Part Time Teacher of English
| Posting date: | 10 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 April 2026 |
| Location: | Southport, Merseyside, PR8 3DT |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | acf88c40-d355-4b65-ab9b-8bb2fa80bb6e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Relevant subject qualification at degree level or equivalent
Qualified Teacher Status
Evidence of recent relevant CPD
Experience of teaching in an 11-16 school
Proven successful classroom practitioner
What the school offers its staff
The English department strives to be at the heart of a vibrant curriculum at Birkdale High School. As a team, we are committed to ensuring that all of our boys thrive across all three core disciplines: reading, writing and oracy, to support them in all of their subjects across the curriculum but also to empower them to remain intellectually curious, lifelong learners. All teachers within the English Department are dedicated to work collaboratively, cultivating a climate of excellence and are passionate about ensuring our boys harness a desire and enthusiasm to learn and succeed. Through our knowledge-rich curriculum, our aim is for all students to foster a genuine love of learning and to appreciate the intrinsic value of education. Learning to the point of mastery enables students to access increasingly challenging aspects of learning with confidence and apply their knowledge to a range of meaningful contexts. We aim to ignite students’ imagination through reading for pleasure and to help broaden their understanding and perspective of the world around them.
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.
Relevant subject qualification at degree level or equivalent
Qualified Teacher Status
Evidence of recent relevant CPD
Experience of teaching in an 11-16 school
Proven successful classroom practitioner
What the school offers its staff
The English department strives to be at the heart of a vibrant curriculum at Birkdale High School. As a team, we are committed to ensuring that all of our boys thrive across all three core disciplines: reading, writing and oracy, to support them in all of their subjects across the curriculum but also to empower them to remain intellectually curious, lifelong learners. All teachers within the English Department are dedicated to work collaboratively, cultivating a climate of excellence and are passionate about ensuring our boys harness a desire and enthusiasm to learn and succeed. Through our knowledge-rich curriculum, our aim is for all students to foster a genuine love of learning and to appreciate the intrinsic value of education. Learning to the point of mastery enables students to access increasingly challenging aspects of learning with confidence and apply their knowledge to a range of meaningful contexts. We aim to ignite students’ imagination through reading for pleasure and to help broaden their understanding and perspective of the world around them.
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.