English Teacher, Cardiff

Job Description

New Directions Education are currently recruiting a qualified English teacher on behalf of a Comprehensive School based in  Cardiff. This is a well established mainstream secondary school providing education for pupils aged between 11-18. The school has requested an initial start before the end of the academic year, that will allow the teacher to be integrated into the department, ready for September.

The school is renowned for its high standards and continuous academic excellence. In order to guarantee this success, the school provide a creative and exciting learning environment whereby pupils are encouraged to show ambition, to maximise their potential, and to embrace all aspects of school life in order to develop a wide-ranging skill set.

The schools  English department are currently seeking a highly skilled teacher to provide an innovative & effective learning experience. The ideal candidate must:

• Have a genuine passion for English;
• Be EWC registered;
• Be able to teach Key Stage 3 (KS3) and Key Stage 4 (KS4) and ideally have experience at Key Stage (KS5);
• Have a clear DBS;
• Newly Qualified Teachers (NQT’s) are welcome to apply for this role.

Job Specification

New Directions Education places great emphasis on recruiting and supplying newly qualified (NQT) or experienced English Teachers of a very high quality for supply vacancies across the UK.

Whether your speciality is language, literature or both we recruit a variety of roles in English Key Stage 3 (KS3) and Key Stage 4 (KS4).

As an English Teacher you’ll be expected to:

• Teach all areas of the school curriculum or your subject specialism
• Organise the classroom and learning resources to create a positive teaching environment
• Plan, prepare and teach lessons that cater for all student ability ranges
• Motivate pupils with enthusiastic, imaginative presentation
• Maintain discipline
• Meet requirements for the assessment and recording of pupils’ development
• Coordinate activities and resources within a specific area of the curriculum, supporting colleagues in the delivery of this specialist area
• Stay up to date with changes and developments in the structure of the curriculum
• Take part in school events and activities which may take place at weekends or in the evening
• Liaise with colleagues and working flexibly, particularly within smaller schools.