St Alban’s Catholic High School
Job Description
Post Title:
Teacher of English
All staff have a responsibility and have a duty to ensure that their work and interaction with all
individuals, fully reflects the school’s distinctive ethos and mission statement as a Catholic
Specialist School
Purpose
• To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced,
relevant and differentiated curriculum for learners and to support a
designated subject area as appropriate
• To monitor the overall progress and development of learners as a
teacher and in most cases a form tutor
• To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides
learners with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
• To contribute to raising standards of learner attainment
• To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and
monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth
Reporting to:
Head of department
Responsible for:
The provision of a full learning experience and the provision of appropriate
support for learners
Liaising with:
Head/Deputy/Assistant Heads, Teaching Assistants, LA reps, ASTs,
Pastoral Staff and parents
Working Time:
Full time
Salary/Grade:
MPS
Operational/Strategic Planning
• To assist in the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work,
marking policies and teaching strategies in the Subject Area
• To contribute to the subject areas improvement plan and its implementation
• To plan and prepare courses and lessons
• To contribute to the whole school’s planning activities.
Curriculum Provision
To assist the Subject Head and the Line Manager to ensure that the curriculum area provides a
range of teaching which complements the school’s strategic objectives.
Curriculum Development
To assist in the process of curriculum development and change so as to ensure the continued
relevance to the needs of learners, examining and awarding bodies and the school’s s