Teacher of English

Full Time

Commencing: September 2026

Salary Scale: ECT/MPS/UPS

Do you want to join a highly successful, popular, well-resourced and well led department?

Are you prepared to work hard with exceptional young people and staff committed to going the extra mile?

The English Department at Barking Abbey is passionate about Language and Literature. Our curriculum aims to prepare students for GCSE whilst fostering a love of reading and developing their writing skills. We are seeking an innovative and inspirational teacher of English who is an exceptional practitioner, creative and aspirational in their approach and keen to make a real difference to the lives of our pupils.

Come and join our successful department!

The successful candidate will possess:

• The ability to teach inspirational and outstanding lessons

• Excellent subject knowledge

• A desire to work collaboratively and to make a real contribution to the future development of our department and the progress of our students at Barking Abbey

• A welcoming and supportive community

• The opportunity to work with a passionate, hardworking and supportive staff

• A commitment to develop your skills through continued professional development

• A cohort of students with high aspirations and a willingness to learn

Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.

The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.

Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.

In return we offer:

• A supportive and encouraging staff team

• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school

• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management

• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems

We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school. Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)

Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey: https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/

Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.

Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks.