Lead Practitioner of English

Consett Academy, Consett, County Durham, DH8 6LZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  26 January 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  12 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £54,394.00 - £60,145.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership 3-7

Lead Practitioner of English job summary

Lead Practitioner of English
Leadership Scale 3-7
Start Date: September 2026

Are you passionate about bringing literature to life and inspiring the next generation of critical thinkers, writers, and creators? Do you thrive on exploring complex texts, big ideas, and challenging perspectives, and want to share that passion with both students and colleagues? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as Lead Practitioner of English.

This is a unique leadership role for an outstanding teacher of English who can combine classroom excellence with the vision to shape teaching and learning. You will play a central role in driving academic rigour, creativity, and intellectual curiosity, ensuring our students leave with not just strong results, but also the confidence and independence to flourish beyond the classroom.

Working closely with the Head of Department, you will:

• Lead professional development, mentoring, and coaching,
• Design and share innovative teaching resources that stretch and challenge the most able while supporting all learners to achieve their potential.

• Contribute to curriculum design across the Trust, ensuring that our English provision is ambitious, engaging, and academically rigorous.

• Support staff in developing high-quality practice rooted in scholarship, critical debate, and cultural capital.

• Use data insightfully to target interventions, refine pedagogy, and ensure consistently excellent student outcomes.

• Create a CPD programme that equips staff to effectively teach English qualifications.

As a Lead Practitioner, you will model inspirational teaching—whether applying theoretical frameworks, embedding criticality or developing students’ essay craft, you will help to embed a culture of intellectual stretch across the department. This role is not just about securing top results; it is about creating a community of students who are active consumers and producers of meaning.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Recent experience of teaching English Literature and/or Language, with a track record of excellent outcomes.

• The ability to lead high-impact CPD, inspiring colleagues with both subject knowledge and pedagogy.

• A deep understanding of exam board specifications, curriculum design, and wider developments in English education.

• The vision and drive to mentor colleagues and build capacity across the department.

If you are ambitious and committed to shaping a culture of excellence within English, we would love to hear from you.

Our staff benefits include:
📚 Access to professional development and training
🎓Opportunities for career progression across our growing Trust
🧘 Wellbeing initiatives and staff support programmes
💰 Discounts and salary sacrifice schemes
🚗 Free on-site parking

Please note that we operate a probationary period of 6 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation.

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Consett Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1491 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Consett Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/consett-academy

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