Director of English

Cornwall Education Learning Trust, Newquay, TR7 2LZ

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  1st January 2026

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  15 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £67,898.00 - £75,049.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Payscale 12-16

Director of English job summary

Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT) is seeking an exceptional leader to become our Director of English, shaping the future of English across five thriving secondary schools in the heart of mid-Cornwall. This unique role combines strategic influence with a strong classroom presence, balancing Trust-wide leadership with departmental leadership in one school. At CELT, collaboration is at the heart of everything we do, and this post offers the chance to work closely with talented colleagues to design and deliver a knowledge-rich, ambitious curriculum that inspires students and secures excellent outcomes. The successful candidate will lead on curriculum innovation, staff development and assessment practice, ensuring that all young people benefit from high-quality teaching and learning in English. They will foster a culture of professional growth, supporting and empowering Heads of English and their teams, while working in partnership with primary and post-16 colleagues to provide a coherent learning journey from early years through to further education. With a proven track record of leading teams to outstanding outcomes, a deep understanding of curriculum design and pedagogy, and the ability to inspire others, the new Director of English will play a pivotal role in driving improvement and shaping the educational success of our students.

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all
staff to share this commitment. The postholder is required to follow all of the Trust’s policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding at all
times, and to adhere to the statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. The postholder must take appropriate action in the event
that they have concerns, or are made aware of the concerns of others, regarding the safety or wellbeing of children or young people.

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.

About Cornwall Education Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Cornwall Education Learning Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cornwall-education-learning-trust

As a Trust, we agree that a child needs to feel that they are wanted, loved and valued for exactly who they are, from the beginning. There is no replacement for that and if it’s not right at the start, everything that follows is playing catch up. After that, it is about nurturing the individual genius of each child. Every child is unique and has their own strengths, weaknesses, and passions. It doesn’t matter what these might be; what matters is focusing on what it is they love and giving them the space and time to explore those passions.
We cannot forget that the core business of schools is ensuring that children and young people are able to read, write and be numerate. We also know that whatever the world may look like in the future, there will be a need to instil universal human values. Values-based education empowers schools to emphasise the centrality of all people in society
and focuses on valuing self, others and the environment, underpinning their curriculum with universal positive human values such as respect, justice, equality, integrity, harmony, trust and honesty.
At CELT, we believe that nature is a gift we should try to give to each child so forming a relationship with nature early on is a very powerful thing. Our schools are all situated in unique locations. We want children to grow up
remembering their childhood as a happy, safe place where they connected with Cornwall’s beautiful natural environment.
Young people have their own voice - our role is to hear that voice and offer the space and opportunity for it to grow.
A CELT education gives each child a moral compass and self-leadership, it enables reflection and a code of personal ethics. Our pupils become the Captain of their own ship, which ultimately enables them to navigate their wonderful, individual journeys as custodians of our future.

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