English Curriculum Leader

Holy Cross College is seeking to appoint a permanent Curriculum Leader of English to commence from September 2025.

You will join us on a permanent basis with a salary on the Leadership spine at points 1 - 2: £55,094 to £56,509 per annum (subject to progression to scale 9 of the Teaching Staff Salary Scale) plus excellent benefits! 

The English Department is well-established and very successful. We offer English Literature, English Language, English Language and Literature courses at A Level (Eduqas) and GCSE re-sit classes in English Language (AQA). At Holy Cross most subjects are clustered and led by a Curriculum Leader, so it is anticipated that the successful applicant will have a leadership responsibility for other subject areas. 

The English team are all involved in providing a wide range of extra and super-curricular activities to extend students' appreciation of English as a subject and preparation for further study and careers. There is a book club, English Extension group and regular trips to the theatre, the MMU Poetry Library and creative writing workshops. We also run regular university trips to raise aspirations for students. More widely, staff regularly support the Excellence Programme at Holy Cross College which aims to provide young people with opportunities to progress onto highly competitive courses at university and beyond.

The successful candidate will join a highly effective team which works together on all aspects of teaching and learning. The success of this collaborative approach is reflected in excellent student achievement at A level which exceeds national benchmarks. We remain committed to getting the very best from ourselves and from our students and there are frequent training opportunities allowing staff to update their skills and knowledge. All our teachers are involved in planning and evaluating what we do, working with the other members of an enthusiastic and committed team.

We are seeking to appoint an innovative, enthusiastic and skilled teacher and Curriculum Leader. We very much welcome applications from those with experience of working in either the school or college sectors. 

Working at Holy Cross College:

We believe Holy Cross Sixth Form College is a great place to work as we genuinely care about all our staff and want them to be happy working here.

In return our staff can expect:

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Option to apply for sabbatical leave

• Family friendly policies

• Free car-parking (on and off-site)

• Automatic enrolment into the Teacher Pension Scheme

• Excellent opportunities for CPD and individualised induction programmes for new staff

• Cycle Hire scheme (subject to terms and conditions)

• VDU eye sight test vouchers (subject to terms and conditions)

• Various health and wellbeing benefits (including an on-site gym, staff well-being initiatives, staff badminton and football)

• Counselling service – face to face counselling as well as access to a confidential telephone counselling service

If you relish innovation and excellence in supporting learning and pastoral care, allied to a sense of community, then we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from all those who could enthusiastically support this vision and ethos.

Further details and an application form are available from the College website: https://www.holycross.ac.uk/information/job-vacancies/

Closing Date: 08.00 a.m. on 13th January 2025

Interviews will take place on 24th January 2025

Holy Cross College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In this respect all applicants are advised that any offer of appointment will be subject to Enhanced Clearance through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) as well as other relevant checks.