Teacher of English

Haydon School is a large, friendly and highly inclusive secondary school in North West London, proudly judged Good by Ofsted. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, talented and committed Teacher of English to join our successful and thriving English Department from Autumn 2026 or January 2027.

Our English Department is an energetic, collaborative and passionate team dedicated to fostering a lifelong love of literature, language and learning. We are committed to delivering an ambitious and engaging curriculum that inspires students of all abilities to achieve their full potential, whilst nurturing curiosity, creativity and critical thinking.

This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding practitioner, whether early in their career or more experienced, to join a supportive and forward‑thinking school community that places high value on professional development, staff wellbeing and academic excellence.

• Experienced Head of Faculty and excellent Performance Development structure.
• Working in a large department with fourteen teachers
• Large A Level English Literature and Language cohort at Key Stage Five
• Developmental lesson observations instead of grading

• QTS
• Ability to teach across all key stages including A level
• Creativity with lesson plans
• Sharing best practice and teaching methods with department

• All teaching staff get a laptop
• Two‑week October half‑term holiday
• More generous upper pay scale
• Automatic pay progression up the main teaching pay scale
• High potential for career progression
• Department offices
• Only one directed meeting per week
• Meeting free weeks spaced out throughout the year and an encouragement to leave work early
• Flexible personalised CPD programme
• Subsidies for appropriate academic studies
• Discounted on site nursery places
• Staff social events
• Free on site flu vaccinations
• Long service award – enjoy a well deserved day off with full pay during term time
• Free subscription to the Employee Assistance Programme for individual advice/counselling
• Free access to the Education Support Partnership for advice on work and personal matters
• Flexible working opportunities – Approx. 20% of teachers are part‑time
• Family friendly Leave of Absence policy
• Balanced and well planned calendar – deadlines and parents evenings are well spaced out
• Only three data drops per year group per year and no written reports
• Email curfew (no evening, weekend and holiday emails)
• Wide variety of extracurricular activities
• Opportunity to accompany students on trips in UK and abroad
• Working area in staff room with computers and printers
• Ample car parking on site
• Free tea and coffee
• Photocopiers in all subject areas
• Use of apps to reduce workload and increase collaborative sharing e.g. Bromcom,SAMpeople, Google Drive
• Centralised data analysis department
• Support with exams – the school will pay exam fees and allow the exam to be taken at the school
• Receipt of personal deliveries to school
• Well‑being awareness days
• Induction days for all teaching staff before starting work
• ECTs all have a subject specialist mentor and a teacher buddy
• Annual staff survey
• Sabbatical and career break leave policy
• Staff garden
• Access to a well‑equipped gym
• Non graded lesson observations
• Discounted membership at nearby Gym and Leisure Centre
• Opportunity to lead whole school projects
• Governor afternoon tea events for staff feedback

We have a very large sixth form and encourage our staff to teach to A‑level.

Probation periods apply for both Teaching and non‑teaching staff.

Haydon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers must share this commitment.

To promote a safe environment for students, Haydon School employs a strict selection and recruitment policy which includes all statutory checks on staff and regular volunteers including Enhanced DBS checks.