Lead Practitioner of English - North East
Oasis Community Learning, London, SE1 7HS15 days remaining to apply
Job start date
17 September 2025
Closing date
10 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
6 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- LP12-LP16 £68,233-£75,419
Lead Practitioner of English - North East job summary
Transforming young lives through the power of language and literacy is one of the most impactful missions an educator can undertake. When approached with ambition and inclusivity, teaching English can open doors to new worlds and possibilities for students. This exciting opportunity invites a passionate and innovative English educator to lead the development and delivery of the English and literacy curriculum across three of our distinguished secondary academies in the North. Your leadership will be instrumental in shaping a vibrant curriculum and building a strong community of English practitioners dedicated to inspiring both students and staff.
If you’re seeking an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives and futures of young people in North-East communities, and if you have a passion for creating engaging, accessible literacy experiences that ignite a love for learning – then we are eager to help you turn that vision into reality.
Eager to embrace a new and rewarding challenge?
You will become part of an organisation built on a strong Ethos and dedicated to fostering inclusion, hope, perseverance, healthy relationships, and compassion in every aspect of each Academy’s community and culture. This makes it a truly fulfilling and motivating environment to work in.
We are committed to your ongoing professional development, ensuring you stay informed about the latest research, innovative approaches, and best practices in curriculum planning, teaching methods, and assessment. Our aim is to support your personal growth and help you advance your career alongside us.
Oasis is among the largest Multi-Academy Trusts in the UK, driven by a steadfast vision to provide outstanding education for all students. We serve some of the most disadvantaged and underrepresented communities in England, and take pride in our proven success across all areas of the curriculum. We believe it offers a highly rewarding environment for both learning and working.
In the coming year, we plan to enhance our English provision by appointing a dedicated English Lead to support our Immingham, Lister Park, and Wintringham Secondary academies. These are communities that will welcome you with warmth and open-mindedness.
- We need a successful innovator and change-maker in curriculum development who has introduced new strategies and methods to improve attainment. You’ll possess mastery of your subject as an excellent classroom practitioner and have the ability to mentor and coach others to be equally capable and inspiring.
- At the heart of your subject leadership is the conviction that all young people can succeed when given the right support to overcome learning barriers. This requires you to be confident in managing behavior, emotionally resilient, and capable of embodying the values, purpose, and ethos that set Oasis apart.
Why join Oasis Community Learning?
We offer unwavering support and a community of peers who share your ambitions. Our tailored curriculum is designed to prepare students to make meaningful contributions to society.
Join a purposeful organisation rooted in inclusion, where you’ll have the flexibility and authority to influence how we teach and learn within your subject area.
Bring your expertise, passion, leadership, and resilience to inspire and lead a subject that can truly transform lives. Does this opportunity align with what you’ve been looking for?
A full job description is attached. If our mission aligns with yours, we’d love to hear from you.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Oasis Community Learning
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
The overall vision for every part of the Oasis trust is for community. A place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their God-given potential. As well as delivering first-class, innovative education, we seek to build a ‘Hub’ in each of the areas where we work; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and whole community.
Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community
We understand the complex responsibilities of education, through a lens of character, competence and community. These principles, along with the Oasis 9 Habits and ethos, are intentionally developed and embedded throughout all of our academies day-to-day.
We have a commitment to inclusion, social integration and closing the disadvantage gap; we want to give advantage to the disadvantaged. Through a fostering of character and relationships, our students and teachers can form meaningful relationships built on a shared determination to learn and develop together as one community; one family.
Together, Oasis staff aspire to:
Create safe, stimulating learning environments
Increase progress and attainment above national averages
Provide high quality teaching which secures good and accelerated progress for all students
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