Director of English

Delta Academies Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Academies Trust is seeking a dedicated Director of English to join our team in January 2027 on a full time, permanent basis. You will be part of a team responsible for the quality of English provision across the Trust, collaborating with Senior Leadership and Subject Leadership Teams to accelerate improvement and raise standards.

You will plan and teach high quality lessons, deliver intervention programmes and analyse performance data to ensure targeted support and consistency of English

Qualifications

• Plan and teach high quality lessons across English.

Responsibilities

• Analyse performance data to target support and accelerate improvement.
• Work with Senior Leadership and Subject Leadership Teams to raise standards across the Trust.
• Deliver intervention programmes and support subject teams to meet stretching targets.

Job description

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and highly skilled Director of English to join our team in January 2027 on a full time, permanent basis.

As a Director of English, you will be part of a team of lead professionals that take responsibility for the quality of individual subject provision, curriculum teaching and assessment for English across the Trust. You will jointly accountable for subject performance improvement, attainment and progress in your discreet subject area. You will work across the Trust's Academies with a target group of Academies assigned to you where you will work closely with the Senior Leadership and Subject Leadership Teams to accelerate improvement and raise standards.

Within your role, you will plan and teach high quality lessons, deliver intervention programmes and challenge and support subject teams to achieve stretching targets for student outcomes. You will analyse performance data to ensure that students are appropriately targeted for support and work across the Trust to ensure consistency of subject quality and delivery throughout the network of Academies.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

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