English Teacher

We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity for an inspirational and highly motivated Teacher of English with TLR responsibilities to join our experienced and settled English department. We want the best and are prepared to offer significant career development opportunities through negotiated TLRs for whole school responsibilities, to make sure that we recruit passionate, inspiring and knowledgeable teachers.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about making a real difference to the lives of our students to ensure they feel valued and that they can succeed. You may be an ambitious, high flyer who is relatively new to the profession or someone who has been teaching for a few years but is ready for a new challenge. We offer excellent training opportunities, regardless of experience, and the chance to quickly progress within the Academy and across the Trust. It is a very exciting time to join us at Lancaster; we are an 11-16 Academy with over 950 students on roll. In August 2018, we became co-educational now admitting girls. We are committed to providing the best education possible for our students to ensure they reach their full potential and enjoy their learning experience. The Lancaster Academy is on a journey of school improvement – can you be part of that journey and help us to get to where we need to be and quickly? We can offer you:
• Students who believe they can and will achieve
• The opportunity to join our very talented English department
• An excellent opportunity for career progression, both with the Academy and the Trust
• An ambitious leadership team with a clear vision for the Academy
• High quality new build/extensively refurbished learning environments and facilities
• Free onsite parking
• Access to the highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
• Favourable annual leave entitlement, above the statutory minimum, plus bank holidays.
• Staff Benefits Package - Access to a huge range of savings from retailers such as Currys, Halfords, Wilko, Asda, Tesco, M&S, Morrisons and many more!
• Cycle to Work scheme
Free Financial Support Service from Barclays - support with all aspects of your financial health and wellbeing, and you don't need to be a Barclays customer to use the service.
• Eye Test Vouchers – Free SpecSavers eye test voucher for eligible staff
• Annual Flu Vaccine – Free flu vaccine voucher for eligible staff
• Access to free Counselling sessions following an initial confidential consultation.

Why work for us?
• You will be given the opportunity to grow professionally and personally in this role and you will have access to meaningful professional development
• As a Trust we value inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, please let us know on your application and we’ll facilitate this wherever we can. We’re keen to ensure our Trust works for everyone, so we encourage applications from candidate from all demographics.
We are seeking an inspirational teacher who is motivated by wanting to:
• Join us at this pivotal time on the route to significant improvement
• Have a quick, positive and sustained impact on the outcomes for students at Lancaster
• ‘Make a very real difference to the life chances of young people’
• Add to an already effective faculty
• Enjoy a personalised, bespoke programme of CPD
• Embrace the many opportunities offered through the MAT
• Work with a determined leadership team and staff, striving to make improvements at our Academy

If these are the values that underpin your professional response to teaching, then we very much look forward to hearing from you.