Job Description

Salary:

Competitive salary per annum

Job type:

Full Time, Fixed Term

Start date:

September 2025

Apply by:

8 May 2025

Job overview

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Wellington College is one of the world's leading co-educational boarding and day schools located in rural Berkshire set in a stunning 400 acre campus, home to a blend of breathtaking original architecture and modern state-of-the-art facilities to provide the best possible education environment for our pupils.


Our English Department are currently looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dedicated English Teacher with a love of education to join the team to encourage all students to make progress in this subject no matter their ability to join us for a maternity cover fixed term of 1 year.


Dedication, hard work and passion will see you go far at Wellington College, we value and support our staff and you'll have the chance to develop your skills.


You will join on a full time, Fixed Term basis and in return as well as an attractive salary and an excellent opportunity to further develop, we offer contribution to the Teacher's Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity schemes, a generous health scheme including an Employee Assistance Programme, private medical, a cycle to work scheme, discounted staff membership to the Fitness Club, free lunch whilst on duty, free parking and school fee reduction.

Key responsibilities (Please see JD for full requirements):

In addition to the general duties of a teacher at Wellington, the post holder is expected to:

Be willing to teach across the full age range from year 9 to year 13. Enhance the quality of teaching and learning in the Department and wider College through sharing resources and good practice, lesson observation, collaborative teaching, mentoring and active participation in continuing professional development. Teach a standard timetable allocation (currently 36 lessons of 55 minutes in a twelve-day timetable cycle). Play a role in the extra-curricular life of the Department, including contributing to off-timetable workshops, extension programs, pre-university seminars, competitions, etc. Make a positive contribution to the efficient running of the Department, including, setting and marking examinations, attending departmental meetings and undertaking administrative and other tasks as delegated by the Head of Department. We are a seven day a week boarding school and all teaching staff should be aware that there are lessons on a Saturday morning and expects teachers to participate enthusiastically in the activities that are offered to pupils during evenings and weekends.

What we are looking for:

Essential

Good level degree in this subject or another directly related subject or a suitable Post Graduate qualification. 3 A-Levels, IB or equivalent. Thorough knowledge of the material covered in the Curriculum of this subject.

Desirable

Recognised teaching qualification, such as a PGCE, or equivalent experience. Teaching experience at A/IB level. Awareness of Safeguarding requirements and good practice within a boarding school setting. Involvement in extra-curricular activities (professional, amateur or voluntary).

If you think you've got what it takes and would like to join our team, please

apply

now.

Closing date: Thursday, 8 May 2025

Wellington College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

All applicants must have a valid right to work in the UK and must be able to produce supporting documents.

About

Wellington College

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Wellington College

Duke's Ride, Crowthorne
Berkshire
RG45 7PU
United Kingdom

+44 1344 444 000

INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLEGE

Nestled in a stunning 400-acre parkland campus, Wellington College is situated in Crowthorne about 35 miles to the south-west of London.



Wellington College is one of the UK's -- and indeed the world's -- great coeducational boarding and day schools. It seeks to provide young people with the knowledge, skills and character to serve and help shape a better world. Its innovative and interesting use of technology in the classroom combined with its emphasis on pupil-centred learning ensures that Wellington is at the forefront of educational advance.



An exciting fusion of heritage and modernity characterises our educational philosophy. Our curriculum, facilities, and teaching methods are constantly adapting to the challenges of preparing young people for the ever-changing world of the 21st century. Wellington College is a school which is dynamic in every sense of the word, and yet all that we do is rooted firmly in our five College values -- Kindness, Courage, Respect, Integrity and Responsibility -- values which underpin every aspect of life at Wellington.



The College is celebrated not only for its academic achievements but also for its sporting, artistic and dramatic provision. Stellar examination results, a richly varied co-curriculum, and a raft of national accolades contribute to the College's national and international reputation.



Wellington has won many awards for the pastoral support it offers its pupils. There are 18 boarding houses, each with its own dedicated team of HMs, Tutors, Matrons, and domestic staff. A newly built co-ed Sixth Form House opened in 2024. Pupil and staff-led Mental Health initiatives and our nationally recognised Wellbeing curriculum not only help our pupils successfully navigate their teenage years, but also prepare them for healthy, happy, and successful lives after school.

THE CURRICULUM

Pupils at Wellington College experience a rich and stimulating education offering both breadth and depth where the aim is to inspire and embed a deep love of learning.



Pupils choose two languages to study in the Third Form (from French, German, Spanish, Mandarin and Russian). They choose two humanities (from History, Geography, Philosophy and Religion, and Ancient History). They choose three elective subjects (from Art, Computer Science, Dance, Drama, DET, Music and PE). The rest of the Third Form curriculum comprises the core subjects of Maths, English, Science (as a single integrated discipline), and Classics. In addition, all pupils are taught our Wellbeing programme that is an essential element of the Wellington philosophy encouraging the pupils to reflect on their own personal, social, emotional and intellectual development. The Malim Prize is a rite of passage for all Third Form Wellingtonians. Pupils present a submission on a subject of their choosing, in a medium of their choosing. The endeavour promotes careful research, knowledge acquisition, and creative thought.



