Head of English

Kingstone High School, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR2 9HJ

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  20 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS / UPS plus TLR2b

Head of English job summary

Kingstone Academy Trust

Kingstone High School

Post: Head of English

Required for: 1st September 2025

Applications close: 20th May 2025

Salary Scale: MPS/UPS + TLR2b

Are you an enthusiastic classroom practitioner with high expectations and an ability to inspire, enthuse and challenge both staff and students to raise standards of achievement at all levels?

Applications are invited for a creative, enthusiastic and articulate Head of English who has a clear sense of purpose, high expectations and the ability to inspire. You will be leading a high achieving department with a long history of success and exemplary practice in teaching and learning. The team is committed to promoting enjoyment and high achievement in English for all of our students.

Do you have the drive to succeed and to motivate your students and staff to excel?

Do you have the creative inspiration needed to make the curriculum come alive?

Are you forward-thinking, creative, knowledgeable and an outstanding teacher and leader?

Are you passionate about individual student success?

The school has a proven track record of developing ambitious and capable professionals with several staff currently on different strands of the NPQ programme. Therefore, if you have ambition, high expectations and an ability to inspire, enthuse and challenge both staff and students to raise standards of achievement at all levels we would like to hear from you.

In return, we offer:

A school with a strong commitment to your professional development

A working environment focused on Teaching and Learning and raising standards for all

The opportunity to work in a staff team where your skills, enthusiasm and hard work will be appreciated

A school where staff wellbeing is a priority

KHS is an 11 to 16 school, part of Kingstone Academy Trust, which also includes Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School, and we are located in a beautiful setting 5 miles south west of Hereford serving a large rural catchment area.

For more information please contact Mrs Sally Spreckley on 01981 250224 or sspreckley@kingstoneacademy.co.uk

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All vacancies that involve working with vulnerable adults and/or children will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check at Enhanced Level, along with other standard pre-employment checks

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Kingstone High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 606 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kingstone High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingstone-high-school

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