Lead Practitioner

We are seeking an outstanding Lead Practitioner in English to play a pivotal role in further strengthening the quality of teaching and learning across the department. This role is ideal for an exceptional classroom practitioner with a passion for pedagogy, curriculum craftsmanship and professional development.

The successful candidate will lead on the development of high-quality resources, ensuring consistency, ambition and coherence across key stages. They will work closely with colleagues to refine and embed effective teaching methodologies, drawing on evidence-informed practice to support excellent outcomes for all students. A key aspect of the role will be to enhance the co-curricular offer in English, helping to extend students' engagement with literature, writing and oracy beyond the classroom.

The Lead Practitioner will also play a central role in mentoring and supporting trainee and early-career English teachers, modelling exemplary practice and contributing to a strong culture of reflective, collaborative improvement.

This is an exciting opportunity for a reflective, inspirational practitioner to influence teaching and learning at scale, working within a highly professional department and a school that values expertise, collaboration and continual improvement.

Through the Training School Hub, leaders at all levels of the Trust benefit from exceptional professional development, including fully-funded, DfE-accredited NPQ programmes. These gold-standard qualifications empower our leaders to grow, drive change and make a meaningful impact within their departments and across the Trust. If you are excited by the prospect of shaping the next generation of digital thinkers and innovators, and you enjoy working within a culture of high aspiration and shared best practice, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We welcome applications from qualified teachers. All teachers at Wembley High receive a comprehensive, structured training programme, delivered by highly trained mentors and bespoke to the individual's needs. If you are keen to develop into an outstanding teacher, enjoy sharing best practice with a community of dedicated peers and believe that all pupils can and should succeed, we would love to hear from you.

'Achievement for All' is the ethos that underpins everything we do across the WMAT, and English sits at the heart of the intellectual and cultural life at Wembley High Technology College. The English Department is exceptionally experienced, highly collaborative and intellectually vibrant, united by a shared commitment to academic excellence and the transformative power of language and literature.

The department enables students to become confident, critical and enthusiastic readers of a rich and diverse range of texts. Our curriculum balances the literary canon with voices that reflect the breadth and diversity of writing in the English language, ensuring ambition, challenge and inclusivity for all learners.

English is part of a dynamic learning community that values outstanding teaching, innovative practice and meaningful co-curricular enrichment. The department is based in four newly refurbished, state-of-the-art classrooms and benefits from excellent resourcing, including a well-stocked Learning Resource Centre. Reading for pleasure is a core departmental priority, and deliberate space is built into the curriculum to nurture both academic rigour and a lifelong love of reading.

Wembley High Technology College is one of the highest performing schools in the country. Nationally, the achievement of our pupils is exceptional; in 2024, our Progress 8 score of +1.43 meant that our students on average achieved nearly one and a half grades higher than their peers nationally. This progress from Key Stage 2 to GCSE has a transformative impact on our pupils' life chances and last year, over 60% of pupils leaving us went on to Russell Group universities to study a range of academic subjects.