Job description
Essential Criteria
- Good Honours degree in a relevant Secondary subject
- UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent
- A commitment to ambitious education for all students, regardless of their background or starting point
- A readiness to provide world-class pastoral care and personal development as a form tutor
- A passion for your subject and for teaching
- A belief that none of us are the finished article, and that professional life is about ongoing learning, discussion, challenge, feedback, and continuous improvement
- A willingness to proactively contribute to staff culture through professionalism, discussion, openness, and warmth
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with students, colleagues, and stakeholders
- Ability to motivate and inspire students
- Knowledge of and experience in safeguarding and child protection, including the role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
- Evidence of dealing effectively with classroom day-to-day issues
Desirable Criteria
- Extensive subject knowledge
- Excellent classroom practice and planning, including explanation, checking for understanding, student practice, and habits of discussion
- Proficient use of information from lessons, classwork, and formal assessment to inform teaching and future planning
- High standards of behaviour and the application of a "warm-strict" approach
- Evidence of teaching in more than one school
- Knowledge and use of SIMS and/or other data management systems to monitor students' behaviour, attitudes, and well-being
- Outstanding ICT skills
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About this school
Holly Lodge High School College of Science
Foundation school · Secondary · Ages 11–18
- Pupils
- 1,643
- Avg teacher salary
- £45,964
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 16:1
- Academy trust
- The Smethwick Health and Wellbeing Education Trust
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
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Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.
Location
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Smethwick, Sandwell, B67 7JG
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- Contract
- Permanent
- Working pattern
- Full time
- Posted
- 27 October 2026
- Closing date
- 16 November 2026
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