WCG Drive English Teacher

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teaching Skills Admin Skills

Experience of GCSE/Functional Skills English

What the college offers its staff

• Comprehensive training programme.
• Generous leave entitlement plus up to four free College Closure days a year
• WCG offers all employees who are carers the option to request a period of Carer’s Leave that is equal to their usual working week, paid at their normal pay.
• Leadership & Management training programme to develop our next generation of managers.
• Superb health and wellbeing support with Wellbeing@WCG.
• The opportunity to join our voluntary health cash plan run by Health Shield.
• Discounted Full Cost Recovery courses.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Discounted hair and beauty treatments in our College salons.
• Pension schemes.
• Free will writing service.
• Free car parking on-site.
• Free flu vaccination voucher (available annually)

Further details about the role

We're looking for someone to join our WCG Drive team as an English Teacher on a permanent, full time basis in this new exciting role as part of WCG Drive. This is a 14-16 Direct Entry School at our Trident College campus that has launched in September 2026. Students attending here are studying 3 core GCSEs plus a Level 1 or 2 qualification in either Engineering or Motor Vehicle.

You can find out more about

WCG Drive here

https://wcg.ac.uk/WCGDrive

BACKGROUND TO POST

You will report to the Headteacher of 14-16 and will deliver both GCSE & Functional Skills English to students. In addition to delivering this core subject, we are also interested in talking to candidates who could deliver PE, or life skills and PHSE as part of a dual role.

As a qualified and experienced teacher, along with experience of SEMH, you will be encouraged to develop the English curriculum along with the Headteacher. You will be responsible for continuing to develop the curriculum, ensuring outstanding quality WCG Drive aims and objectives. Liaising with the Headteacher, identifying solutions for any potential barriers to the centre’s effectiveness, and developing strategies for improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the centre’s context, making sure these improvement strategies are effectively implemented.

You will have oversight and be responsible for developing this department with expected growth over the next year.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Curriculum development and innovation, ensuring creativity and the use of appropriate technologies to achieve excellence.
• Contributing to the educational vision, direction and ethos that secures effective teaching and successful learning and achievement by learners, preparing them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
• To undertake all forms of pedagogic work which may include classroom and online teaching, tutorial work and associated outreach duties and work experience placements.
• Teach 25 hours per week during the school term (for 39 weeks per year).
• To conduct curriculum development work including identification of student requirements, planning, development and evaluation of courses and course materials.
• To ensure the associated organisational and administrative work, preparation and marking is undertaken.
• To maintain accurate records of learner progress, tracking and achievement.
• To support learners needs and liaise with appropriate staff to ensure strategies are in place to support the learners progress.
• Ensure parents and learners are well informed about the curriculum, attainment and progress and about the contribution that they can make to achieving the WCG Drive targets for improvement.
• Hold parent evenings and complete reports to meet the requirements of the curriculum under the guidance of the Headteacher.
• Create a culture where learners experience a positive and enriching college life and integrate them with the wider college community
• Uphold educational standards in order to prepare learners from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life
• Encourage high standards of behaviour from learners, built on rules and routines that are understood by staff and learners and clearly demonstrated by all adults in the centre.
• Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, in line with the college’s behaviour policy.

A full list of Duties can be found on the Job Description.

OFFERS OF WORK

For the successful candidate a conditional offer of work will be made. Our offer of work will be conditional upon a number of mandatory pre-employment checks, to include but not limited to DBS, Barred List check, right to work check, internet search, TRA check (academic posts).

Essential Attainments

✓ Qualified teacher status, QTLS or PGCE

✓ GCSE grade A-C or equivalent qualification in Maths and English

✓ Educated to degree level in a related subject

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.