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Organisation
Schools
Directorate
Secondary Schools
Service Area
Colne Valley High School
Hours
37 hours per week
Number of Jobs
1
Location(s)
Huddersfield and surrounding areas
Position type
Permanent
Grade
L12 - L16
Salary
L12 - L16
Advert Wording
Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Colne Valley High School.
Great Heights Academy Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced, dedicated and innovative secondary English specialist to raise standards in English across trust secondary schools and work within the Great Heights English Hub on the Department for Education (DfE) expansion of the English Hubs programme to support secondary schools in improving reading outcomes. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to shape a new strand of national literacy support.
The Trust Director of English is responsible for leading and developing the strategic direction of English across our trust secondary schools and securing strong outcomes for all through ensuring a well-structured and sequenced English curriculum, and high-quality inclusive practice in English lessons.
Why Colne Valley High School?
- Dynamic Leadership: Be part of a forward-thinking school under transformative leadership.
- Collaborative Environment: Work within a supportive, innovative team that values excellence in teaching and learning.
- Professional Growth: Benefit from outstanding career development support and continuous professional development through our expanding Multi-Academy Trust, which includes nine schools, a SCITT, Research School, and an English Hub.
About The Role
- Trust-Wide Leadership & Collaboration: Serve as an ambassador for the Trust, promoting its vision and values, and working collaboratively with subject leaders, senior leadership teams, and colleagues across all academies to drive continuous improvement in English education.
- Curriculum & Pedagogical Development: Lead curriculum planning, development, and implementation for English across the Trust, ensuring alignment with national standards, quality first teaching strategies, and subject-specific excellence.
- Performance & Quality Assurance: Monitor, analyse, and report on student performance data to identify areas for support and intervention, ensuring consistency and high standards across all secondary academies in the Trust.
- Staff Development & Mentoring: Mentor English curriculum leaders and support professional development for teaching staff, including ITT and ECT colleagues, through targeted CPD and structured support programmes.
- Intervention & Student Outcomes: Design and implement effective intervention strategies and common assessment frameworks to raise student attainment and secure strong outcomes in English, with a focus on transition from primary to secondary education.
- English Hub Leadership: Lead the delivery of the English Hub’s secondary support offer, including conducting reading audits, managing literacy specialist support, allocating resources, and liaising with DfE and schools to track and report impact.
If you’re excited by the opportunity to inspire young minds and contribute to a culture of excellence, we want to hear from you. Join us at Colne Valley High School and help shape a brighter future for our students!
Apply now and start your journey with us by visiting our Trust site vacancy page at
We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing Date: Tuesday 30th September 2025, 9am
Interviews: TBC
Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.
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14 working days of your application, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data Protection Act 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessful applications, and we will not keep candidate information on file for future vacancies at this stage of our process.
Closing date
30 September 2025, 9:00 AM
