Key Stage 5 English Coordinator
Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EW4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Normal Teacher hours Term time and Inset Days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650 - £49,084
Additional allowances
TLR2b £5,646.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
For September 2025 we require an enthusiastic, full-time, permanent Key Stage 5 English Coordinator to join our hard working English Faculty team, in this large, mixed 11-19 comprehensive school. This could be an exciting first promotion for a determined colleague or might suit an experienced colleague looking for a new challenge.
The successful candidate:
will have a strong commitment to teaching and learning in English
will be an effective classroom practitioner committed to raising standards for all students
will be able to teach English at Key Stages 3 and 4 and in the Sixth Form.
will be fully committed to enabling all students to achieve well and make good progress
will demonstrate the drive and determination to motivate colleagues and students to ensure all at Lord Grey Can.
will take a creative and energetic approach to teaching and management
will be able to mentor and support colleagues within the Faculty
will have good organisational skills
will have the vision and skillset to develop the courses currently offered
will be open to change, new ideas and innovation and to continuously develop as a professional and leader.
The successful candidate will be totally aligned to our values of encouraging all students to be ambitious, determined, independent, respectful and successful and completely committed to actualising our mantra of Lord Grey Can!
What the school offers its staff
The successful candidate will benefit from the following:
A culture of high expectations and a strong belief that all can achieve
Explicitly clear routines and climates for learning to enable teachers to teach and students to learn.
Clear routines for learning so that teachers can teach and students can learn
A strong culture of support and feedback for staff
A highly visible, approachable and student-centred Leadership Team
A strong sense of belonging with positive, supportive and friendly colleagues
Regular CPD, subject specific CPD and professional development opportunities including opportunities to benefit from working with other schools and colleagues across the Trust.
Employee Benefits:
Teacher & support staff pension schemes
Continuous Professional development (CPD)
Training School Alliance
Networking opportunities
Specsavers eyecare voucher
Free Flu vaccine
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Medicash - Health Cash Plan:
24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services
Dental treatment
Optical care
Physiotherapy
Skinvision - skin health tracker
A range of essential healthcare expenses
Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel
Further details about the role
Why work at Lord Grey?
At Lord Grey we have a strong sense of team. Staff support each other well and we have good systems and processes to make working as effective and efficient as possible. We have a strong commitment to supporting staff so that they can manage the very important work that we do. We don’t underestimate the responsibility and sometimes stress that comes with working in a busy school environment.
How we support staff at Lord Grey
No pressure to "put on a show" in lessons. A culture of typicality is reinforced by no lesson grading.
Visible Leadership Team who are on hand to listen and support.
Everyone has the highest expectations of behaviour, with all staff reinforcing those expectations.
A clear system of sanctions which is applied consistently so staff don't have battles with students.
Excellent pastoral support offered through our year teams.
Specialised personalised CPD for all staff through the GROW model.
Time for staff to put new things into action and a very careful approach to avoid initiative overload.
Regular Staff, Faculty and Pastoral briefings to support good communication.
Headlines – a weekly whole staff email containing all the important information which reduces the number of emails in your inbox. No emails outside of work hours.
Comprehensive support for ECTs with dedicated mentors and regular meetings.
Performance Management is tailored to faculty and individual needs. Data targets are not used punitively but aspirationally.
We are constantly streamlining all systems and processes so they take less time.
Open door Principal - no concern is ever too small.
Countless opportunities to get involved with the wider life of the Academy - Duke of Edinburgh, school performances, sports teams, music etc.
Contributions of staff recognised through our colleague to colleague recognition awards and student thank you cards.
There are regular staff wellbeing events organised for staff.
Lord Grey Academy is also in a great location. The Academy is situated on a large site in West Bletchley on the southern side of Milton Keynes. Bletchley itself is the home of ‘Bletchley Park’, where the WW2 ‘Enigma’ code was broken – this site of historical importance and tourist attraction is just a few minutes’ walk from the Academy.
Bletchley is a lively town on the outskirts of Milton Keynes, and offers plenty of accommodation, good shopping and good rail links to London and Birmingham. Milton Keynes is centrally placed with excellent transport links, by both road and rail, to the rest of England. Milton Keynes is one of the fastest growing cities in Europe and has superb shopping, many bars and restaurants and a very good theatre. With excellent cinemas, Xscape and the Snow Dome, MK Dons FC and a range of other leisure options, there is plenty to do in Bletchley and Milton Keynes. For those who prefer the countryside, there are many beautiful Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire villages on the periphery of Bletchley.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Lord Grey Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1414 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lord Grey Academy website
- Email address
- hr@lordgrey.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01908 626110
Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.
Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.
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