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Teacher of English - Full-time

Leigh Academies Trust

  • Ref:KCC-F63-193-T
  • Posted:14/05/2025
  • Pay:MPS/UPS commensurate with experience
  • Start Date:September 2025
  • App Close Date:16/05/2025 at 23:45
  • Interviews:TBC

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Please be aware that this role is based at the Bearsted College

Are you a dynamic English Teacher ready to empower exceptional learners through the magic of language and literature? Snowfields Academy, an Outstanding specialist SEN setting, offers an exciting opportunity to join our passionate team! Here, you'll have the chance to unlock potential and encourage a strong foundation for communication, creativity, and lifelong learning in students with diverse needs.

At Snowfields Academy, we're dedicated to a holistic approach, understanding the vital link between strong literacy skills and academic success for our amazing students. You'll design and deliver engaging, inclusive English experiences that celebrate progress and foster a love of reading, writing, and discussion in a highly supportive environment. Your creativity in adapting texts and activities, and your belief in every student's ability will truly shine here.

Why Make Your Mark at Snowfields Academy?

  • Be Part of Excellence: Join a school officially recognized as Outstanding, where high standards and a nurturing ethos go hand-in-hand for our incredible SEN students.
  • Directly Impact Lives: Use your English expertise to boost students' confidence, communication skills, self-expression, and overall engagement in learning.
  • Innovate and Adapt: Bring your creative flair to develop English lessons that are both challenging and accessible to a wide range of abilities.
  • Thrive in a Supportive Community: Collaborate with a dedicated team that values your contributions and prioritizes both student and staff well-being.
  • Champion Holistic Growth: Contribute to a school that understands the crucial role of strong literacy skills in the overall development of our students.

Experience the profound satisfaction of seeing your students achieve and grow. Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team that values your expertise. Access opportunities for professional growth within a specialist setting. Shape the literary futures of truly remarkable young people.

Apply now to become our English Teacher at Snowfields Academy!

Please be aware that it is not required for candidates to hold a specific SEN qualification in order to be considered for this role.

This is a permanent opportunity offering MPS/UPS commensurate with experience + SEN Allowance. For those interested in visiting the academy or arranging an initial phone call, please contact Amy Wenban (Recruitment Advisor) on amy.wenban@latrust.org.uk in the first instance.

Information about the trust

Leigh Academies Trust is one of the country’s largest and most-established multi-academy trusts operating across Kent, Medway and South East London. It contains primary, secondary and special academies and is highly inclusive and successful. Our mission is to deliver “education for a better world” by ensuring that young people in our academies have an excellent start in life regardless of their background or ability.

The Trust exists to support and assist schools to build upon their existing strengths and to help them achieve rapid educational transformation. It has significant experience in running schools, and today includes both sponsored academies and schools which have chosen to convert to Academy status.

In addition to providing high-quality educational opportunities for all of our children, aged from 2 months to 19 years, and their families, we are proud to provide many opportunities for lifelong learning. These are delivered through the organisations under our Leigh Institute umbrella. One of these is the Kent and Medway Maths Hub, providing access to the National Maths Hub programmes to over 80% of the schools in Kent and Medway over our ten year designation. Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub, ConnectED Hub Apprenticeships and Kent and Medway Training (KMT), which delivers routes into teaching, sit alongside the Maths Hub to form our comprehensive offer.

We warmly welcome you to Leigh Academies Trust and look forward to sharing with you our passion for transforming lives and shaping communities through great education.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Holly Neve
  • Address:LAT Head Office,
    Carnation Road,
    Strood,
    Rochester,
    Kent,
    ME2 2SX
  • Telephone: 01634 412 258
  • Email: Joinus@LATrust.org.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.