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Hours: Full-time

Contract: Permanent

‍To start: September 2026

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St Bede's has a vacancy for a teacher of English to join them in September 2026, on a full-time, permanent basis.

Please note, applications will be reviewed upon receipt and as such, this vacancy may close before the deadline advertised. Early applications are encouraged.

The English department, one of the largest in the school, is extremely successful. Teaching staff are very friendly, supportive of each other, professional and highly qualified. It is housed in a suite of twelve rooms, all of which are in close proximity. There is a head of department’s office, a departmental work room, and a well-resourced stockroom and book store. One room is equipped with computers and has access to the school’s network in order to accommodate teaching of media at A level. Each teaching room has access to its own range of multimedia hardware.

Year 7 are initially taught in mixed ability tutor groups. There is an increasing degree of fine tuning from January in year 7, then through year 8 to 11, with some provision for the most able students as well as those who need additional support in their work. In Key Stage 3 all teachers follow the same programmes of study in terms of content, but a level of autonomy and choice in delivery and pedagogy is encouraged.

In year 7 students study: an introductory unit on poetry; Myths and Legends; Frankenstein (play); Gothic Descriptive Writing; an introductory unit on Shakespeare; the novel Enola Holmes.

In year 8 students study: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; an Imagined Worlds descriptive/narrative writing unit; Victorian literature: Childhood Experience; Rhetorical and Opinion writing; the novel Trash; The Power of Poetry.

In year 9 students study: Journey’s End; Other Voices (Poetry from Different Cultures); Romeo and Juliet; Animal Farm; Dystopian fiction; Introduction to Media.

At GCSE, students follow the AQA specification for English Language and all students are also entered for AQA English Literature. For A level, the department offers both English Literature and English Language. It follows the AQA specification for both subjects (specification B for Literature). Both the GCSE and the A level courses demand great commitment from staff and depend for their success on high levels of leadership and efficient organisation.

Colleagues are encouraged to develop and share resources.

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‍Download the Job Description for further details and information on how to apply.