Curriculum Leader of English & Associate Senior Leader
Tor Bridge High, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8UN14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: FTE 1.0
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Range 5-9
What skills and experience we're looking for
Associate Senior Leader:
As Associate Senior Leader and Curriculum Lead for English, you will play a pivotal role in shaping both the strategic direction of English and the wider school improvement journey at Tor Bridge High. This is more than a leadership role—it’s an opportunity to develop as a senior leader, gaining the experience, skills, and vision needed for future progression. We are committed to investing in the right person—someone with the highest expectations, a passion for curriculum excellence, and the ability to inspire students and colleagues alike.
As part of our dynamic and ambitious team, you will help drive meaningful change while embodying our values of Courage, Love, and Ambition to create a school where every student thrives.
SLT:
Drive Curriculum Excellence:
- Lead the strategic development of the English curriculum, ensuring high-quality teaching and learning that raises standards and fosters a love for the subject.
Raise Achievement & Standards:
- Use data-driven strategies to close gaps, improve outcomes, and ensure all students, regardless of background, reach their full potential in English.
Develop & Inspire Staff:
- Coach, mentor, and support teachers to deliver consistently high-quality lessons, promoting a culture of collaboration, innovation, and professional growth.
Contribute to Whole-School Improvement:
- Play an active role in the senior leadership team, shaping and delivering key school improvement priorities beyond English, in line with the school’s vision and values.
Leadership:
- To champion the School’s vision and ethos through the work of the English Department and whole school.
- To develop and implement an outstanding and ambitious curriculum that meets the needs of all students.
- To work alongside the Q of E Deputy to develop a coherent whole school plan of disciplinary literacy.
- To be a role model for high quality teaching and learning, as well as the standards of professionalism and conduct expected from staff at the School.
- To ensure that the teaching of English and Literacy is inspiring, innovative, engaging and personalised.
- To identify key professional development needs and plan high impact CPD for the English Department so that all colleagues continue to deliver and improve in their pedagogical practice and delivery.
- To ensure all students achieve success.
- To review teaching and learning, monitoring the progress of all students including those identified as SEND, DS and the highest attaining students.
- To drive department improvement, which contributes positively to the achievement of the School improvement plan and actively involves all subject teachers in its directions and implementation.
- To engage all staff in the English team in the creation and consistent implementation of schemes of learning.
- To effectively manage the human resources at the English Department’s disposal, teaching and support staff.
- To provide regular feedback in a way that recognises best practice and supports improvement and progress
- To be responsible for setting and maintaining high standards of student behaviour for learning within the team, including supporting staff during lessons, when appropriate, in line with the School’s Policy.
- To celebrate areas of success for individual staff and the English Department.
- The post holder will be responsible for the induction of new staff in the department.
Team Development:
- To develop departmental policies, plans, targets and practices linked to whole school priorities.
- To devise, implement and review a departmental improvement plan, to improve the quality of teaching, learning and outcomes in line with the School’s Improvement Plan.
- To review the curriculum, specifications and exam board entries to ensure progress of all students
- To monitor the day-to-day use of the departmental work area to ensure appropriate use of spaces and resources.
- To plan and deliver a range of enrichment opportunities to broaden and enrich the opportunities of our students.
- To ensure that the subject CPD that is planned and implemented reflects the highest leverage actions required for the team.
Resources:
- To take responsibility for the effective and prudent management of resources for the English Department, consistent with appropriate processes and procedures.
- To work with support staff to manage the curriculum team stock, teaching resources and finances efficiently, and to obtain best value for money.
- To work with support staff to update the curriculum team inventory of equipment in line with the School’s Finance Policy.
- To carry out stock disposal in accordance with the School’s Finance Policy.
- To store resources in such a way as to enable quick and easy access by all relevant staff (and students where appropriate).
Communication:
- To prepare and attend regular line manager meetings with your SLT link.
- To communicate a well-planned literacy strategy alongside the Assistant Headteacher for Teaching & Learning.
- To join SLT as required as an Associate Senior Leader.
- To meet weekly with the Head of School for professional support and to plan and review the English Department’s Improvement Plan, evaluate student progress and the quality of teaching and learning.
- To ensure that student achievement information is shared with colleagues within and beyond the English Department to secure student progress.
- To plan and co-ordinate departmental meetings and CPD, communicating clear agendas and outcomes. Chairing Departmental Raising Achievement meetings and overseeing all Moderation and Standardisation sessions throughout the team.
- To oversee and monitor the accuracy of exam entries and dates, and to liaise with the Examinations Officer.
- To liaise with the Deputy Headteacher for Curriculum on staffing vacancies and staffing needs to meet the requirements of the curriculum through effective timetabling.
- To act as the initial person for others to contact regarding all issues relating to the English curriculum team.
- To liaise with colleagues to provide a smooth transition between schools and phases for all students.
- To liaise with other Curriculum Team Leaders in order to develop integrated schemes of learning, e.g. SEND, PSHE etc.
- To inform staff about new developments and ideas related to the English Department.
- To co-operate with the Health and Safety management and inspection process.
- To manage the provision of information to parent/carers and other staff about curricular choices, and choice of teaching groups for individual students and groups of students.
- To provide helpful and accurate responses to parent/carer enquiries.
- To undertake such other duties that may be required at the request of the Headteacher and SLT.
Professional Learning:
- To personally keep up to date with developments and new ideas related to the English Department and to organise inspirational and relevant CPD for the English team (teaching and support).
- To have day-to-day responsibility for the monitoring, support and assessment of trainee (ITT), Early Career Teachers (ECT) and Schools Direct placements.
- To identify development opportunities for staff within the department and through external agencies or courses.
- To delegate tasks in a way which maximises the use of staff skills, experience and enthusiasm.
- To mentor and support the team.
- To provide, as required, specialist coaching to enable ‘Growing Great People’
- To use ‘Planning for Success’ to assist in enhancing the professional development aspirations of colleagues.
What the school offers its staff
Relationships & Culture
- Always people first
- Connections
- Belonging
Worklife balance
- Centralised curriculum
- Enrichment activities
- Teacher friendly assessment
Growing Great People
- 1-1 coaching
- Trust Wide CPD Offer
- Powerful Networks
Passion & Energy
- Love coming to work
- Celebrate achievements
- Spread joy
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Tor Bridge High
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1171 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Tor Bridge High website
- Email address
- bgeorgiev@torbridge.net
- Phone number
- 01752207872
Our school is a well-established secondary school and sixth form, which caters for up to 1,200 pupils and has been oversubscribed for the past 7 years.
We are on a journey of school improvement with a relentless focus on high expectations with an aim to improve outcomes for all our students. This was reflected in our 2019 Year 11 results where we saw an overall increase in students’ progress - a reflection of the dedication of our staff for continued school improvement.
Arranging a visit to Tor Bridge High
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bgeorgiev@torbridge.net.
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