Job Description

Job Title:

English Teacher (Residential)

Department:

Stonyhurst Experience - Stonyhurst Language School

Line Manager:

Head of Curriculum

Date of Employment:

Pre-course work: 1 Teacher Preparation Day (June 2026 - online)

Delivery: Wednesday 8th July - Friday 7th August 2026 (inclusive)

Welcome to Stonyhurst College

Stonyhurst College is the UK's leading Catholic co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 3-18. Stonyhurst is set in stunning countryside, near the Ribble and Hodder rivers and the beautiful Trough of Bowland. Stonyhurst has a fascinating heritage, being the oldest continuously active Jesuit school in the world.

It was founded in St Omer, Northern France (then the Spanish Netherlands), in 1593, and moved to its present site in Lancashire's beautiful Ribble Valley in 1794. The College prepares young people to change the world for others. Stonyhurst is a family where heritage and innovation are fused to inspire young people to be agents of change in the -EST. 1593

Every year we welcome students from many different countries and cultures, which provides us all with a unique opportunity to learn about the world. Every year we not only welcome children from European countries such as Italy, Poland, Germany, France, Spain, and the Netherlands but from further afield such as South Korea, Hong Kong and Mexico. The Stonyhurst Experience offers a combination of courses for children aged between 10 and 17 years of age. The young people in our care are given the individual attention, encouragement, resources and space to experience student life at Stonyhurst.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

To teach approximately 20 hours per week across 6 days, and to be responsible for a number of supervisory duties, including boarding, extra-curricular activities in the afternoon and evenings on a rota basis.

Academic Duties:

To differentiate and deliver pre-planned English lessons to a high standard, based on the individual needs of the students, and with a student-centred approach to learning. Support to achieve this will be given by the Head of Curriculum. Experienced applicants will be asked to provide extra help and support to less experienced teachers and may be asked to deliver a teacher development session during the course. To follow the framework syllabus with the focus on language skills and interactive language use. To complete and keep up to date the administrative paperwork as required (end of course reports, classroom registers, marking of student's work, class records of work). To maintain classroom discipline, keep classrooms safe and tidy, display students work, maintain personal and student punctuality, begin, and end lessons according to the timetable. To participate in the appraisal scheme, be observed by the Stonyhurst College Deputy Head Academic, and engage in subsequent discussions. Attend staff meetings, for briefing and discussion of academic and welfare matters and one in-house teachers meeting/training session per week. To monitor the performance of students at all times.
The care and welfare of students is a responsibility of all staff. You will have a duty of care while you are on and off duty for the duration of your contract.

Welfare Duties:

To have read and understood the Stonyhurst policies concerning pastoral care and the protection of children set out in the Staff Handbook. To have undertaken Stonyhurst Safeguarding Training during Staff Inset, as provided by Stonyhurst College. To maintain student safety as a top priority and follow the Stonyhurst guidelines on Health and Safety contained in the Staff Handbook, and to have responsibility for the safety of students participating in the summer school. To carry out overnight duties throughout the course according to a rota which incorporates all Stonyhurst Language School staff. To follow Stonyhurst safeguarding and welfare reporting procedures at all times and make any reports to the Head of Pastoral Care and/or the Designated Safeguarding Lead in a timely manner. To wear staff ID's and Summer School clothing when on duty.

General Duties:

1. To participate in the Induction Course prior to the opening of the summer programme.

2. To be a member of the airport transfer/school reception teams.

3. Duties will include teaching of the curriculum to a set ability level throughout the 4-week course, working with, and supporting colleagues, supervising breaks, assisting on cultural excursions, ands overnight boarding duties (on a rota basis), including wake up.

4. There will be a free day each week incorporated into the timetable for all staff. You will be on duty 6 days per week. The night before your day off and the night of your day off you will be off duty.

5. Capture engaging content from summer school activities for marketing and outreach purposes.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have:

1. An RSA CELTA qualification, or a Trinity TESOL certificate or a BA(Ed) or a PGCE, or equivalent.

2. A first/ 2.1 degree.

3. A high standard of spoken and written English equivalent to CEF level C2/CPE/IELTS 8-0.

Essential:

1. Experience of teaching English in a school.

2. A willingness to undertake duties other than teaching if required.

3. Enthusiastic and adaptable with a strong work ethic.

4. To be available for the whole 4-week period, including a two-day induction (period of employment will be from Wednesday 8th July to Friday 7th August 2026 (inclusive) plus a pre-course online training day to meet your co-workers and be introduced to the curriculum.

Desirable:

1. Has worked with children/young people whose first language is not English.

2. Is computer literate.

3. Experience of teaching teenagers in either a Language School or year-round academic school.

4. Experience of working in a summer language school.

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 1 month

Pay: 121.00 per day

Benefits:

Company pension Discounted or free food Employee discount Free parking Gym membership On-site gym On-site parking
Work Location: In person