Job Description

Salary

MPS/UPS + TLR 1B

Contractual hours

32.5

Basis

Full Time

Job type

Teaching

Job category

Teacher

Date posted

15/12/2025

Job reference

LSP-S010

Start date: 1 September 2026

Contract: Full time and permanent

TLR time: 7 sessions over 2 weeks

We wish to appoint a Head of English to develop and lead a lively , committed and enthusiastic English Department consisting of twelve colleagues. You will be ably supported by a deputy and TLR holders for each key stage. Each play a vital part in the department's ongoing excellence.

The English department is one of the largest and most important departments in the school; your work will have an impact throughout the school and you will have a highly influential role.

The English team is impressively committed , collaborative and driven. The leader must be an excellent classroom practitioner who has experience of teaching across all three key stages . They will have a genuine love of language, literature and creativity and of communicating enthusiasm for the subject. Ideally you will have experience of leading an English department within a school already.

We are proud of our knowledge-rich, resource-rich curriculum . We've worked hard to make the Key Stage Three curriculum diverse and challenging . We offer comprehensive support to our exam groups in Key Stages Four and Five, whilst ensuring their experience of studying English is educationally stimulating and enriching . As an experienced professional, you will have a high degree of autonomy to establish a curriculum which leads to success in public exams 'whilst ensuring that our students love English and become critical readers, confident writers, and effective speakers.

Closing date for applications: Monday 19 January 2026 at 11:50pm