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Teacher of English

Chesterton Community College

Salary

Main / UPS Scale

Contract

Permanent

Start Date

September, 2025

Apply By

February 7, 2025

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Salary

Main / UPS Scale

Contract

Permanent

Start Date

September, 2025

Apply By

February 7, 2025

Email

OFSTED RATED OUTSTANDING


At Chesterton, our English faculty’s mission is to ensure all students leave school with a secure understanding of the English literary canon; the ability to communicate confidently via written and spoken word alike; a grasp of how to respond both critically and personally to a wide range of texts, and above all having acquired a passion for reading that will extend well beyond their school years.


If your vision for teaching English is aligned with ours, please read on for details of an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team…

We require an enthusiastic, well-qualified and highly motivated teacher of English to join our successful faculty who facilitate consistently outstanding results for all our students. The English faculty’s working practice is highly collaborative, which leads to the production of excellent centralised resources for colleagues to use as a basis for their class teaching materials.

This is an exciting time to join the school following the launch of our bespoke, academic sixth form in September 2024. We offer both English Literature and English Language A-Level courses and continue to attract dedicated and engaged sixth form students to our department offer.

Chesterton is committed to ensuring it is a consistently supportive and positive school to work in, and is part of an innovative Trust which champions bespoke CPD and excellent career development opportunities for all our staff.


 The post provides an excellent opportunity for an ECT or experienced teacher.

What can ELA offer you?

ELA offer a sector leading staff benefits offer alongside bespoke, high quality CPD programmes, cross-trust events, and exceptional opportunities for career development within our innovative family of schools.

  • ELA know that our strength is our people, so we prioritise staff wellbeing, retention and development. Over 95% of ELA staff say they’re proud to work in their school.
  • ELA are firm believers in the power of recognising, celebrating, and rewarding talent: our track record in terms of retention, internal promotion opportunities and wider career development is excellent.
  • ELA staff enjoy a sector leading staff benefits package alongside bespoke, high quality CPD programmes, cross-trust events, and exceptional opportunities for career development within our innovative family of schools.
  • You can find out all about our Trust and staff offer here.

ELA staff benefits include: 

  • Reduced contact time to enable professional development;
  • EAP with access to counselling & physiotherapy; 
  • Health care cash plan; 
  • Paid annual family day; 
  • Extensive discount club access; 
  • Cycle to work & electric car lease schemes; 
  • Enhanced parental leave; 
  • Flexible work practices; 
  • Laptop & mobile phone payment plans; 
  • Ticket ballots for high profile events; 
  • Generous annual leave allowance for support staff; 
  • Discounted gym membership for all staff. 

Our Trust is committed to equal opportunities, to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.  All staff are expected to share this commitment and undergo the appropriate checks.  All positions within the Trust are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references along with a Certificate of Good Conduct if applicable.  Only applications submitted on using the ELA application form will be accepted.  We do not accept applications by CV.  You can view our safeguarding policy here.

Please send a completed application form and covering letter to: Suzanne Izzard, Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY or e-mail: . Due to the high volume of applicants, we receive for certain roles, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier that the advertised date if we have received applications that reach the criteria.

All shortlisted applicants should expect to be called for interview no more than 5 working days after the closing date. If you have not heard from us by then, your application has not been successful. Visits to Chesterton Community College are welcome. 

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