Team Leader - English

Westborough High School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 2JE

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS
• Additional allowances:

  TLR 1B £12,959

What skills and experience we're looking for

Westborough High School is a caring, vibrant and happy learning community. We value all our staff and work together to make a difference to children’s lives.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspirational Team Leader of English to join our school. This vacancy will suit a highly effective teacher of English ready to take on or develop their leadership. You will support the Director with the development and implementation of the English curriculum across both key stages, ensuring pupils achieve their full potential in this subject. You will be supported to build on your current excellent practice both as a leader and a highly effective teacher of English.

Westborough has a strong team leader development programme and there are opportunities to network with other English departments. Westborough has an established staffing platform and can develop teachers and leaders whatever their career stage.

Following the Section 8 Ofsted inspection in June 2026, Westborough achieved the green expected judgement in every category. Inspectors were highly complimentary about the quality of education provided at Westborough, recognising that ‘pupils are supported well to achieve.’ The inspectors praised the professional learning provided to staff and commented ‘staff value this support and recognise how this shapes their practice,’ ‘staff are proud to work at the school.’ ‘They feel supported by leaders who take workload and wellbeing into consideration’. The Ofsted team also recognised that ‘leaders and staff have high expectations of pupils’ in all aspects of school life, from academic achievement to standards of behaviour. Inspectors further noted that ‘leaders and staff act as role models for pupils. They build effective relationships that are the foundation for highly effective pastoral support.’ This reflects the caring and ambitious culture that we strive to provide for every young person.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who:

• Have experience of planning a broad, structured and coherent curriculum
• Consistently deliver highly effective lessons in your subject area
• Have experience of developing effective teaching resources and strategies
• Have the skills and energy to inspire, lead and motivate others

What the school offers its staff

As a valued member of our team we can offer:

• Clear and shared values and expectations
• A commitment to tailored professional development
• A stimulating work environment
• An experienced, highly committed and support leadership team

If you have the vision and drive for excellence and want to be part of an enthusiastic, dedicated and well-resourced team, committed to ensuring that pupils not only achieve their potential, but exceed it, then we would like to hear from you.

You are warmly welcomed to visit our school to meet other staff and to see for yourself what a great place Westborough is to work.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Why work at WHS - 2026 24.09.26.pdf - 929 KB (opens in new tab)

About Westborough High School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 900 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Westborough High School website
• Email address: fsharp@w-h-s.org.uk
• Phone number: 01924 469549
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/westborough-high-school

The school has a reputation for good educational standards, firm discipline and a caring ethos which focuses on the development of individuals. An Ofsted inspection in June 2017 designated the school as Good where pupils ‘take their learning seriously and want to achieve well”. Ofsted commended the school leadership team for providing “quality training for teachers’’.

Arranging a visit to Westborough High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email fsharp@w-h-s.org.uk.

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