Lead Teacher in English

Northern Leaders Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Leaders Trust is seeking an experienced English leader to drive excellence in teaching and learning across KS3–KS5. You will model exemplary practice, lead targeted interventions, and support colleagues to raise attainment in GCSE and A‑level outcomes.

You will work with Directors and Heads of Department to identify staff development needs, design effective CPD, and shape the curriculum to close gaps while keeping pace with national developments in the subject area.

Responsibilities

• Improve GCSE/A‑level outcomes through targeted interventions across KS4–KS5.
• Model high‑quality teaching and create teaching materials to support practice.
• Provide mentoring/coaching to teachers with 1‑to‑1 support to raise practice.
• Collaborate with the Director and Heads of Department to design staff development.
• Deliver CPD to develop pedagogy within the English department.
• Keep up‑to‑date with national developments in English teaching and pedagogy.
• Strategically shape the KS3 curriculum to close gaps highlighted by KS4 outcomes.
• Adapt lessons to address emerging needs in the classroom.

Job description

The postholder will be accountable for the following:

Improving the outcomes obtained by students in their final examinations with an emphasis on:

Modelling the exemplary teaching of students in KS4 and KS5 by teaching a number of KS classes and interventions

Using assessment data to identify individuals or groups of pupils that need targeted support, identifying specific topics that require intervention to raise achievement and implementing this support across the department;

Measuring and assessing the impact of interventions to raise achievement for pupils and the quality of teaching

Improving the quality of teaching and learning in the departments with an emphasis on:

Modelling consistently high-quality teaching and being able to demonstrate excellent practice to others and produce high-quality teaching materials that support excellent practice

Supporting with teachers’ professional development by carrying out regular learning walks, providing feedback and implementing strategies to improve practice

Providing mentoring/coaching/ formal support to individual teachers in need of 1-to-1 support to improve their practice

Working with the Director and Heads of Department to ensure that staff development needs are identified and that appropriate programmes are designed to meet such needs

Delivering relevant CPD to ensure staff are able to develop their pedagogy within the English department

Keeping up-to-date with and respond to national developments in the subject area and teaching practice and pedagogy

Strategically shaping the KS3 curriculum to close emerging gaps with an emphasis on:

Analysing and triangulating emerging gaps from KS4 outcomes, internal data captures and KS2 QLA (where appropriate) to identify common gaps

Working with the Director and relevant heads of department to adapt the curriculum to close these gaps

Modelling how to adapt lessons to address emerging needs effectively within the classroom