Director of English

Location: Barnhill Community High School 

Salary: Competitive salary

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time 

Start Date: September or sooner

Reporting to: Deputy Headteacher

About Us: Barnhill is a heavily oversubscribed, high performing school that places wellbeing and quality of life at the heart of its ethos. Barnhill performs in and around the top 5% of schools in the country and was judged to be outstanding by Ofsted in February 2024. The sixth form was judged to be a very strong aspect of the school in the inspection.

Barnhill is part of Middlesex Learning Partnership, a multi-academy trust which is dedicated to providing exceptional educational opportunities for young people, fostering inclusive learning environments, and nurturing a strong sense of community. With three schools under our care—Barnhill High School, Belmore Primary, and William Byrd Primary—our mission is to ensure every child has access to outstanding facilities that inspire success.

Staff Wellbeing: We have a very well thought of staff wellbeing that focusses on allowing staff to concentrate on their work without unnecessary impediment. In addition to this there is a range of supportive measures such as marking from home, wellbeing events and staff celebrations.

The Role: Barnhill Community High School is seeking to appoint a Director of English responsible for leading English across the curriculum, ensuring high-quality provision and securing excellent outcomes for all pupils.

Key Responsibilities:

To ensure effective teaching and learning within the curriculum area of English.

To be responsible and accountable for the outcomes of students in all English courses working towards +1 progress.

To ensure that the faculty culture, policies and practices follow and contribute to those of the school and reflect high aspirations at all times.

To work with key stakeholders to design an inclusive and ambitious curriculum to raise achievement of all.

Full job description attached.

What We Offer:

A supportive and collaborative working environment.

Bespoke, high quality professional development of nurturing talent and growing our own.

High expectations of behaviour supported by established systems and protocols; 

Accelerated career opportunities for aspirational and talented staff; many of our middle leaders have been promoted internally and we have a range of TLR and bursary posts designed to develop leadership capacity in all teachers.

Further Information:

Barnhill Community High is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

It is an offence to apply for the position if you are barred from engaging regulated activity relevant to children.

Early applications are positively encouraged and the school reserves the right to shortlist and interview earlier than advertised.

CVs will not be accepted

We accept only employment and academic references; character references and those sent from generic email addresses (e.g., Gmail or Hotmail) will not be accepted.

Please see link to the Child protection policy –

Child protection and safeguarding policy

Please note we hold the right to carry out online checks on applicants selected for interview.

Middlesex Learning Partnership is a disability confident committed employer.

Closing Date: Sunday 12th April