Head of English | Lead Curriculum & Literacy Excellence

About this Role

Job Title: Head of English

Job summary: Head of English responsible for leading a dynamic department, ensuring high-quality teaching and learning, and raising standards across the subject.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the English department, ensuring high-quality teaching, learning, and strong student outcomes.
• Develop, implement, and monitor an engaging and inclusive English curriculum aligned with academy priorities.
• Track and evaluate pupil progress, using data to drive improvement and targeted intervention strategies.
• Support, coach, and develop staff through performance management and continuous professional development.
• Lead initiatives to raise attainment and promote literacy across the school in line with national and academy strategies.

Qualifications and Skills

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a degree in English or a related subject.
• Strong subject knowledge and understanding of the National Curriculum and effective teaching strategies.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop a team to achieve high performance.
• Experience of using assessment data to monitor progress and raise student attainment.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships.

Pay range: M1 – U3 (Inner London) £40,317.00 – £62,496.00

Benefits

• Strong financial package including a defined benefit pension (LGPS or TPS), life cover at three times pensionable pay, and 31 days of annual leave for full-time employees.
• Cycle to Work scheme promoting healthy, sustainable commuting.
• Extensive professional development through INSET days, CPD opportunities, automatic TLR progression, and a structured 9‑point pay scale (M1 to UPS3).
• Support for wellbeing via the Wisdom app and a free Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling and financial advice.
• Culture of collaboration, shared learning and collective success within the Trust.

Equality, Diversity and Safeguarding

E‑ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

E‑ACT is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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