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  • Start date details

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    12 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    6 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS plus TLR 2c

Head of English job summary

Our Lady of the Magnificat MAC are looking to recruit a Head of Department for English. This role will be based at Trinity Catholic School, Guy’s Cliffe Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 6NB.

Do you have the drive to make a significant and rapid impact on our students’ life chances?

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and ambitious teacher of English to join our school. The school is on a transformational journey and is improving at pace.

This was confirmed during our first Ofsted Monitoring Visit which highlighted:

  • Pupils’ behaviour has transformed since the last inspection.
  • The trust took strategic and highly effective action to restructure the school’s leadership team in place.
  • You have stabilised staff, and pupils speak very positively about the consistency of the teaching team now at the school. Staff are overwhelmingly positive about working in the school and appreciate the support they receive to improve their practice.

If you thrive working in a fast paced, dynamic, and inspirational environment and would like to be part of a dedicated team commitment to providing our students with a high quality of education and improving life chances please get in touch. We are committed to developing a team of talented leaders who will work closely with Senior Leaders and secure “Good” in all areas in our next inspection. We are open to an ambitious and experienced teacher who is looking for the next step.

The successful candidate will:

  • Lead and manage colleagues to ensure they understand their professional responsibilities and that they have a positive collective responsibility. Motivate and encourage colleagues to participate fully in the aims of the department.
  • Contribute significantly to implementing workplace policies and practice and to promoting positive, collective responsibility for their implementation.
  • Ensure all members of the Department and teachers of English are familiar with the aims and objectives of the Department Development Plan and regularly review progress against the plan.
  • Take a strategic professional approach to ensure all teaching and learning materials, and subject content is delivered in time for effective assessment, revision and examination preparation.
  • Ensure that a curriculum plan is followed consistently across the whole Department.
  • Implementing and delivering an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in your designated curriculum area.
  • Monitoring and supporting the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/form tutor.
  • Facilitating and encouraging learning experiences which provide students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.

As we strive to become an employer of choice, not only will you be joining a progressive multi-academy company, you will also receive a competitive benefits package, which as well as salary includes:

  • Health & Wellbeing employee assistance programme
  • Family friendly policies
  • Access to an excellent pension scheme
  • Access to professional qualifications and training

To arrange a visit, or for an informal discussion about the post, please contact or email the school.

Closing date: 12th May 2025 at 9.00am

Interview date: Week commencing 12th May 2025.

Some of our roles attract a high level of interest and for this reason we review applications as they are received, therefore on occasions this means roles may close earlier than advertised; so early applications are highly recommended.

We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to achieving our core mission, therefore we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications.

The MAC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff & volunteers to share this commitment. As such we will be implementing the use of online searches for all posts in line with guidance from KCSIE 2024. Online searches are not part of the shortlisting process itself, and candidates will have a chance to address any issues of concern that come up during the search at interview. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS Statement.

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and therefore will make reasonable adjustments required for interview. Please discuss any requirements you may have with us.

Commitment to safeguarding

The MAC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such we will be implementing the use of online searches for all posts in line with guidance from KCSIE 2023. Online searches are not part of the shortlisting process itself and candidates will have a chance to address any issues of concern that come up during the search at interview.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS Statement.

COMMITTED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.

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About Trinity Catholic School

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
518 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Our Lady of the Magnificat MAC are looking to recruit a Teacher of Art and Food Technology. This role will be based at Trinity Catholic School, Guy’s Cliffe Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 6JN.

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