English (maternity leave)
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2ND |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 84ded1f9-bf8d-4751-992f-c61035fa1380 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified professional who is both passionate and knowledgeable to teach English to meet growing curriculum need in this area of the school’s work. Applications from teachers in training, newly qualified and experienced teachers would be welcomed. This post is to provide maternity cover in the first instance.
What the school offers its staff
The school has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in each of its last three inspections, most recently in January 2023: “Blue Coat Church of England Academy is an inclusive school where kindness flourishes. The school’s values include wisdom, service, endurance and hope. The school’s culture is rooted in these values. There are positive relationships between staff and pupils. Staff know their pupils well, and pupils feel cared for. Staff have high expectations, and pupils live up to these.”
Blue Coat Church of England Academy is one of the oldest educational establishments in Walsall, is well-respected and valued by the community it serves. We operate on a very collaborative approach to school improvement working with a range of other schools and nationally recognised trainers. The school is very proud of the family ethos which pervades all aspects of its work, which is grounded in Christian values. We offer an extensive and innovative staff development programme, including an excellent support programme for newly and recently qualified teachers.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified professional who is both passionate and knowledgeable to teach English to meet growing curriculum need in this area of the school’s work. Applications from teachers in training, newly qualified and experienced teachers would be welcomed. This post is to provide maternity cover in the first instance.
What the school offers its staff
The school has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in each of its last three inspections, most recently in January 2023: “Blue Coat Church of England Academy is an inclusive school where kindness flourishes. The school’s values include wisdom, service, endurance and hope. The school’s culture is rooted in these values. There are positive relationships between staff and pupils. Staff know their pupils well, and pupils feel cared for. Staff have high expectations, and pupils live up to these.”
Blue Coat Church of England Academy is one of the oldest educational establishments in Walsall, is well-respected and valued by the community it serves. We operate on a very collaborative approach to school improvement working with a range of other schools and nationally recognised trainers. The school is very proud of the family ethos which pervades all aspects of its work, which is grounded in Christian values. We offer an extensive and innovative staff development programme, including an excellent support programme for newly and recently qualified teachers.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.