Job Title: Teacher of English

Location: The Wisbech Academy

Salary: Main Teacher pay scale or Upper Teacher pay scale

Hours per week / Weeks per year: 32.5 hours per week/ 52 weeks per year

Start date: September 2026

About our school

Wisbech Academy opened in 2024 and is at an early—but immensely exciting—stage in its development. With only Years 7 and 8 currently on roll, we are building the foundations of a high‑performing, academically ambitious school that will grow year by year.

This is a rare opportunity to join a new school and help shape its identity, culture, and approach to academic excellence from the very beginning. As we establish a rigorous and scholarly environment for pupils in Wisbech, you will be joining at exactly the right moment to make a meaningful and lasting impact.

The Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and reflective Teacher of English to join our growing team. You will play a central role in delivering a high‑quality, knowledge‑rich English curriculum that equips pupils with powerful literary, linguistic, and cultural understanding.

In Year 7, you will also contribute to our Vision and Voices curriculum—a carefully designed transition project that strengthens pupils’ literacy while introducing key aspects of PSHE and Citizenship. This integrated programme helps pupils develop confidence, cultural awareness, and the habits of scholarly learning that underpin success at Wisbech Academy.

This role is ideal for someone who loves their subject, sets high expectations, and is excited by the opportunity to help build an exceptional English provision from the ground up.

 What You Will Do

• Teach English to a high standard, ensuring pupils develop strong foundational knowledge in reading, writing, vocabulary, and canonical literature.
• Deliver the Year 7 Vision and Voices curriculum, providing additional literacy support and teaching elements of PSHE and Citizenship within a coherent, transition‑focused programme.
• Deliver lessons that combine academic rigour with effective adaptive teaching, ensuring all pupils—including those with SEND—can access and succeed in an ambitious curriculum.
• Work closely with the SEND team to understand pupils’ needs and implement appropriate strategies, scaffolds, and high‑quality classroom adaptations.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of a coherent, knowledge‑rich English curriculum.
• Use robust assessment to inform teaching, identify misconceptions, and support strong progress for every pupil.
• Help shape the early identity and culture of English at Wisbech Academy.
• Contribute to enrichment opportunities such as debating, writing competitions, book clubs, or theatre visits.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, modelling professionalism and a commitment to continuous improvement.

 What We’re Looking For

• A passionate English specialist with excellent subject knowledge across literature, language, writing, and grammar.
• Someone who understands and values powerful disciplinary knowledge—including literary analysis, critical reading, rhetoric, and exposure to challenging texts.
• A reflective, research‑informed practitioner with strong pedagogical understanding.
• High expectations of pupil behaviour, effort, and scholarly engagement.
• A commitment to professional growth and to helping build an emerging department.
• Enthusiasm for contributing to a new school and shaping a culture centred on academic rigour and intellectual curiosity.

Why Join Wisbech Academy?

• Play a formative role in shaping English provision in a new and growing school.
• Teach within a research‑informed environment that values rigour, scholarship, and subject expertise.

Click here to find out more about The Wisbech Academy. 

Click here to find out more about the Wisbech Campus. 

About Brooke Weston Trust

Our students come from all walks of life, and we want our staffing body to be reflective of the communities we work within. Brooke Weston Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, culture, age, disability, marital status or socio-economic backgrounds. We encourage and welcome applications from minority groups and foster a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where people can be themselves.

Our Trust was formed more than 25 years ago with a simple and clear mission – to transform educational performance in all of our communities. Working in some of the most challenging contexts, we improve our students’ achievements by making long term commitments to the community and championing new approaches to improve the life chances for young people.

Our members of staff are essential to realising this vision, and a happy, motivated and supported team will deliver the best possible experiences for our young people.

We place great emphasis on creating a supportive and collaborative working environment in all our schools, where all staff can share best practice through our colleague networks. Brooke Weston staff get access to first class professional development through our Ambition Hub, which is also home to the Northamptonshire Teaching School.

To find out more about working for our Trust and the benefits available to staff please check out the BWT Join Us Guide.

The Benefits at Brooke Weston Trust we can offer you:  

 We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:  

• ·        Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays. An additional 3 days after 5 years’ service and the ability to purchase up to 10 days additional leave per year.  
• ·        One wellbeing day a year, in addition to your annual leave  
• ·        Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.  
• ·        Employee discounts with local and national retailers, covering high street supermarkets, days out and holidays, health and beauty, dining out plus lots more. 
• ·        A freshly prepared breakfast and hot or cold lunch each day when you work in one of our Trust schools  
• ·        Payment of professional subscription / membership - If your role requires you to be a member of a professional body, BWT will pay for your professional subscription or membership fees.  
• ·        Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Your Care, an independent, external organisation. Your Care is available for you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, both face to face and online.  
• ·        Additional health benefits including a Health Care cash plan and access to an online GP  
• ·        Cycle to Work scheme.  
• ·        Ongoing opportunities for training and development and access to the BWT Centre for Professional Development  
• ·        Collaborative and Ambitious colleagues with the support of a committed team who work to maintain high standards and expectations  

·      Be the difference – At Brooke Weston Trust we believe every child deserves the best possible start, giving them a "ticket for life." If you want to use your skills with an organisation committed to making a difference and improving lives, this is the place for you  

Wisbech Academy is part of Brooke Weston Trust, which offers one of the most extensive and well‑structured professional development programmes in the region. Through the Trust’s Centre for Professional Development, colleagues benefit from:

• ·        A comprehensive CPD programme across curriculum, safeguarding, behaviour, SEND, leadership development, and governance
• ·        High‑quality training delivered by senior leaders across the Trust, alongside nationally recognised experts, Ofsted inspectors, DfE‑affiliated consultants, and specialist outreach providers
• ·        Access to purpose‑built professional learning facilities, including the CPD Centre (home of the Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub) and the Primary Training Hub at Oakley Vale Primary School
• ·        A wide range of courses spanning everything from curriculum design and teaching & learning to first aid, leadership, SEND, and operational skills

As a Brooke Weston Trust school, the Wisbech Academy sits within the Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub, which delivers the NPQ programme in partnership with Ambition Institute.

Sector‑Leading Early Career Support

As a Brooke Weston Trust school, Wisbech Academy sits within the Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub, which delivers the Early Career Framework programme.
Early Career Teachers benefit from exceptional training delivered in partnership with Teach First, ensuring a strong, research‑informed start to their teaching career

• Benefit from significant opportunities for rapid professional progression as the Academy expands.
• Help establish a cultural identity where reading, academic ambition, and intellectual curiosity sit at the heart of school life.
• Be part of a dedicated team committed to transforming the educational opportunities of young people in Wisbech.

How to Apply

We welcome visits and conversations about the role. Full details and application information are available at www.thewisbechacademy.org or by calling 01945 407909.

Closing date: 12^th April 2026

Interview date: W/C 24^th April 2026

Safer Recruitment

Care and respect for others are the values that lie at the heart of our Trust. The Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. It expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts require proof of identity and as the role is working with children and young people this will also be subject to an enhanced disclosures barring service check. In line with safer recruitment requirements, individuals shortlisted for a role in school will have online checks conducted on their name across social media platforms and google.

A copy of the Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found here - Safeguarding and Child Protection

The Trusts position on the recruitment of Ex-Offenders can be found under section 7 of the Trust SCR, Safer Recruitment and Staff Files Policy - Safer Recruitment and Staff Files Policy

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.