English Lead Teacher in Leicester

Join a Brand-New School and Shape Its Future. Miller House School is seeking a passionate, ambitious and inspirational English Lead Teacher to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an outstanding practitioner who is ready to lead English across the school while delivering high-quality teaching that transforms outcomes for our pupils. You will play a pivotal role in driving excellence in English, raising standards of achievement and shaping a curriculum that engages, challenges and inspires every learner.

As both a subject leader and class teacher, you will combine strategic leadership with dynamic classroom practice, ensuring English is accessible, meaningful and impactful for all pupils.

As English Lead Teacher, you will:

• Lead and develop English across the school, setting a clear vision and high expectations
• Drive improvements in teaching, learning and assessment in English
• Teach a class and model high-quality, inclusive practice
• Support pupils’ academic progress, personal development and wellbeing
• Work closely with the Assistant Headteacher and wider team to deliver the school’s curriculum

You will also contribute to whole-school improvement, innovation and the development of teaching strategies that meet the diverse needs of our learners.

Designing, implementing and reviewing the English curriculum, policy and assessment. Monitoring progress, analysing data and setting ambitious targets for pupils. Supporting and developing colleagues through modelling, guidance and collaboration. Ensuring high-quality provision for pupils with SEN, SEMH, ASD and ADHD. Creating engaging learning environments that promote literacy, independence and confidence. Building strong partnerships with parents, carers and external agencies.

Every day, you’ll see your impact—and so will the pupils whose lives you help change.

You are:

• Hold QTS/PGCE
• An excellent classroom practitioner with a passion for English
• A confident leader, ready to take responsibility for subject development
• Skilled in adapting teaching to meet a wide range of needs
• Committed to inclusion, safeguarding and pupil wellbeing
• Organised, reflective and eager to develop professionally

Experience of working with pupils with additional needs is highly valued, along with a commitment to collaborative working with therapists, families and colleagues.

Miller House School is a brand-new school located in Stoneygate, Leicester. The school opened in September 2025, has a capacity of 80 pupils, and offers a co-educational provision for students with complex needs, including SEMH. Miller House School is a specialist SEMH setting for young people aged 11–16. We are committed to supporting students with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health needs, as well as autism and ADHD. Our safe and nurturing environment ensures every child is heard, seen, and supported to thrive. We offer a wide range of opportunities to develop your career while taking on rewarding challenges.

Acorn Education is a leading UK provider of specialist education for children and young people with special educational needs. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are at the forefront of creating and delivering innovative approaches that support children and young people in our care to make meaningful progress.

We are really proud to say that in 2025, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the sixth year running.

We place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
• A market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit.

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.