Lead Practitioner

A key aspect of the role will be to enhance the co-curricular offer in English, helping to extend students' engagement with literature, writing and oracy beyond the classroom. The Lead Practitioner will also play a central role in mentoring and supporting trainee and early-career English teachers, modelling exemplary practice and contributing to a strong culture of reflective, collaborative improvement. This is an exciting opportunity for a reflective, inspirational practitioner to influence teaching and learning at scale, working within a highly professional department and a school that values expertise, collaboration and continual improvement.

Professional Development Through the Training School Hub, leaders at all levels of the Trust benefit from exceptional professional development, including fully-funded, DfE-accredited NPQ programmes. These gold-standard qualifications empower our leaders to grow, drive change and make a meaningful impact within their departments and across the Trust. If you are excited by the prospect of shaping the next generation of digital thinkers and innovators, and you enjoy working within a culture of high aspiration and shared best practice, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We welcome applications from qualified teachers. All teachers at Wembley High receive a comprehensive, structured training programme, delivered by highly trained mentors and bespoke to the individual's needs. If you are keen to develop into an outstanding teacher, enjoy sharing best practice with a community of dedicated peers and believe that all pupils can and should succeed, we would love to hear from you.

• Foster, by example, a spirit of academic inquiry and curiosity.
• Evaluate and implement the most effective teaching strategies in order to maximise subject learning.
• Meet throughout the year with your line manager to discuss agreed public examination targets for the department, and strategies being employed to achieve them.
• Meet formally with the Headteacher to review public examination results and progress towards agreed departmental targets.
• Coordinate assessments across all year groups. Lead in the scrutiny of academic data in order to track and promote student progress across the department.
• Be a part of the six-week cycle analysis at each reporting period, and utilise this as a means to impact student attainment within your subject.
• Be active in pursuing students whose attitude, learning or behaviour is giving any subject teacher cause for concern.
• Champion and ensure a flourishing presence of co-curricular activities for the subject, including trips and visits, an academic society, and associated clubs.
• Champion and ensure opportunities for student enrichment and extension are readily available for students across all year groups.
• Liaise with the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) to ensure relevant enrichment materials are available and being utilised by students to further their own exploration of your subject.
• Model excellent inclusive teaching within your practice, offering an 'open door policy' to all staff within your department.
• Ensure all staff are aware of and implement appropriate strategies for students' individual needs, including any SEND, Medical, or Pastoral contexts, those for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL)
• Ensure a full programme of university support is available and tailored to individual students who wish to apply for your (or related) higher education courses, including ambitious support for Oxbridge applicants.
• To ensure the department engages with the mentoring of students engaged with enrichment or additional curriculum courses, such as Theory of Knowledge or Extended Essay.
• Ensure departmental classrooms encourage behaviour for…