Telford College

About The Role

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic English Lecturer to join our team, delivering high-quality GCSE and Functional Skills provision to a diverse and motivated group of learners. This is an exciting opportunity to inspire students, helping them develop essential literacy skills, build confidence, and achieve their qualifications, while supporting their progression to further education, apprenticeships, or employment.

You will create a dynamic and inclusive learning environment, using engaging teaching approaches to make English accessible, relevant, and inspiring. By tailoring your lessons to the needs of each learner, you will help students unlock their potential, develop critical thinking and communication skills, and gain the tools they need for success both inside and outside the classroom.

Beyond teaching, you will contribute to the wider success of the department through administrative, pastoral, and curriculum development responsibilities. Your work will play a key role in raising standards, enhancing student outcomes, and ensuring an exceptional overall learning experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver consistently high-quality, engaging teaching that inspires, challenges, and motivates all students to achieve their potential and more.
• Teach complex and challenging concepts skilfully, using a range of methods to link new and prior knowledge and skills, supporting students to secure long-term understanding and confident application.
• Take ownership of delivering excellent student outcomes, including attendance, achievement, high grades, value-added, and preparation for high-quality destinations such as first-class university entry, competitive careers, or advanced study.
• Be ambitious for all students, providing opportunities to excel beyond the taught curriculum through external showcases and competitions.
• Make available high-quality schemes of work, assessment plans, and teaching resources that are maintained and updated.
• Conduct and use effective initial assessments to identify starting points and plan inclusive, adaptive teaching that responds to SEND needs and individual barriers, placing students at the centre of teaching and learning decisions.
• Produce and maintain strategic student profiles, and track, analyse, and act on performance data, setting and reviewing individual SMART targets to support improvement, retention, and achievement.
• Use formative and summative assessment effectively to guide students and refine teaching practice, providing clear, timely, and developmental feedback that supports learning and achievement.
• Support students to develop positive behaviour and wellbeing, providing timely, structured support and challenge when expectations are not met.
• Build and maintain industry, community, and employer links to enhance learning and employability, and to inform updates to curriculum content based on student needs and sector developments.