Woking College
Surrey
£33,467 - £51,014 per year
Salary:
£33,467 to £51,014 per annum (FTE), depending on experience (including fringe allowance). Pro-rata for part-time. Figures subject to change in line with future nationally-agreed pay increases
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
05 January 2026
Apply by:
7 October 2025
Job overview
The Role
We are looking to appoint an inspiring and enthusiastic member of staff to teach up to A Level in the English Department. We are looking for a candidate who can teach a combination of A Level English Literature, A Level English Language and/or A Level English Language & Literature, with all members of the department also delivering Level 2 English classes. We are looking for a full-time member of staff or part-time (4 days) with dynamism and passion for their subject. With a friendly, supportive team, and exceptional College facilities, this is an exciting time to join our growing College.
Applications from ECTs and Teachers in Schools and Sixth Form College sectors are welcome. A full mentoring programme is arranged to introduce all new staff to sixth form college systems and procedures and to support and encourage professional development. We are looking for exceptional candidates to join the team and inspire our students. We expect high performance from all our staff and candidates should demonstrate their ability and suitability to both the role and the culture of the College.
The Department
The English Department is a dynamic and highly successful area of the College. Student recruitment numbers and the subjects offered have grown rapidly over the last few years and the department boasts consistently outstanding results. The department recognises the importance of offering a broad and engaging curriculum for its students and hosts a range of enrichment activities, such as: trips to theatres and museums; student conferences; visiting performance poets and writers; talks from local university lecturers; alongside both internal and external creative writing competitions. Our students place a high value on the support they receive through lunchtime support workshops, the Revision conferences and targeted one-to-one interventions.
The Department offers the following specifications:
* A Level English Literature – Edexcel
* A Level English Language & Literature – OCR
* A Level English Language – OCR
* A Level Classical Civilisation - OCR
* GCSE English Language – AQA
* Functional Skills English – Edexcel
As part of the Woking Way programme, the College offers the opportunity for wider learning through the short courses programme and lunchtime lectures. The Department has recently delivered talks on the adaptation of literary works, the nature of democracy and the value of the literary canon. These programmes provide an opportunity for students to expand their learning above and beyond the academic timetable, which in turn help with both their own personal development, as well as with UCAS applications. The Department works collaboratively and shares outstanding resources, activities and pedagogical approaches both within the department and outside.
All teaching staff are provided with a laptop and the department, with 6 members of staff, has its own dedicated staff office/workroom.
Why work with us?
Woking College has a strong sense of community in which everyone is valued; we look forward to welcoming new members of staff to join our team.
In addition to staff development, sharing best practice sessions, and regular support, the following is short selection of what the College offers to staff:
* Free on-site parking
* Staff room with free hot drinks available to all staff, Friday cakes
* Onsite canteen with a range of healthy options to purchase, and a Costa coffee shop
* Regular staff social events: bowling, staff quiz, summer BBQ, weekend walks/cycling, Christmas lunch, Christmas party
* College gym available for staff use, yoga classes, staff football (new 3G pitch), run club
* Staff clubs/support groups: book club, menopause group, group for Parents/carers of children with mental health concerns
* Access to prayer/multi faith room
College website:
We recommend applicants visit the College's website: Woking College | Surrey | Welcome to Woking College to find out more about our friendly community and why we are Outstanding.
Application Information:
Start Date: Monday 5 January 2026
Salary: £33,467 to £51,014 per annum, depending on experience (including fringe allowance). Figures subject to change in line with future nationally-agreed pay increases
To Apply: Please download the Application Pack and click the Apply Now button to access the Application Form via the College website.
CVs will not be accepted on their own. Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK.
Please ensure education and employment history are completed in full, gaps in employment must be accounted for under the section entitled "Periods when not working". We would like to see your passion for the role and the College in your supporting statement, please use this opportunity to include personal skills, experience relevant to the post, and reasons why you feel you would be successful if this post.
Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 7 October 2025
Interviews: to be held on Tuesday 14 and/or Wednesday 15 October 2025
Completed applications, or any queries regarding the role or your application, should be sent via email to Kirsty Crook:
Important information:
* The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and successful applicants will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. The College is committed to equal opportunities.
* The College encourages all candidates to be familiar with Section 1 of the DfE paper on "Keeping Children Safe in Education" September 2025 and the College's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. These documents can be found on the College's Staff Vacancies page, and Policies page.
* In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the College asks candidates to consider Woking College's Privacy Notice for Job Applicants, which can be found on the Staff Vacancies page of the College's website.
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About Woking College
Woking College
Rydens Way, Woking
Surrey
GU22 9DL
United Kingdom
Woking College is an oversubscribed and highly successful college of over 1700 students drawing students from more than 60 different schools. Our very successful focus will always be to create the very best environment for high quality of teaching and learning. We have a very broad range of enrichment activities, in order to greatlyenhance the cultural capital and future prospects of our students. We place a very strong emphasis on maintaining our wonderful community, we have a more diverse College population than might be thought of as typical for Surrey and we are determined to maintain our inclusive ethos. We are fully committed to innovation whilst maintaining a humane and caring approach for all members of the College community which has resulted in the doubling of the student population in recent years. These approaches have been key to securing Grade 1 'Outstanding' in all seven categories in our October 2022 Ofsted inspection.
Woking College is enjoying record results, very positive value-added and an abundance of applications and quite rightly has a teaching and learning culture which is the envy of other institutions, indeed in recent staff surveys over 95% of College staff said they were proud to work at Woking College
We believe that our physical environment should also inspire our staff and students. All have benefitted hugely from an impressive transformation of the College's estate over recent years, with the completion of a new Sports Centre in 2014, a new Art building in 2015 and a modern and larger Science Building in 2016. A full size 3G pitch was completed in 2020. A £3m teaching block opened in early 2023, and a further £3m project working collaboratively with the adjacent community centre opened in September 2023 enhancing our Performing Arts facilities even further.
We recognise the advantages of collaboration and have worked hard over the years to build and maintain close working relationships with other education providers and the Local Authority. The College has been a long-standing member of S7, the Surrey and Sussex group of Sixth Form Colleges, arguably the leading college consortium nationally, and we look forward to continued positive engagement with schools, colleges and the local community for the benefit of all.
With strong leadership from our passionate and committed senior leadership team, and with the support of excellent teaching and support staff across all areas, we look forward to the continued evolution of the College; we also look forward to meeting committed, engaging and passionate people who want to join us to further enhance the life-chances and choices of our students – which is of course our main mission as educators.
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