Teacher of English

“We put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do”.

North Walsham High School, part of the Enrich Learning Trust, is a small secondary school in Norfolk. We are a rapidly growing school that has a strong community of dedicated staff who live out our vision and put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do. This is underpinned by our core values of Trust, Resilience, Excellence and Kindness.

We are delighted to share our most recent Ofsted report stating North Walsham High School is a "Good" school with "Outstanding" leadership and management. Most pleasingly it states: "At North Walsham High, pupils thrive".

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational Teacher of English to start in September 2026 and we are open to supporting candidates who want to work part time or full time.

The successful applicant will:

• Teach a full timetable of English with requisite planning time;
• To develop students’ love of English;
• Be enthusiastic and determined to achieve the very best outcomes;
• Be passionate about teaching and learning;
• Be committed to the school’s vision: “We put the success and happiness of our students at the heart of everything we do”;
• Embody and model our values of trust, resilience, excellence and kindness;
• Be dedicated to ensuring students continually improve;
• Teach both KS4 and KS3;
• Take an active part in CPD which includes regular and deliberate practice.

Professional development opportunities are plentiful and we are always working hard to be innovative around workload- we want you to have a balanced life and enjoy working with our children! We have really strong supportive policies on feedback, reporting, centralised planning and behaviour for learning (including centralised detentions) that allow you to focus on planning and teaching excellent lessons.

Alongside this we have a clear approach to teaching and learning which is supported by our Instructional Coaching programme. This is captured in the North Walsham Approach to Teaching.

For an informal discussion contact Miss Samantha Franklin (franklins@nwhs.uk). We welcome visits to the school prior to application.

Enrich Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974