English Teacher Maternity CoverEDV​/MES

We are seeking to appoint a Classroom Teacher of English to join Maiden Erlegh Trust on a fixed term maternity cover basis. This role offers the opportunity to deliver highly effective teaching within a collaborative Trust environment, ensuring that all students make strong progress, achieve high academic standards and experience a safe, purposeful and ambitious learning environment.

You will be responsible for planning and delivering engaging English lessons across your allocated timetable, contributing to curriculum development and supporting students to achieve their full potential. You will also take on tutor responsibilities and play a key role in supporting student wellbeing, behaviour and academic progress.

• Plan, resource and deliver highly effective English lessons in line with Trust frameworks and schemes of work
• Inspire and motivate students to engage positively in their learning and achieve high academic standards
• Use assessment effectively to monitor progress, inform planning and close attainment gaps
• Maintain high standards of behaviour for learning and contribute to a safe and purposeful classroom environment
• Act as a form tutor, supporting students’ personal development, attendance and wellbeing
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, parents and carers to support student progress
• Contribute to curriculum enrichment, including trips, visits and wider learning opportunities
• Uphold Trust policies including safeguarding, behaviour, assessment and reporting requirements
• Participate fully in appraisal, professional development and wider school life

• Holds Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a relevant degree
• Has strong subject knowledge in English and a passion for teaching the subject
• Demonstrates the ability to deliver high-quality teaching and secure strong student outcomes
• Is committed to inclusion and ensuring all students, including those with SEND and disadvantaged students, achieve their potential
• Has effective behaviour management skills and the ability to create a positive learning environment
• Communicates effectively with students, colleagues and parents
• Is organised, reflective and committed to continuous professional development
• Is willing to contribute to the wider life of the school and Trust

Maiden Erlegh School is a highly successful comprehensive school for students from 11-18 years old, situated in Lower Earley, near Reading. Our students are a delight to work with and relationships between students and staff are extremely positive and constructive. Students are keen to learn, curious, respectful, polite and fun. They rise to challenges positively and enthusiastically and have high expectations of themselves.

This is why they achieve such impressive academic and personal successes, and our results continue to improve year on year - this year placing us in the top 50 schools nationally for Progress 8. We also have a thriving 6th form and many of our students stay on to study here.

Maiden Erlegh Trust is a growing community of schools across Berkshire and Oxfordshire, working together to deliver the best possible education for every child and young person. With around 800 staff and 5,000 students across nine schools, including primary, secondary, special, and alternative provision, we are proud of the diversity that shapes our expertise.

These values drive our focus on high-quality education for all, through collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Through the Maiden Erlegh Institute, colleagues access high-quality professional learning at every stage of their career, supported by mentoring, leadership opportunities, and our annual MET Staff Conference—a day that unites our…