- Vacancy Reference
- JOB002798
- Job Title
- Teacher of English
- Job Start Date
- 28 April 2025
- Salary Range
- MPR/UPR
- Hours Per Week
- Full time
- School Address
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Ninestiles an Academy
Hartfield Crescent
Birmingham
B27 7QL
Telephone number: 0121 628 1311 - Contact Email
- recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
- Contract Type
- Fixed term
- Period of Fixed Term Contract
- April 2025 until April 2026 or sooner if post holder returns
- Closing Date
- 16 January 2025, 4:00pm
- Job Information
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Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
Are you an enthusiastic teacher looking for a new and exciting challenge?
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our academy for an enthusiastic and inspirational English teacher. The successful candidate will have the ability to inspire learners to achieve excellent results. Join us and you will be part of a dynamic, enthusiastic, and committed English Team. You will be part of this forward-thinking team teaching across Key Stages 3 and 4 and the whole ability range, working together to create an extremely positive learning culture based on high expectations. A real interest in developing teaching and learning is also important. Ninestiles has recently been rated as “good” by Ofsted and is a school that continues to improve. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of that journey.
ECTs welcome.
Flexible working requests are welcome. Part-time working hours will be considered for experienced colleagues as the Trust seeks to promote flexible working options to support a work-life balance.
About our school
The greatest strength of our school is our learners who are often praised for their creativity, musical talents, artistic performances, and the respect they have for one another. Learners generally understand the importance of learning, value their school and are proud to be part of it.
Ninestiles has a very reflective teaching staff body who welcome feedback from parents, carers and learners to secure the needs of all learners. The school has a wide and varied curriculum, learners have access to an impressive range of sporting and extracurricular activities with well over sixty enrichment opportunities offered after school. There is a strong culture of safeguarding and colleagues work positively with the leadership team to ensure learners are kept safe. The leadership team of Ninestiles is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the school on a journey of excellence, with colleagues that have a passion for teaching and learning.
Why work for us?
We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth.
These include access to:
· employee assistance programme
· high quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
· wellbeing advocates
· lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
· health protection scheme alongside flu jab and eyecare vouchers
· generous employer pension schemes
We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.
- This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
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How to apply:
- Safeguarding
- This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
- enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
- References
- All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
- Short-listed candidates
- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
- Terms and Conditions
- This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
- Rehabilitation of Offenders
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
- Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
- Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.