Position: Teacher of English
At: Academy based in Croydon
Salary: Outer London MPS 1-6 (U1-3 as appropriate)
Role: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
Start Date: September 2026
About the school and role on offer
Tradewind Recruitment are very excited to be collaborating with a successful and thriving Academy in Croydon, South London, with a proven track record of fantastic results at all key stages in their recruitment of a talented English Teacher. This is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, with a large sixth form of over 300 students. The school has a vision that all members of the Academy community are supported and encouraged to achieve their absolute potential. The school is part of a larger Federation that enables them to offer a comprehensive induction programme and training and development opportunities to support your career development including Masters and other qualifications. You will be joining a dedicated English department where teachers and staff collaborate with schemes of work and sharing of best practice to support their talented students.
Main Areas of Responsibility
- To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated English teaching curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
- To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as an English teacher/form tutor
- To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential through the subject of English
- To contribute to raising standards of student attainment within the English curriculum
- To share and support the academy's responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth
Qualifications & Experience
- Hold QTS (or equivalent) and an undergraduate degree in English
- Have successful teaching experience at secondary level (can be teaching practice), ideally including experience in multi-ethnic urban schools and of working in an 11-18 school
- Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
- Understand the importance of high expectations and equality of access for all students, and of being a tutor
- Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at English KS3 and KS4, and of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students' work
- Be able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff
- Have a good level of ICT skills, ideally including innovative use of interactive white boards
- Be able to create a motivating and safe learning environment for all students
- Be able to communicate positively with parents, carers and other external agencies where necessary
- Have good written and spoken communication skills
- Be able to lead and manage their own work effectively
- Have excellent time management skills
