Job description
Job Title: English Teacher
Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Salary Range: £30,000 - £46535 per annum (Depending on Experience)
Start Time: September 2025
Contract: Full-time
Are you a dedicated and passionate English Teacher with a commitment to inspiring and shaping the future of young minds?
GSL Education are ecstatic to offer roles for an outstanding English Teacher to join a dynamic and forward-thinking mainstream secondary school in Portsmouth.
Whether you are a qualified teacher (QTS/ECT) or an overseas-trained teacher, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding role.
As an English Teacher, you will play a pivotal role in engaging and inspiring students through a dynamic and creative curriculum. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality lessons and fostering a love for literature and language while ensuring academic progress.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and deliver innovative and challenging lessons in line with the national curriculum.
- Teach English across Key Stages 3 and 4 students.
- Develop engaging and differentiated resources to support student learning.
- Monitor and assess student progress, providing constructive feedback and tailored support.
- Create a positive and inclusive classroom environment that encourages active participation.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to enhance the school’s English department.
- Participate in school-wide activities, including extra-curricular English clubs, workshops, and interventions.
Requirements:
- Qualified teacher (QTS/ECT) or an overseas-trained teacher.
- A degree in English or a closely related subject.
- Proven experience in teaching English at the secondary level, with a strong track record of student achievement.
- Applications from overseas-trained teachers meeting UK teaching standards are welcomed.
- Strong pedagogical knowledge and understanding of the national curriculum for English.
- Effective communication skills, with the ability to build rapport with students, staff and parents.
- A proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to work collaboratively within a team.
- Have an updated CV (covering the last ten years barring any unexplained gaps) and an enhanced DBS registered to the Update Service (or be willing to apply for one).
Why Choose GSL Education?
- Opportunities for professional development.
- Constant support from a dedicated consultant.
- The chance to make a real difference in the lives of young learners.
If you are an enthusiastic and compassionate ‘English Teacher’ ready to inspire and support students in their learning journey, we encourage you to apply and join our client school in Portsmouth!
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks; including providing an enhanced DBS certificate registered on the update service or completing an application for a new check.
As an ethical, inclusive, and independent recruitment agency GSL Education are committed to providing quality teaching and support staff in schools across the UK.
For more information or to register your interest in the ‘English Teacher’ in a schoolrole, or to be considered, please click ‘apply now’ to submit your full and up-to-date CV, and one of our dedicated consultants will be in touch.
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