Director of English

Director of English – Silvertown

Why Consider Oasis Silvertown?

The Director of English is a key strategic senior leadership role within the Academy for an exceptional educator with a deep love for the teaching of English. A role where you will contribute to a thriving school environment located in the centre of the iconic and rapidly developing Royal Docks area within East London - an area of fascinating architectural importance and great history.

This is a genuinely exciting time to join Oasis Academy Silvertown as we move into our final period of growth before reaching full capacity in September 2026. The academy is oversubscribed, committed to developing staff as well as students and already has a strong legacy of great academic success. We work closely with families, charities, businesses and other organisations in our local community to ensure that our students have all of the support that they need to flourish, becoming Ready for University, Ready to Lead.

 To achieve our aspirations as a relatively new team we are looking for staff who are passionate about addressing social and educational injustice, who believe that every child deserves the best education possible and who want to join a team doing all that they can to achieve this.

With a new team comes a vibrancy, an energy and a strong desire to give the best educational opportunities to a uniquely aspirational and diverse community. The Oasis Silvertown community is one that expects that every single young person should have the right to all options and opportunities as a result of rigorous learning, strong pastoral support and a carefully planned and considered curriculum. 

Add to that:

• We are a successfully growing secondary academy delivering consistently great results;

• We enjoy the benefits of a newly purpose-built facility (2022) with excellent transport links;

• Our SLT is highly visible and supportive in all aspects of academy life - staff, pupils and parents/guardians;

• We live and breathe our core values in everything we do, say and promote - be proud, be professional, be nice, be independent; We are driven by social justice and providing opportunities for all.

• You’ll join a supportive and passionate team where you can use your knowledge and will be encouraged to build on your existing skills with opportunities for further training and professional development;

As the only secondary school in Silvertown we play a crucial role in the community with strong connections to a range of community hubs and foundations - all serving our population.

Job overview

• You’ll hold overall responsibility for the strategic direction and development of English and a proven ability to inspire and to develop and embed positive attitudes towards teaching and learning in this core curriculum subject.

• Pupil teaching and the advancement of learning will remain central to the role and your unerring passion and love for English will be felt throughout your interactions with staff and pupils alike. You will be an inspirational teacher of the subject and a motivational mentor to other teachers.

• Your leadership and line-management skills will be effective, fair, unambiguous and wholly in line with our values of kindness, professionalism pride, resilience and independence and will form a key aspect of this pivotal role.

• Of course, underpinning this Director role will be the emphasis on and over-riding importance of Safeguarding in line with the Oasis Community Learning's commitment the safety and welfare of our children and young people.

• We recognise that this role will require huge amounts of resilience, perseverance for the long-haul and a constant drive for innovative excellence. However, this is also a role that will be incredibly rewarding and will offer exciting progression as we grow as a school.

Job Requirements

• Qualified Teacher Status

• A first or 2:1 degree in a relevant or related subject

• Currently holding a position of responsibility

• Evidence of high achievement in teaching across the Key Stages

• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline

If you would like to apply, please complete the Application Form (CVs are not accepted). Please ensure you provide the name, address and status of two referees, one of whom should be your current Line Manager. Candidates should be aware we will seek references on shortlisted candidates and may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications before interview.

If you are not clear about any aspect of the application procedure, do not hesitate to contact us for clarification.

Please be aware that we will be interviewing candidates as strong applications are received; we advise candidates to submit their application as soon as possible.

We are particularly interested in applications from underrepresented groups. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive suitable applications.

Safeguarding Statement

Oasis Academy Silvertown is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.