Head of English Department

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

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Head of English Department, London (Erith)

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MLK Education Search

Location:

London (Erith), United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

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Posted:

18.04.2025

Expiry Date:

02.06.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Head of Department - English

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Start Date: September 2025 or earlier

MLK Search is supporting this all-through Academy in Erith and is seeking to appoint an experienced, qualified teacher to join as a Head of Department for English to ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject.

The Academy combines the traditional values of good manners, strong discipline and smart uniform with the best of modern teaching and technology. As an all-through setting, pupils can benefit from joining in reception and staying on to complete sixth form, ensuring they leave the school as well-educated, well-rounded individuals ready to take on the world.

The vision is clear: nothing is impossible and everything is possible, irrespective of personal characteristics or background. Every problem has a solution. They believe they are more robust, resilient and determined as a team than as a group of individuals. They support, challenge and hold each other to account at all levels within the academy to ensure that students achieve their potential, are motivated, engaged and fully prepared for life beyond the academy.

As one of the Trust's most successful all-through academies, staff at all levels belong to a strong, cohesive team working with an Executive Principal and large SLT. Staff can expect to grow with them as they continue to innovate and evolve as an academy. With ample opportunity to build on CPD, potential is limitless.

You will play a leading and highly visible role in the improvement of teaching and learning of the Faculty and academic success of all students, ensuring the highest standards of teaching, learning and achievement and leading in the monitoring, evaluation and review of standards and provision in the subject area.

The purpose of your role will be:

• To be accountable for student progress and development in the subject area across KS3, KS4 and post 16, including meeting student achievement targets for subject areas which are agreed by the Principal and the Governing Body.
• To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area through continuously developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
• To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in the subject area, in accordance with the academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.
• To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all staff in the subject area.
• To ensure the agreed tutor programme is implemented and that tutors are effective in their role.
• To ensure effective behaviour for learning is evident throughout the faculty.
• To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across the subject area.

Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:

• Operational and strategic planning (including rigorous self-evaluation and review of subject area performance, formulating the subject and faculty improvement plans, and leading the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching strategies).
• Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high-quality and cost-effective curriculum and leading development of the subject and its delivery.
• Staff development (including recruiting, building and managing an effective team of motivated staff).
• Student outcomes (including ensuring the effective operation of target setting, monitoring and evaluation systems and the input and maintenance of accurate student data).
• Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students).
• Teaching, including acting as an outstanding role model.

The successful candidate will:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a good, relevant undergraduate degree.
• Be an excellent teacher with a minimum of two years' teaching experience.
• Have proven success in raising achievement.
• Have experience in leading others, ensuring high-quality performance.
• Have successful experience in the implementation of monitoring, evaluation and review processes to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
• Demonstrate a high level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement.
• Have recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development.
• Have experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, other managers, students and parents.
• Understand creative whole school strategies for improving literacy and numeracy and the importance of this in raising achievement.
• Have some successful experience in leading cross subject initiatives that have contributed to raising achievement.
• Have experience of embedding innovative strategies for Assessment for Learning and Learning to Learn.
• Have recent and relevant experience of managing and implementing change successfully at the subject leader level.
• Be willing to use coaching as a model for ensuring ongoing professional development.

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity that you would like to pursue, please APPLY NOW!