Sir Thomas Wharton Academy
Doncaster
Salary:
MPS/UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
13 October 2025
Job overview
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy is an exciting school. Our vision of delivering exceptional learning experiences that enable young people to thrive in a competitive world and lead successful and fulfilling lives permeates everything we do. Alongside the highest standards, a golden thread of care, encouragement and enrichment opportunity runs through the school. Our young people are invested, they are unique, resilient and they take responsibility for their own actions. These simple values enable them to fulfil every aspect of their potential. We invite you to visit the school so that you can see for yourself how amazing our school community is and gain a clear picture of our journey and the bright future of Sir Thomas Wharton Academy.
We are seeking to appoint an additional Teacher of English to join our thriving and fully staffed department. This role offers the opportunity to teach exclusively within English and to contribute to the continued success of a high-performing team. We are looking for a dynamic and dedicated professional with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to deliver engaging, challenging, and inspiring lessons. The successful candidate will motivate and enthuse students at Sir Thomas Wharton Academy, fostering a love of learning and supporting them to achieve excellent outcomes.
A visit to the Academy, so you can meet the Principal and key Middle and Senior Leaders is welcomed, to enable you to discuss the post in more detail.
The ideal candidate will:
* be a driven, proactive, and positive individual with an unwavering commitment to continuously improving their own standards of teaching and learning.
* fully 'buy in' to using IRIS and regular drop-in feedback as a mechanism to improving their day-to-day performance as a teacher.
* have the ability and desire to deliver exceptional teaching and learning.
* be a dynamic practitioner with a relentless desire to drive up educational standards and deliver exceptional outcomes for all cohorts of pupils.
* have excellent subject knowledge and be able to teach English effectively across the KS3 – KS5, age and ability ranges.
* have a track record of delivering clear impact with their own classes.
* have a true growth mindset, exceptional work ethic and a sense of humour.
* have the knowledge and experience of the context in which Sir Thomas Wharton Academy operates.
In return we offer:
* modern, purpose-built learning spaces, which inspire exceptional teaching and learning.
* excellent career development opportunities and access to a comprehensive and continuous programme of personalised 'Professional Learning and Development' (PLD)
* an excellent induction programme with dynamic, driven, and supportive staff.
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* 24/7 access to telephone/video GP service
* Cash healthcare plan.
* Staff Rewards Gateway
* Smart Tech
This post involves working with children and therefore, if successful, you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level.
Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at
For further information please contact: Mrs Nichola Winder, PA to the Principal at
The 'Application Form', 'Role Description' and 'Person Specification' can be accessed through our website.
Closing Date: Monday 13 October 2025 at 9:00 am
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About Sir Thomas Wharton Academy
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy
Tait Avenue, Edlington, Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN12 1HH
United Kingdom
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy is a good secondary school of over 1100 students with a thriving and growing collaborative Post 16 provision. The Academy joined Maltby Learning Trust on 1st April 2017 and secured an OFSTED Good judgement in September 2021. We are now oversubscribed each year and we are very fortunate to be housed in a new building with state-of-the-art facilities.
We pride ourselves on the aspirational, supportive, and caring community we have at Sir Thomas Wharton Academy. Our team of dedicated staff ensure that students feel safe and receive the best pastoral and academic support and challenge throughout their time in the school. We further develop the cultural capital of students through a comprehensive programme of extra-curricular activities and broader enrichment opportunities.
We take an inclusive approach that maintains a focus on the wellbeing and progress of every child; we provide a safe place for learning through the application of our positive behaviour system and attention to individual student circumstances and needs. We firmly believe that students will ultimately achieve better results by establishing a positive and supportive partnership between parents/carers and teachers.
Our students are our biggest strength, they are honest, hardworking, aspirational, and willing to take themselves out of their comfort zone.
Our outcomes have significantly improved, this has been realised in part through a relentless focus on the six key drivers of:
* The Highest Standards
* Invest To Achieve
* Everyone Is Valued
* No Excuses
* Never Give Up
* Cultivate Your Character
Ofsted - Good in all areas
"Leaders set high standards for pupils in all aspects of school life"
"The atmosphere in the school is calm and orderly. Pupils want to do well in lessons. Pupils like the presence of staff on corridors."
"What is best for the pupil is at the heart of their thinking at all times. They have developed a curriculum designed to achieve these objectives"
"Provision for pupils' personal development is at the heart of this school."
"The calm and respectful atmosphere in school means that pupils learn without disruption. Low-level disruption is rare."
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