Pupils choose their subjects for the Middle School (Years 10 and 11) at the end of their first year at the College. A broad range of subjects is offered to ensure the curriculum balances core knowledge and expertise with an enhanced sense of specialisation. All pupils study Maths, English (Language and Literature), one or more sciences from Biology, Chemistry and Physics, one of the Humanities and a Modern Foreign (or Ancient) Language at GCSE. In addition, pupils choose up to three other subjects to study that may lead on to areas of study in the Sixth Form. The standard number of GCSEs taken is nine, whilst some pupils take ten. This allows a full six hours per cycle for instruction in each GCSE subject, allowing us to teach more than the basic specifications, thus embedding advanced understanding within each subject discipline. To demonstrate our commitment to breadth in education, all pupils will either take the Higher Project Qualification (HPQ) on two lessons per cycle or a new course (Fragments), a Wellington bespoke course which acts as 'intellectual glue'to fill in the gaps between formal subjects. Finally, all pupils undertake two periods per cycle of Wellbeing in Year 10 and one period per cycle in Year 11.



In the Sixth Form, pupils may choose between A Levels and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). Detailed guidance, advice and information is given to both pupils and parents to facilitate this decision but ultimately the pupils are free to choose the appropriate programme of study for them. The IBDP provides a broad, balanced, international and socially engaged education, with depth and specialism provided by the Higher Level choices, whilst A Levels provide an intensive and rigorous education in a focused range of subjects. Both pathways are academically sound, internationally recognised and valued by universities and employers. Neither is inherently more or less difficult than the other; nor is one or the other more suited to strong or weak pupils. Both are assessed in a linear manner and pupils should therefore choose the form of education to which they feel most suited. In addition to their A Level programme, pupils will take the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and have one period per cycle of Wellbeing in the Lower Sixth. Those taking the IBDP also complete the core component of Extended Essay (EE), Theory of Knowledge (ToK) and Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS) and in addition, one period per cycle of Wellbeing in the Lower Sixth.



With outstanding exam results at both A Level and the IBDP, university outcomes are strong with approximately 20 pupils gaining places at Oxford or Cambridge each year, with the vast majority of the rest of the cohort going on to elite US and Russell Group universities. The curriculum at Wellington is designed to prepare them not just for their examinations but for life by inspiring their thirst for knowledge and creating an intellectual aspiration that will serve them well in the future.

FACILITIES

Wellington College is blessed with world-class facilities. Standing in its own enclosed 400-acre campus it offers the very best provision for academic study, musical, dramatic and artistic expression, and sporting choice and excellence. A new Sixth Form Centre opened in 2024.

ACADEMIC

Wellingtonians study GCSEs, followed by the IB Diploma or A Levels and, whichever route they take, results are superb. In 2024, 38.5% of grades at GCSE were 9s (the most common grade for Wellingtonians) and 65.2% were 9s or 8s. The combined total of IB and A Level grades was impressive: 31.9% of grades achieved were A/7; 72.6% AA/76. Remarkably of the 244 pupils in the Upper Sixth, almost 50% of the year group secured either A/A at A Level or Higher Level 7/6 at IB, with 41 students achieving at least three As or three Higher Level 7s.



100 Wellingtonians have been offered Oxbridge places over the past five years, while 20-25 move on each year to American universities, including several to Ivy League universities.

ARTS

With the two tier 900-seat Annenberg Auditorium, the more intimate Christopher Lee Theatre, five other performance spaces, two separate Music buildings (which contain over 20 practice rooms), a dance studio, a recording suite, TV station and radio studio, and the uniquely designed Grimshaw Art School, few schools worldwide are able to match Wellington College's provision for the Arts.

SPORT

In 2023/24 there were over 25 different sports on offer at Wellington, involving 200 teams in around 1,200 fixtures, and it was yet another bumper year with over 30 Wellingtonians involved in national level sport, 23 teams or individuals taking part in national finals and five overseas sports tours. Notable successes included the boys' cricket XI winning the BOWS Festival, the golfers taking the Micklem Trophy, the girls' Under 16 hockey team being crowned National Champions, rackets trophies at Queen's for both boys and girls and the Under 15 rugby team winning the Langley Trophy. Further national successes were recorded by the shooting team and the girls' ski team.



We are always thrilled to celebrate, nurture and support those pupils with international and professional ambitions. In 2023/24 Wellington pupils gained national and international recognition in the following sports: Athletics, Equestrian, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey, Netball, Polo, Rugby, Rifle Shooting, Skiing, Swimming and Triathlon. In recent years many of our boys have signed professional rugby contracts, several girls have received American university hockey scholarships, and both boys and girls have been awarded golf scholarships to the USA.



