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Teacher cover letter example

A complete letter, with notes on what each marked line is doing. Borrow the structure, not the facts: yours come from your own resume.

A secondary school maths teacher applying to a school that is rewriting its curriculum for younger pupils

Dear Mrs Quayle,

Over the last two years, the share of my Year 11 maths pupils reaching grade 5 or above rose from 41% to 58%¹, in a school where a third of them qualify for free school meals. I am applying for the post of Teacher of Mathematics at Lowfold School.

The change came from small, regular habits rather than one big scheme. Every lesson at Thistlebank Academy now starts with five questions on topics from earlier weeks, and I keep a spreadsheet of which questions each class gets wrong². Once a fortnight I reteach the three weakest topics, and I share the spreadsheet with the two colleagues who teach the parallel sets, so all three of us work from the same evidence.

I teach Years 7 to 13, including two A level groups, and I have marked GCSE papers for an exam board for the past three summers. That marking changed how I teach: my pupils see real mark schemes from Year 9, and they learn early that a correct answer with no working can lose most of the marks. Outside lessons I run a Tuesday maths club that started with six pupils and now has about thirty regulars, most of them in Years 7 and 8. Four of them entered a regional maths competition last spring, and two came home with certificates.

Your listing says that Lowfold is rebuilding its Key Stage 3 curriculum. I wrote the Year 8 scheme of work³ at Thistlebank in my second year there, and I would enjoy doing that work again with a new department.

I would welcome the chance to teach a sample lesson or to talk you through the spreadsheet. I can visit on any Wednesday or Friday afternoon.

Kind regards, Olufemi Adeyinka

Why this works

1A result for the teacher's own classes, with the before and after, and the context that makes it meaningful.
2One routine described exactly, which tells the reader more about the teaching than a statement of values would.
3Experience matched to the one project the school's listing names.

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Tips for a standout Teacher cover letter

Give results for your own classes, such as grades, reading ages or progress scores, with a before and after
Describe one classroom routine you use and why it works, rather than a teaching philosophy
Name the age groups, subjects, key stages and exam courses you have taught
Mention what you do outside lessons: clubs, pastoral roles, mentoring or curriculum writing