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English Teacher & Literacy Coordinator
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: £38,766 – £60,092 per annum (Inner London MPS/UPS + TLR 2B)
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: North West London
Are you a passionate and ambitious English teacher with a flair for leading literacy across the curriculum? This is an exceptional opportunity to join a thriving, forward-thinking secondary school in North West London as an English Teacher & Literacy Coordinator from September 2025.
Located in a vibrant and diverse part of North West London, the school serves a dynamic community and has an unwavering commitment to academic excellence, personal development, and high standards of teaching and learning. The school has been rated “Outstanding” by Ofsted and has a strong track record of exceptional outcomes at both GCSE and A Level.
Staff at the school benefit from a highly supportive leadership team, a culture of collaboration and continuous professional development, and a shared vision to inspire all students to achieve their full potential.
As English Teacher & Literacy Coordinator, you will:
Deliver high-quality English teaching across KS3 to KS5
Lead whole-school literacy strategy, promoting reading, writing, and oracy
Coordinate literacy interventions and support staff in embedding literacy across the curriculum
Analyse literacy data to inform targeted support for students
Play a key role in raising literacy standards and contributing to the wider school improvement agenda
A qualified teacher with QTS and strong subject knowledge in English
A track record of excellent classroom practice and student progress
Experience or strong interest in leading literacy strategy across a school
Exceptional communication and leadership skills
A commitment to inclusion, equity, and high expectations for all students
Competitive Inner London salary (MPS/UPS + TLR 2B)
Clear pathways for career progression and leadership development
Supportive and ambitious leadership team
Outstanding facilities and a strong culture of collaboration
Commitment to staff wellbeing and workload balance
If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Reggie at reggie@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.
Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.
Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.
The role advertised is for temporary supply work.
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With over 50 years’ of dedicated education recruitment experience, we understand everything that you go through on a daily basis when working in schools, nurseries and other provisions.
We pair small agency friendliness with big agency experience and will go above and beyond to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. Our priority is to ALWAYS exceed your expectations with unrivalled levels of service.