Executive Head of English

Working collaboratively with our Senior Leadership team the successful candidate will raise standards of student attainment and achievement within the whole curriculum area and to monitor and support student progress. 

Theale Green School is a vibrant secondary school in West Berkshire which joined the Activate Learning Education Trust on 1 April 2018, taking it to the next exciting stage on its path to excellence. With a revised curriculum and our new head teacher Jo Halliday, who started - in September 2018, this is an excellent time to join an up-and-coming school within a well-respected and rapidly expanding MAT. We are seeking to appoint new members to our talented and inspirational team of teachers and middle leaders; those with the drive and passion to take the school forward in the next phase of development. These are rare opportunities for talented learning professionals with the aspiration to grow their career within a successful MAT.

Our English Department, at Theale Green School, is a vibrant, engaging environment that places students at the centre; now a leading department in the school, the department has improved rapidly, with results over the past three years witnessing strong increases in both Language and Literature. The department is full of dynamic teachers that ensures teaching practice maximises standards of student attainment. The successful applicant will be expected to continue the vision that has been commenced here, and take a leading role in adapting and developing progress at TGS.   

Moving from a 60% to 68% pass rate and an ALPs of 9 to 5, the department has vastly improved the outcomes of students in GCSE Language; in Literature, students are relishing the passionate teaching and ‘strong subject knowledge’ that an external English review recognised in the department last year. At KS5, a highly innovative leader has moved results from an ALPS 9 to 4, with pass rates well above the national average, and West Berkshire. We have achieved close to 100% pass rate for A*-C for the past two years. Many of our students are now recognising the value of the educational journey that the English department offers from KS3 through to KS5.