Yorkshire Endeavour English Hub - Key Stage Two Literacy Specialist in Whitby

Yorkshire Endeavour English Hub - Key Stage Two Literacy Specialist

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an experienced KS2 Teacher with a passion for reading? Or as a headteacher, do you have a staff member who would add value to your school from completing this secondment?

The Literacy Specialist Role

Yorkshire Endeavour English Hub is seeking to recruit an exceptional, KS2 primary teacher to work as a Literacy Specialist on a secondment basis to support schools in improving the teaching of reading.

You will undergo training through the English Hub programme and DfE, to develop your role and offer support to schools in our region (North Yorkshire Coast, Hambleton, Ryedale, East Riding and York City).

We are looking for passionate and experienced KS2 Teachers who have an excellent knowledge of reading and are confident in their ability to drive improvement in literacy through phonics, fluency and comprehension.

The role also brings significant benefits to your own school. Literacy Specialists receive a high-quality training programme funded by the Department for Education, alongside ongoing support from national experts. This professional development will deepen your expertise in evidence-informed reading practice and equip you with effective approaches that can positively impact both the schools you support and your own setting.

This is a rewarding opportunity to develop your leadership experience, expand your professional network, and strengthen your career pathway while contributing to meaningful school improvement across the region.

Time Commitment

• Tuesday 6th October – Training Day with Hannah, English Hub Lead, and Chrissy, Deputy Hub Lead, at Lealholm Primary School.
• Wednesday 14th October – HFL Fluency ‘Reading Fluency Across The Curriculum’ Training Day, Malmaison, York.
• Friday 13th November – Whole Team Development Day at Malmaison, York – Leadership & Coaching Training with Andy Buck.
• Autumn 2 – Summer 2 – 20 days of support in allocated Partner Schools. Hannah and Chrissy will accompany you on your initial visits to provide guidance, coaching and support.
• Spring or Summer Term (date to be confirmed) – Literacy Specialist Development Day (location and focus to be confirmed)
• Total: 24 days (+0.2% admin time in addition for partner school visits)- October 2026- July 2027.

• Support schools to strengthen KS2 reading provision and improve pupil outcomes.
• Promote evidence-informed approaches to reading, including fluency, comprehension and closing phonics gaps.
• Produce action plans, analyse provision and data, and identify priorities for improvement.
• Deliver targeted specialist support, working alongside leaders and teachers to implement improvements.
• Coach teachers to deliver high-quality whole-class reading, fluency and comprehension teaching, including adapting provision for pupils who are still developing decoding skills.
• Model and team teach reading lessons, to support teacher development and demonstrate best practice.
• Support strong progress in reading for all pupils, including those with SEND, EAL and disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Monitor impact and report developments to the English Hub Leadership Team each half term.
• Attend all English Hub training and contribute to collaborative professional learning.

You will have:

• Qualified teacher status
• Current KS2 teaching post
• Training in at least one DfE approved synthetic phonics programme
• Experience of improving reading, including fluency & comprehension across KS2
• Strong understanding of KS2 reading, including fluency and comprehension
• Experience of coaching and improving practice in others
• Ability to build strong professional relationships with teachers and leaders
• Commitment to a supportive and collaborative approach

Applicants must:

• Be employed in a primary school judged Good or Outstanding under the previous Ofsted framework, or Expected Standard, Strong Standard or Exceptional under the current Ofsted framework.
• Be able to demonstrate strong and sustained outcomes in Key Stage 2 Reading. Over the past three years, schools should have achieved outcomes that were in line with or above the national average for the percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in Reading in at least two of those years.
• 2026: anticipated to be approximately 75% (subject to the publication of national data by the Department for Education).
• Where a cohort has exceptional or unusual contextual factors that may have significantly influenced outcomes, please provide a brief explanation, including the size of the cohort and the number of pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

What the school offers its staff

Funding

For each day worked as a Literacy Specialist supporting a Partner School, the releasing school will receive funding at a rate of £450 per day. This includes 0.2 days in addition to cover planning, preparation and follow-up associated with each Partner School support visit. All other days are paid at £375 per day. All travel expenses should be claimed by the Literacy Specialist through their home school. Specialists must be currently employed by a primary school and will continue to be paid through their school’s payroll.

Candidates will receive high quality training.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.