What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering our school vision by supporting the day‑to‑day English Teacher activities. Our teachers and support staff are talented, professional, supportive, caring and ambitious to achieve success.
What the school offers its staff
Hagley Catholic High School is proud to be ranked among the Sunday Times top ten performing comprehensive schools in the West Midlands and benefits from a thriving Sixth Form. Our strong reputation is built on excellent academic outcomes, a supportive community, and exceptionally low staff turnover, creating a stable and fulfilling environment in which colleagues can grow and flourish.
This is a fabulous opportunity in a very good school. The English Department is very experienced and well qualified. It has a team of seven staff all based in the same block; schemes of learning are well sequenced, and students make excellent progress. Students secure very good GCSE results, 86.5% achieving grades 9–4 in 2025 and 28.6% of students achieving 9–7 grades. Students achieve well in English at A level and are consistently above national averages, with value added scores of +0.55 and +0.43 for Language/Literature in 2025.
Further details about the role
Putting our children and young people first, always. "Forming Christ‑centred pilgrims of hope with kind hearts, questioning minds, a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for justice." We welcome applications from both Catholics and non‑Catholics but expect all employees to support the Catholic ethos and values of the school. If you meet the requirements of the job description and person specification and feel that you could make a positive contribution to our school, then we can’t wait to receive your application.
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.
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