Senior Curriculum Leader English plus £4000 Golden Hello

Overview

We are looking to appoint an ambitious, enthusiastic, and highly effective practitioner to join our extended leadership team and lead our successful English Department, whilst contributing to whole school teaching and learning. English is at the heart of our curriculum at Shevington High School and we are looking for an exceptional teacher and leader who shares our ambition to provide an excellent experience for every student and secure consistently strong outcomes. Alongside this, the successful candidate will also lead a whole school responsibility providing an opportunity to develop whole school leadership skills and forge a path to a wider senior leadership role in the future. The successful candidate will be supported by two seconds in English with responsibility for KS3 and KS4, allowing the Senior Curriculum leader to focus on strategic leadership.

This is an exciting opportunity for an existing Head of English or an English teacher with leadership experience who is ready to take the next step in their career. For more experienced leaders looking for a new challenge, the opportunity to lead on a whole school level alongside this role provides a great opportunity to develop strategic leadership. We are interested in appointing the right person and would welcome applications from candidates at different stages of their leadership journey who can demonstrate the potential, ambition and character to lead a large and important curriculum area successfully.

The successful candidate will provide clear strategic leadership for English across KS3 and KS4, ensuring that our curriculum is ambitious, well sequenced and delivered consistently well. They will have strong subject expertise and the ability to build on existing strengths while identifying and addressing areas for further development.

Our English curriculum is well established and comprehensively resourced, with detailed schemes of work, lesson materials and knowledge organisers in place. We are looking for a leader who will ensure that these are used effectively while continuing to develop the curriculum in response to the needs of our students. The successful candidate will work closely with members of the department to develop teaching practice, maintain high expectations and ensure that all students, including those who are disadvantaged or have SEND, are supported to achieve ambitious outcomes.

The Senior Curriculum Leader will play an important role within extended leadership team. We want someone who understands that successful leadership is about more than examination outcomes: it is about building a strong team, developing others, creating a culture of high expectations and ensuring that the quality of students’ experiences in English is consistently high.

Personal attributes

We are seeking someone who is:

• An excellent English teacher with strong subject and curriculum knowledge and the potential to be an exceptional curriculum leader.
• An ambitious leader who has high expectations for students and colleagues and is committed to securing consistently high-quality teaching and strong outcomes.
• A reflective and strategic professional who can evaluate the quality and impact of provision and translate this into clear priorities for improvement.
• Someone who can develop, support and challenge colleagues, building a strong and collaborative departmental culture.
• A positive and influential leader who is keen to contribute to the wider leadership and development of the school.
• Key responsibilities include:
• Providing strategic leadership for English across KS3 and KS4, ensuring an ambitious, coherent and effectively implemented curriculum.
• Leading and developing the English team to secure consistently high-quality teaching and learning.
• Using assessment, quality assurance and outcomes information effectively to identify priorities, evaluate impact and reduce variation between classes and groups of students.
• Ensuring that all students, particularly disadvantaged students and those with SEND, are supported to make strong progress and achieve ambitious outcomes.
• Contributing to the wider strategic leadership and continued development of teaching, curriculum and standards across Shevington High School.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious practitioner and leader to take responsibility for a high-profile curriculum area and make a significant contribution to leadership at Shevington High School. For the right candidate, this could represent an exciting next step into significant leadership, with the opportunity to develop further as a leader within a supportive school.

Above all, we are seeking someone with the right character, values and commitment to lead others successfully and make a genuine contribution to our school community and to the lives of the young people we serve.

Salary & Benefits

Salary:   Leadership Pay Scale  L4-L8 plus £4000 Golden Hello

- Children of staff are included as one of the priorities on our admissions criteria for those wishing to support an application for their child to the school.

- Induction for all new staff

- Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme

- Rewards and Recognition Scheme

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Dedicated Staff Wellbeing team and School Workload Charter

Location

Shevington High School
Shevington Lane
Shevington
Wigan
WN6 8AB

Supporting documents

Deadline and how to apply

Closing date: Friday 26th October 2026 at 12 noon

Applications to be returned to Mrs L Thompson via email at lthompson@shevingtonhigh.org.uk
or returned to the School Office for the attention of Mrs L Thompson

The school reserves the right to interview and appoint this position ahead of any advised application closing date should an appropriate candidate be found. Therefore, it is advisable to submit applications as early as possible.

As part of our safer recruitment procedures, an online search will be undertaken on shortlisted candidates in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2026.