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Head of Faculty - English & Associate SLT

Harris Academy Kingswood, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5BA

This job expired on 9 May 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  9 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £56,320.00 - £65,188.00 Annually (FTE) L5 - L11

Head of Faculty - English & Associate SLT job summary

Are you seeking a new professional challenge in an innovative, well supported environment? Are you a lifelong learner looking to model high aspirations and excellence to the community you serve? Are you relentless in your mission to improve and keen to support and challenge students and staff alike to become the best they can be? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join us in our demanding mission to offer a first-class provision for our school community by raising Aspirations, instilling Resilience, creating Opportunities and securing both academic and personal Excellence. We are seeking a hardworking, committed practitioner to join us in our journey as together, we can change lives!

Our pupils require, for September 2025, an inspiring and enthusiastic Head of Faculty for English. This individual will also be an Associate Member of the Senior Leadership Team, as well as overseeing the leads for whole school literacy and oracy, a vital position which oversees one of the crucial elements of our School Improvement Plan. We are looking for an outstanding specialist - a person with vision, energy and excellent organisational and interpersonal skills in order to contribute to our overall success.

Our classrooms are happy learning environments where you will see a vibrant, effective pedagogy in action and you will be supported by an excellent bespoke CPD package.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment.

We welcome visits from potential applicants.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

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About Harris Academy Kingswood

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1513 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Harris Academy Kingswood website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodlands-school

Aspiration, Resilience, Opportunity, Excellence, is our ethos. These four pillars underpin all we do and drive us forward as one inclusive learning community. We have the privilege to be able to teach and learn, as an 11-16 Academy, in a £26 million building. Harris Academy Kingswood is proud to serve the people of Basildon and we are constantly striving to be better. We are focused on ensuring academic excellence for all our youngsters, allowing them the opportunity to thrive at further and higher education.

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