English Teacher

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Job Title: English Teacher
Location: Park School, Chipping Norton, OX7 5QH
Salary: Up to £48,000 per annum dependent on experience (not pro rata)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Contract: Permanent Term-Time Only
Start: March 2026

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

At Outcomes First Group, we believe life is about more than work. That's why many of our schools are trialling a 4-Day Working Week (4DWW)-work one day less each week while keeping full pay. Now's the perfect time to join and put your wellbeing first.

About the Role

As Park School continues to grow, we are thrilled to invite an enthusiastic and committed English Teacher to join our warm, ambitious, and close-knit team in the heart of Chipping Norton.

This is a key teaching and leadership position where your passion for English will truly shine. You'll deliver engaging, high-quality lessons while helping to drive forward the development of the subject across the school. Working collaboratively with colleagues, you'll support continuous improvement and raise aspirations for every learner.

Main Responsibilities:

• Deliver a broad, balanced, and differentiated English curriculum in line with the school's aims and policies.
• Provide strategic leadership for the English subject area, ensuring its effective development and continuous improvement.
• Raise student attainment by fostering a supportive and challenging learning environment.
• Share best practice and support the professional development of colleagues to enhance teaching quality across the school.
• Monitor and support students' academic progress and personal development within the subject area.
• Actively contribute as a key member of the curriculum team, ensuring high standards and collaborative practice.

What We're Looking For

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) - essential
• Strong subject knowledge and a genuine passion for English
• A proven ability to engage, motivate and raise achievement
• Experience in subject leadership or curriculum development is desirable, but not essential

About us

Park School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 7 to 18, catering for pupils with a wide range of social, emotional and mental health needs. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

Acorn Education offers rewarding careers and meaningful challenges while making a real difference in young people's lives. As a leading UK provider of specialist education for children and young people with special educational needs, and part of Outcomes First Group, we deliver innovative, evidence-based approaches that support measurable progress and lasting impact.

We are really proud to say that in 2025, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a 'Great Place to Work' for the sixth year running.

Why Join Us?

We place pupils and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
• "Your Wellbeing Matters" - mental health support and physical health checks
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:
  • Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
  • Hundreds of UK and international discounts
  • Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme
  • Critical illness cover
  • Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support
  • 4-Day Working Week: Work 80% of your hours, get 100% pay

Subject to successful probation. Not a contractual benefit.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff - so there's never been a more exciting time to join us !

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.