14 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2027

  • Closing date

    28 September 2026 at 4pm

  • Date listed

    14 September 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher or lecturer

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

MPS/UPS + TLR2A

Additional allowances

MPS/UPS + TLR2A

Deputy Head of Faculty - English job summary

Deputy Head of Faculty - English

Start Date: January 2027

Salary: TLR2A

St John’s Marlborough is a high performing academy and a key member of the highly effective Excalibur Academies Trust. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Deputy Head of English to join our exceptionally supportive and passionate team. We are looking for a candidate to deliver a knowledge-rich curriculum that is exciting, creative, and diverse.

The main responsibilities for this role are:

o To assist in leading the English team. This involves giving a clear vision and direction to work, identifying key areas for improvement and planning appropriate actions to meet them.

o To take responsibility for a key stage.

o To manage both the people and resources associated with each aspect the subject and examination subjects.

o To monitor the quality of teaching and learning, liaising with Heads of Year and offering support and development where necessary.

o To promote and organise extra-curricular programmes for all Key Stages including liaising with external bodies.

o To promote the ethos of the school.

o To help mentor and coach members of the faculty to ensure a high level of consistent teaching and delivery

The English faculty, as well as the rest of the Academy, performs at a high level and it has a clear focus on students making excellent progress. We can offer you the opportunity to teach English up to and including A level Language and Literature. You will join a faculty that is celebrating consistently positive results. The successful candidate will be a passionate middle leader who is confident supporting and delivering teaching across the ability range.

Being part of the Excalibur Academies Trust means we offer a well thought through package of support and development, which includes a wide variety of opportunities for you to take your career in any number of directions. Our professional development is an area of excellence and ensures a very clear focus on the development and well-being of all our staff and students.

The Academy strives to be diverse and inclusive workplace where we can all be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background.

You will be responsible to the Head of Faculty, and a full job description is attached.

Closing date for applications: Monday 28th September 2026 Interviews: tbc

Visits to the Academy and faculty are welcomed. Please contact tgrimes@stjohns.excalibur.org.uk to arrange a visit.

If you would like to find out more about working at St John's Marlborough, please follow this link to the recruitment pages on our website www.stjohns.excalibur.org.uk/about-us/recruitment/

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer and reserves the right to appoint prior to the closing date. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust's recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks

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.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About St John's Marlborough

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
1692 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
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