The College remains firmly committed to sport for all and a strategic focus to support this has seen further investment in professional sports coaching, with an emphasis on our priority sports of Rugby, Cricket, Football, Golf, Hockey, Netball, Tennis and Rackets. There has also been ongoing investment in our facilities with a newly renovated main cricket pavilion, the laying of a third astroturf pitch for hockey and tennis, the creation of twelve new tennis and netball courts, twelve sets of portable floodlights for winter training, an indoor swing room for golf and a new gym facility aiming to provide for both high performing sports pupils, while also creating a wholistic exercise space for activities such as yoga and Pilates.



Wellington remains committed to adding to its reputation as one of the UK's strongest and most diverse schools on the sporting front, offering both challenge and support to all pupils at all sporting levels.

PASTORAL

House life lies at the heart of each pupil's experience, and it comes as no surprise that every Wellingtonian is convinced that their house is the best. Housemasters and Housemistresses, dedicated tutor teams, matrons and housekeepers all ensure that the house truly is a home away from home.



A focus on Mental Health with both staff and pupil ambassadors, a unique Mental Health Day for parents and pupils, several national awards for Safeguarding, a recent educational initiative on Sex and Consent, and a newly appointed Head of EDI and Social Responsibility help ensure that Wellington provides a safe and healthy environment for pupils and staff.



Our nationally recognised Wellbeing curriculum (we were the first school to introduce happiness lessons) focusses on embedding growth mindsets and building grit and resilience: the positive coping strategies that our pupils learn not only allow them to make the most of all the opportunities available to them at Wellington, but also prepares them for healthy, happy, and successful lives after school.

PERFORMING ARTS

Music, Dance and Drama are stunning, with a huge number of pupils taking instrumental or speech and drama lessons. While the whole school musical Les Mis, the Christmas Dance Show and concerto and choral concerts were the highlights of 23/24, Junior and Senior plays, Instrumental competitions, House Singing, Dance, and Drama festivals and two student-written and -directed plays at the Edinburgh Fringe offered both variety and opportunity. The annual Speech Day show in a 4,000-seater Big Top provided a fitting finale, with musicians, singers, actors and dancers reprising many of the year's highlights.



Music has a well-structured routine of activities and events, with flagship ensembles performing regularly at high-profile concerts at venues such as St John's Smith Square; with regular recitals every Tuesday evening; regular concerts featuring the Symphony Orchestra, the Concert Band and Big Band; and weekly services featuring the Chapel Choir, who also sang Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral and St George's Windsor, toured Portugal and recorded an album. Two concerto concerts, which saw four pupils perform, backed by a full orchestra, emphasised our pupils' aspiration to perform concerti - no surprise, with 13 students holding Diplomas this year. Masterclasses from renowned professional, singer-songwriter concerts, a recording studio, the Jazz Orchestra, and the a cappella group the Wellingtones, all provide a range of opportunities for our musicians.



Jack Absolute Flies Again, Les Miserables, and Lionboy were the stand-out productions of 23/24. In addition, three student-written and -directed plays - The Severans, Blood of My Father, and Dionysa - the Third Form's Bits from the Bard, a Limelight Evening with Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes, 12 masterclasses, the WellingTony's awards evening, the House Fives house drama competition and a new Outreach programme for senior scholars have all had key roles to play. In addition, the Contemporary Monologue Evening and a sell-out Festival of Musical Theatre provided opportunity and range for students interested in Drama.



Dance saw 110 students in the Christmas show, a much-anticipated House Dance competition with 750 students in the audition process, and a variety of Curriculum events, proved that dance is integral to a Wellington education. To the theme of The Quad, the Chapel and the Dorm, the Dance Show showcased a range of Contemporary, Lyrical, Contact, Street, Commercial, Ballet, Tap, Acro, and a breathtaking Silks routine. The Curriculum Dance Show allowed our academic dancers to show off their choreographic and performance skills, while the Street Crew Battle attracted a large and vocal crowd to South Front. Focused workshops, career advice from dance professionals, visits to the Royal Ballet, and inspirational sets from the daredevil Acro team are all features of Dance at Wellington.

CO-CURRICULAR

Leadership, service to others and developing an international outlook are also central to the College's core values which is why co-curricular activities include CCF, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, and a pioneering Global Social Leaders scheme, in which pupils learn to create and run innovative social action projects, tackling local and global issues.



Clubs and societies range from Green Power Racing to the Field Gun team, from WTV (Wellington's own television company) and its pupil-run radio station DukeBox, to a full range of more traditional pastimes such as Photography, Creative Writing, Debating and the Model United Nations society.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL

There are currently eight schools in the Wellington College International family across India, China and Thailand, educating over 5,600 students. All international Wellington Colleges are connected to Wellington College International, UK at governance level, and enjoy authentic links to Wellington College. Though each is unique to the location and communities it serves, they all share the values and ethos of Wellington College, are committed to absolute academic and all-around education and the best outcomes for all pupils. Each one additionally aims to become a leading school in its region, with an education impact reaching far beyond its own walls. Staff secondments and exchanges and continuing professional development across the family enable us to share best practice across the world. Further information about each school may be found below.



For more information, see the Wellington College website:

http://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk

An International Baccalaureate World School