Curriculum Team Leader for English with an Associate Leader Role

St James Academy, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 3JE

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  19 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Head of department or curriculum
  • Assistant headteacher
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £32, 916.00 to £70, 488.00
• Pay scale: M1 to UPR 3 plus TLR Allowance
• Additional allowances:

  Teaching and Learning Allowance - £15, 962.00 plus Senior Leader Allowance of £3, 478.00

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ability to inspire

Ability to embed ambition and drive excellence in teaching and learning

Ability to deliver outstanding outcomes for young people.

Lead by example

What the school offers its staff

The successful candidate will benefit from working with the Trust’s Lead English Director, Director of Reading and the Heads of English in our other secondary schools. This dynamic research and development community enables our leaders to flourish and to have a high level of influence offering the very best career development.

Our philosophy is simple: we will ensure the success of our learners through outstanding teaching, positive behaviour and embracing the talents of each individual.

The Trust recognises that our staff are our most value asset and investing in our people is a key strategic priority. An extensive programme of staff development is delivered within school and across the Trust, and this is extended to senior and middle leaders, aspiring leaders, and teaching and associate staff.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Are you passionate about English and ready to inspire the next generation? St James Academy is seeking a dynamic English leader to raise aspirations, embed ambition, and drive excellence in teaching and learning. You will champion the English curriculum, leading a dedicated team to deliver outstanding outcomes. Upholding the Trust’s ethos and core values, you will model the highest personal and professional standards, ensuring all learners make outstanding progress. If you're ready to lead by example and shape futures through the power of language and literature, we would love to hear from you. An experienced leader of English will also have the opportunity to work at a senior leadership level.

St James Academy is a good school (Ofsted 2024) with high expectations for everyone. We are well on our way to becoming a centre of excellence for young people who live in central Dudley, improving life chances for all.

Since joining the Trust, St James is the most improved school in the Borough for grades achieved at GCSE and for passing Maths and English at Grade 5 or above. In fact, the proportion of learners achieving Grade 5 or higher in both English and Mathematics has doubled since the Trust was formed.

An increasing number of departments have achieved 100% GCSE pass rates, and our ambition is that this should extend to every area as quickly as possible.

There is also a strong caring ethos here, which ensures high levels of support for learners and creates an atmosphere of mutual respect throughout the school. Our learners are challenged to extend their interests through a wide programme of extra-curricular activities, sports teams and enrichment activities.

You will be joining St James at an exciting time as we continue our journey to provide first class education for the young people of Dudley

Commitment to safeguarding

All successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure and barring service check and children and adults barred list checks, where the applicant will be employed in a regulated activity.

Dudley Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, including disabled, and black and ethnic minority applicants.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St James Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 859 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St James Academy website
• Email address: laura.round@dudleyacademiestrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-james-academy

 This is an exciting time to join St James Academy and Dudley Academies Trust. For the third consecutive year, the school is oversubscribed and this year, the school achieved its best ever examination results. Not only did outcomes exceed those in 2019 but St James also did better than 2022, bucking the national trend. It is clear that St James is an academy that is rapidly improving and its dynamic, aspirant culture will ensure that the school goes from strength to strength.

Arranging a visit to St James Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email laura.round@dudleyacademiestrust.org.uk.

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