8 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    19 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    9 May 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time, part time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

Additional allowances

TLR 1a

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Responsibilities:

  • Promote, support and contribute to the vision and values of the school and Trust.
  • Lead and mentor a team of English teachers, implementing strategies to raise student attainment.
  • Undertake quality assurance activities for core aspects.
  • Be accountable for the direction, achievement, resources and outcomes of the faculty.
  • Maintain efficient and effective resource management of both staff deployment and budgets within the faculty.
  • Participate in leadership activities to enhance provision both within own faculty and wider areas for the overall development of the school.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits:

  • A permanent part time role of 0.8-1.0 FTE. Our Trust welcomes flexible working discussions.
  • Salary upon appointment MPS/UPS.
  • Access to wellbeing support, physio, counselling and GP services.
  • Discounted gym membership.
  • Excellent training opportunities to support career progression.
  • Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
  • Access to Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Childcare Vouchers, Lease Car and Cycle to Work.
  • Employment within a strong and progressive educational trust with firm family values.

Flexible working opportunities

Our Trust welcomes flexible working discussions

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@horncastleeducationtrust.org

CVs are not accepted.

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Additional documents

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About Horncastle Education Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust

School Details

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
616 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Arranging a visit to Horncastle Education Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recuitment@horncastleeducationtrust.org.

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