English Hub Early Language Literacy Specialist
Springhill Catholic Primary School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2HWThis job expired on 18 May 2026 – see similar jobs
Closing date
18 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
1 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time: Casual contract, work will be directed from the support required by other schools
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- £450 per day
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Qualified Teaching Status
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate degree or NPQ
- Full driving licence
Professional Expertise
Essential
- Significant recent experience teaching and leading literacy/reading within EYFS (minimum 3 years).
- Strong understanding of pedagogy and the developmental journey in communication, language and literacy (CLL) in EYFS.
- Evidence of sustained positive outcomes or demonstrable impact through school support.
- Knowledge of DfE’s Reading and Writing Frameworks.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
Desirable
- A secure understanding of effective phonics practice.
Leadership and Influence
Essential
- Proven leadership within your school and ability to build trusted partnerships.
- Experience aligning CLL with wider school improvement priorities.
- Confidence to provide respectful, evidence-informed challenge.
- Ability to work collaboratively.
Coaching and School Improvement
Essential
- Skilled in diagnosis through data, observation and professional dialogue.
- Experience in coaching, mentoring and delivering impactful CPD.
- Ability to support effective implementation and sustainable change.
Commitment and Capacity
Essential
- Currently employed in a school (or able to evidence equivalent impact) with Headteacher support.
- Capacity to commit to required training and development days.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and system leadership.
What the school offers its staff
This role offers the opportunity to step into leadership while remaining rooted in a school community. You will engage directly with national priorities, DfE training and the latest research, while shaping practice across a regional network.
You will be supported by a collaborative team of literacy specialists and you will experience working with schools in diverse contexts.
The role develops strategic thinking, coaching expertise and change management skills, while making a tangible difference to children’s outcomes.
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Springhill Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Academies, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 653 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Springhill Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- englishhub@springhillcatholic.net
- Phone number
- 02380 333954
Welcome to our wonderful three form entry Catholic primary school set in vast grounds in Milton Road. Springhill is a Catholic school where we strive to achieve excellence in all that we do as we follow the Gospel values of Jesus Christ. We provide a caring environment in which the children grow and learn, with the Catholic ethos woven into every aspect of the life and work of our school.
We strive to have excellent relationships with our parent body. As one parent told the Ofsted inspector - ‘It is like leaving your child with family’.
We are proud to be one of the highest achieving schools for a number of years now in the local area (with a recent Outstanding Ofsted - March 2022) and our children make excellent progress during their time at Springhill. Our caring nature focusing on developing the whole child means our school is fun and full of laughter with lots of events and occasions taking place all the time, adding to our exciting and rigorous curriculum. School is about learning to love learning and making memories for life, balanced with the academics to ensure our children have the best foothold in life to do anything they dream of doing.
“Educating the mind without educating the heart, is no education at all.” —Aristotle
We warmly welcome visits to our school and we hope to see you soon.
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