Deputy Head of English Department

Teacher main pay scale or Upper Pay Spine (Outer London)

Closing date: 9 am on 9 May 2023

Interviews: Interviews will be held according to application

Contract start date: September 2023

Salary: MPS or UPS (Outer London) with a TLR2b (£5,021)

Contract type: We welcome applications from people
looking for a part time role or flexible working.

Contract term: Permanent

Your opportunity

We are looking for a talented and committed Deputy Head of English to join our ambitious and successful
English department. You will take on the role of Deputy Head of English, working closely with the Head of
Department to organise and manage the department, helping to develop and implement a rigorous and
rich English curriculum which facilitates the highest level of pupil progress and attainment

You will play a key role in teaching and leading English at KS3 and KS4. The specific role will be tailored to
the strengths of the successful candidate. You will support the Head of Department in ensuring the
standards of the department are set and consistently met.

As an outstanding teacher you will be ambitious for our students and community and will support our
inclusive ethos. You will be keen to continuously develop your practice and have a collaborative approach
across the department.

What we are looking for

A teacher who:

• is passionate about and committed to enabling all students to fulfil their potential regardless of

• has a clear understanding of how students learn and how a coherent curriculum is designed to

• will lead by example and support students to achieve the best of their ability
• has qualified teacher status.

We take staff development very seriously and are a friendly and inclusive school offering a variety of staff
benefits including travel loans, cycle to work scheme and an early finish on a Friday.

If this sounds like the job for you we would love to hear from you. Please download the application form
from our website. We look forward to receiving your application.

Tudor Park Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and
expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an
Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all
applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and
2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be
disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed , employers cannot take them into account. Guidance
about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice
website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation -of-offenders-act-1974.

Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to
ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or
English or Welsh in Wales). A teaching assistant is required to communicate with pupils to support their
learning and therefore the person appointed to this post should have fluent spoken English.

The application form can also be downloaded from the vacancies section of the Springwest website:
www.springwestacademy.org

Please contact Penny Davies for any information you need – by telephone on 0208 831 3007 or by email at
p.davies@tudorparkeducation.org

More about:

Academy, secondary

Gender: mixed

Age range: 11-16 with Sixth Form opportunities available at Logic Studio School

Address: Browell’s Lane, Feltham, Middlesex TW13 7EF

Telephone: 0208 831 3007

Website: www.springwestacademy.org