CORE PURPOSE

We require an inspiring, highly articulate English Teacher to deliver outstanding literary and linguistic instruction across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, with opportunities to contribute to post-16 advanced analytical pathways. Operating within a vibrant, highly ambitious coastal academy celebrated for its rapid progress metrics, strong community values, and focus on academic excellence, the successful candidate will facilitate a knowledge-rich, text-focused curriculum designed to foster deep conceptual understanding of diverse literary movements, elegant analytical writing precision, and advanced rhetoric, preparing all pupils thoroughly for exceptional outcomes in terminal GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature public examinations.

THE SCHOOL

Our academy is a dynamic, forward-thinking state school dedicated to cultivating an environment where high expectations, creative expression, and academic transformation meet. Widely recognized within Hampshire for our proactive leadership, outstanding pupil-teacher relationships, and collaborative professional atmosphere, we blend excellent behavioural standards with a highly supportive, warm environment. The English department operates as an intellectual hub of collaborative planning, utilizing a text-driven approach backed by shared premium resources, digital feedback tools, and structured retrieval frameworks designed to optimize teacher workload. We operate a highly supportive, centralized behaviour system that entirely eliminates classroom disruption, allowing teachers to focus exclusively on delivering high-impact, deeply engaging textual and linguistic instruction to curious and motivated learners.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Rigorous & Text-Driven Instruction: Plan, resource, and deliver high-impact English lessons across all attainment pathways, systematically embedding analytical scaffolding to demystify complex prose, poetry, and dramatic texts from Shakespeare to contemporary voices.

• Analytical Essay & Rhetoric Scaffolding: Train pupils to a high technical standard in constructing sophisticated written arguments, utilizing structured paragraph frameworks, explicit tier-3 vocabulary instruction, and textual evidence decoding to build examination precision.

• GCSE Performance Optimization: Guide Year 11 examination cohorts meticulously through the rigorous demands of linear terminal papers for both GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature, utilizing diagnostic data tracking to eliminate persistent misconceptions and maximize high-grade boundary retention.

• Closing Literacy & Attainment Gaps: Identify and target learning barriers within mixed-ability cohorts, deploying explicit command-word instruction, scaffolded sentence structures, and targeted reading interventions to ensure accessibility for SEND pupils and EAL (English as an Additional Language) learners while stretching high-prior-attaining critical thinkers.

• Inclusive Pastoral Support: Fulfil full form tutor responsibilities within an established year group structure, supporting pupil wellbeing, managing daily registration routines, and maintaining proactive, positive communication with local families.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or a recognised equivalent teaching credential, paired with a strong honours degree in English Literature, English Language, Creative Writing, or a closely related humanities discipline.

• Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to deliver strong progress metrics and exceptional performance outcomes in terminal public GCSE specifications through highly structured, systematic, and explicit English pedagogy.

• Articulate & Supportive Ethos: An unwavering commitment to comprehensive education within a diverse coastal setting, possessing the exceptional communication skills, empathy, and literary passion required to challenge high-attaining pupils while building reading and writing confidence in pupils of all backgrounds.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• A Historic Island City Steeped in Maritime and Literary Heritage: Based in the dynamic port city of Portsmouth, the school capitalizes on an exceptional regional identity defined by centuries of naval history, maritime innovation, and a proud literary legacy—being the birthplace of Charles Dickens. Providing an inspiring real-world context for applying rhetorical analysis, creative writing, and historical study, the area blends a vibrant coastal landscape with a deeply supportive, close-knit local community. This unique maritime and cultural setting connects classroom literacy directly to regional creative networks, historical trusts, and future professional paths across Hampshire.

• Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from premium South Coast transport infrastructure, offering straightforward road commuting via the strategic M27, M275, and A3(M) corridors. Public transit networks operate continuously via comprehensive local bus routes and extensive ferry connections, while Portsmouth & Southsea and Portsmouth Harbour railway stations serve as major regional transit hubs. Providing high-frequency Southern and South Western Railway services, the rail network connects the school effortlessly to Southampton, Chichester, Brighton, and London Waterloo in approximately ninety minutes.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.