment and meets the needs of children and young people with:
• Social, Communication and Interaction difficulties including Autism
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs
• Physical difficulties
• Sensory impairment
• Complex medical needs

Many of our children and young people are physically or emotionally extremely vulnerable or have life limiting conditions. Some of our pupils are highly anxious and require our calm, predictable and nurturing environment in order to access school.

We are committed to ensuring all our pupils reach their full potential and encourage all of our pupils and staff to “Be Your Best Self” which encapsulates our core purpose.

All pupils follow the National Curriculum at a level appropriate to their ability and needs. We are destination driven and focus on developing the skills our pupils need for independence, employment and life.

We encourage our pupils to develop the qualities of our school values: Respect, Resilience, Confidence, Motivation, Aspiration and Integrity. This is as important to us as the academic and vocational curriculum.

About the role:
We are looking for an English Teacher from September 2025, to work either 4 days or 5 days per week who will deliver inclusive, responsive and innovative teaching and learning within the curriculum area of English. You will constantly strive to produce outstanding/good teaching and learning at all times to ensure that all pupils succeed. Under the reasonable direction of the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team, you will perform the professional duties of a school Teacher as set out in the current School policies.

You will be delivering English lessons across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 but knowledge of Key Stage 2 English is also beneficial as you will be instrumental in the development of a literacy culture at Exhall Grange Specialist School.

Areas of Responsibilities:
• Promote the learning and achievement of all pupils in your classes ensuring equality of opportunity for all.
• Plan and prepare long term and medium-term plans.
• Have an excellent knowledge of the relevant course content.
• Create a purposeful learning environment.
• Teaching, according to individual educational needs, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in school and elsewhere.
• Teach engaging and motivating lessons informed by well-grounded expectations of pupils and designed to raise levels of attainment.
• Know how to make effective personalised provision/effectively provide differentiated tasks for those that you teach.
• Have high expectations of our pupils including a commitment to ensuring that they can achieve their full educational potential and to establish fair, respectful, trusting, supportive and constructive relationships with them.
• Know how to use skills in literacy, numeracy and IT to support teaching and wider professional activities.
• Use assessment as part of your teaching to address pupils’ needs, set realistic and challenging targets for improvement and plan future teaching.
• Ensure that elements of employability, employer engagement activities and enterprise are embedded into teaching.
• Deliver exciting and innovative learning and undertake assessment using a broad range of methods, taking full responsibility for the success of all pupils, developing a personalised and holistic learning approach in all lessons.

You will have the opportunity to work as part of an enthusiastic and progressive English department within this unique Specialist Provision. You will become a valued member of an encouraging and friendly staff group.

The closing time/date is : 09.00 a.m on Monday19 May 2025. Completed application forms should be sent to :-

Mrs P Kane, HR Officer, Exhall Grange Specialist School, Easter Way, Ash Green, Coventry, CV7 9JG

Or via email to [e-mail]. All email applications received will be acknowledged.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 22 May 2025.

As part of our safer employment processes, we can only accept Exhall Grange application forms, so please do not send CVs. in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance, internet searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates and successful candidates will require an enhanced Child and Adult workforce Disclosure and Barring check.