English Team Leader

We are seeking a dynamic, energetic, and enthusiastic professional, committed to education, with a proven record as a highly effective classroom practitioner and either experience of impactful leadership or the ability to demonstrate all the skills and attributes that make you ready to lead. Whether you are a postholder, e.g. leading a Key Stage within English, and seeking the challenge, or have a proven track record as an excellent practitioner ready to make your first steps into leadership, we are keen to hear from you.

Key Attributes

• Have a demonstrable passion for the subject, with the ability to help children successfully master an ambitious English curriculum.
• Possess the qualities to grow or continue to grow as a highly effective leader, such as the ability to influence others, be highly reflective, possess an unwavering work ethic and a relentless ambition for what can be achieved.
• Be a lifelong learner, always striving to be a better teacher, who is personally ambitious and able to pick things up quickly.
• Want to work in a fully inclusive, diverse and ambitious school, providing a first‑class education to our children, in order to influence young people's life choices.

This is an exciting time to join us. You would be part of a team full of dedicated, driven English teachers, consisting of a healthy blend of newly qualified and experienced teachers. We are resolute in ensuring students are provided with the very best education and, ultimately, securing outstanding results at GCSE and A level. The school has superb facilities and English is no exception. We role‑model our school values and ethos, ensuring our students thrive and flourish both within and beyond the classroom.

We offer a highly competitive benefits package, including excellent pay, a generous pension scheme, enhanced parental leave, reduced gym membership for our on‑site facilities, discounted nursery fees, a laptop, and access to a car leasing scheme. After six months, staff also benefit from Westfield Benefits, providing discounts on shopping, travel, and holidays, as well as a free Health Cash Plan covering dental, optical, and other treatments. Above all, we are committed to ensuring our staff feel valued, supported, and empowered. We offer more pay, more time, and more support – including three additional INSET days for planning, a guaranteed personal day each year, exceptional training and career development, and a culture that genuinely invests in its people.

Enhanced United Learning salary scale starting at £36,400 Plus TLR 2a of £3527.

Further information can be viewed at or please contact Vicky Ovens with any questions you may have. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. Closing date: 16th April 2026 Interviews: week commencing 20th April 2026.

The Regis School and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.