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Lacon Childe School
Teacher of English
MPR/UPR/ECT
About the role:
We are excited to announce that we are seeking to appoint a Teacher of English as part of our school teaching team.
The Teacher of English will be accountable for: planning and teaching lessons to the classes they are assigned to teach within the context of the school’s plans, curriculum and schemes of work. The successful candidate would teach students in Key Stage 3 and 4.
About you:
Our successful candidate you will need to be able to inspire, support and challenge students, as well as foster a love of learning about Language and Literature. As a department we work very closely and collaboratively together, so we are looking to appoint someone who can join in with our team ethos of collaboration and participate in extra-curricular activities linked to the subject area and wider school community.
Our successful candidate will have the following experience, skillset and qualifications:
1. Honours Degree
2. DfE recognised Qualified Teacher Status
3. Evidence of continuing professional development
4. Evidence of keeping up to date with educational thinking and knowledge
5. Suitability to work with young children
6. Able to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
7. Positive attitude to use of authority and maintaining discipline
8. Experience of teaching in a secondary school
The post will be permanent to start in January 2026. Applications are welcome from candidates seeking either full-time or part-time work.
About Us:
At Lacon Childe we pride ourselves on calm classrooms, high standards and warm relationships; this, along with the strong moral compass that our staff and students possess, is what makes us a unique and special place to work. We are ambitious for all our students and staff and are a school on a journey of improvement.
As part of our Trust you will have:
9. Opportunities to be part of a collaborative culture whereby you are part of a network where schools and staff work together to excel.
10. Quality resources and a rich environment, to enable you to develop a personalised approach for every student you teach.
11. A culture of lifelong learning, emphasising professional growth where your own ambitions are actively encouraged and supported.
12. A safe and positive physical and psychological environment that welcomes diversity and actively promotes wellbeing.
Your Application:
Diversity, equality and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. We are an equal opportunities employer, and all qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law.
The Shropshire Gateway Educational Trust and all its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Rigorous child protection procedures are in place. Appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, where applicable a prohibition from teaching check and other appropriate preemployment checks. Applicants should read our safeguarding policy (available on our website) prior to application.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Please submit your application form and covering letter by email to the above email address by closing date: 12.00 pm Thursday 16th October 2025.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advert at any point.
Safeguarding Statement
Lacon Childe School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.