Literacy Co-Ordinator
Mill Hill County High School, London, NW7 4LL12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
6 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Your normal working week is a minimum of 32.5 hours (for full time staff) but is conditioned by 8.2 to 8.5 below.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative teacher of English, with strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to achieving high standards within a thriving department. The successful candidate will have a strong academic background and be an excellent classroom practitioner who is capable of inspiring and motivating students.
The role of Literacy Co-Ordinator to develop the quality of literacy provision across the school.
You will be passionate about literacy as the building block of students’ achievement and be skilled at integrating literacy into the learning of all students. You should have ideas that will raise the standards of literacy across the school, utilising your knowledge of educational research and best practice in this area. You will be tenacious about raising standards for all our students and rigorous in your monitoring and evaluation of literacy initiatives across the school.
You would be a member of an English Department where all students study English Language and Literature at GCSE and the Department progress and attainment results are excellent across all groups. We offer A level courses in both English Literature and English Language. A number of students apply to Oxbridge each year to study English. The English team comprises 14 specialist teachers with a strong ethos of excellent teaching and learning. The Department is also committed to providing valuable enrichment and extra-curricular activities for students, and regularly runs theatre trips, study conferences, Shakespeare performance opportunities, and supports student entries to national creative writing competitions, in addition to hosting the annual Poetry and Music performance event.
What the school offers its staff
We are committed to supporting staff wellbeing in a variety of ways. The good working relationships within the staff body, and between staff and students is why many colleagues have chosen to stay with us for the long term. We are also strong in supporting staff career development and colleagues are successful in securing promotions at all levels. We support colleagues in pursuing NPQs and offer a secondment programme onto the Senior Leadership Team for middle leaders.
Although we achieve excellent results year on year and are heavily over-subscribed, we are not complacent. We know there is always more to do, and we work together to continuously reflect upon our successes and areas for development. We are keen to hear the voices of all our stakeholders.
Mill Hill County High School is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Admission into Year 7 is offered to children of staff with two or more years’ service
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to leonarda@mhchs.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Mill Hill County High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1684 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Mill Hill County High School website
- Email address
- leonarda@mhchs.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02082388184
Mill Hill County High School
Worcester Crescent, London NW7 4LL
One of London’s most over-subscribed schools
11-18 Mixed, Partially-Selective Academy
1666 on roll (423 in the Sixth Form)
Arranging a visit to Mill Hill County High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email leonarda@mhchs.org.uk.
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