Teacher of English

Wombourne High School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV5 8BJ

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Grade MPR/UPR (£32,916 - £51,048) Pay Award Pending + TLR 2A £3,527

Teacher of English job summary

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and two primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands. 

 

Wombourne High School is a thriving, inclusive school with a strong commitment to supporting all students in achieving their full potential. We are seeking a Teacher of English (Reading and Literacy Lead).

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious, inspirational and highly motivated Teacher of English with Reading and Literacy Lead. This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding practitioner who is passionate about English, reading, literacy and oracy, and who is committed to driving excellence across the school. This role will oversee the strategic planning, implementation and quality assurance of our reading initiatives to overcome barriers to education.

The successful candidate will work closely with school leaders and staff to embed high‑quality reading and disciplinary literacy approaches across the curriculum. You will plan and deliver purposeful CPD, support teachers to become confident teachers of reading and literacy and promote best practice across the school. A key element of the role includes leading Forensic Reading to ensure a consistently high‑quality oracy education, leading the form time reading programme, alongside supporting transition from KS2 to KS3 to create a smooth and successful literacy journey for all students.

This role also involves quality assuring the Whole School Reading and Literacy policy, contributing the School Improvement Plan, and providing impact reports at school and trust level. This is an exciting opportunity to make a measurable impact on students’ reading, literacy and life chances.

The ideal candidate will share our student-centred values and be an engaging and proactive teacher with a passion for lifelong learning. You must firmly believe and be driven to ensure that every student regardless of starting point, can achieve success, enjoy school, and be engaged with wider school life, to become the best that they can be.

The candidate should be an outstanding classroom practitioner. The successful candidate will build on current developments within the school, Trust and nationally, to continue to improve outcomes and raise aspirations for all students.

We are sure that once you visit us and meet our students, you’ll find that we are the school for you and your career journey, our CPD through school and in partnership with Invictus is exemplary.

We would strongly encourage you to get in touch and arrange a visit. We want the very best staff for our students and look forward finding out if you are that person.

Your role involves regulated activity with children daily, and this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We will require you to complete an on-line DBS if you are appointed.

For an informal discussion about either the school, the post, or to organise a visit, please contact Sophie Dalton, Head of English, via email sdalton@wombournehighschool.co.uk

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Closing date: Friday 16th October at 09:00am.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews date: Tuesday 20th October.

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.

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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 Wombourne High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 995 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wombourne High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wombourne-high-school

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

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