English Teacher - Maternity Cover

We require for September 2024 a teacher of English to join our team. If you feel that you have the qualities we are looking for and you are determined to achieve the absolute best for the students that you teach, we would be delighted to hear from you.

English at Lewes Old Grammar School is a vibrant and varied subject in which students are encouraged to develop expressive and informed communication skills. The English Department encourages students to develop a love of English both as an individual pursuit and as a collaborative activity through debate and discussion. In our classrooms, we work to ensure that each child feels valued and heard, and has a range of opportunities to express and develop creativity.

The overriding aims of our teaching in English are that all pupils will enrich their lives during and after schooldays, through an awareness and appreciation of the breadth and variety of language and literature, and will acquire and develop confidence in their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

Principal Duties/Tasks and responsibilities

• to plan and teach the pupils according to their educational needs and abilities in line with the department's schemes of work, which foster positive communication skills and encourage and develop an interest in English;


• to relate all teaching to relevant National Curriculum levels and schemes of work with a clear focus on encouraging and extending the performance skills of pupils at KS3 and KS4 and KS5;


• to mark positively and appropriately to ensure regular and productive feedback and keep appropriate records of lessons taught and pupils' progress;


• to share in the process of internal examination setting;


• to foster and support for the school's rules and guidelines, aims, values and ethos;


• to implement all relevant aspects of school policies e.g. reports, homework, etc;


• to develop skills to meet the needs of current educational requirements by attendance at lectures, conferences, and relevant courses as directed by the Head of Department.
  
  We require for September 2024 a teacher of English to join our team. If you feel that you have the qualities we are looking for and you are determined to achieve the absolute best for the students that you teach, we would be delighted to hear from you.


English at Lewes Old Grammar School is a vibrant and varied subject in which students are encouraged to develop expressive and informed communication skills. The English Department encourages students to develop a love of English both as an individual pursuit and as a collaborative activity through debate and discussion. In our classrooms, we work to ensure that each child feels valued and heard, and has a range of opportunities to express and develop creativity.

The overriding aims of our teaching in English are that all pupils will enrich their lives during and after schooldays, through an awareness and appreciation of the breadth and variety of language and literature, and will acquire and develop confidence in their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.