Teacher of English - Full-time

Leigh Academy Mascalls , Paddock Wood

• Ref:KCC886-5439-254T
• Posted:29/08/2025
• Pay:MPS/UPS based on experience
• Start Date:January 2026 or earlier if possible
• App Close Date:15/09/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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We're looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Teacher of English to join our vibrant and high-achieving English department at Leigh Academy Mascalls. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate educator to become part of a supportive team and contribute to our students' academic success and personal growth.

As an English Teacher, you'll be responsible for delivering engaging and high-quality lessons across all key stages, fostering a love for literature and language in our students. You will be an integral part of a department known for its collaborative spirit and innovative teaching practices. We are committed to the professional development of all staff and have an active, supportive team who helps each other succeed.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual with a genuine passion for English. You should have a strong subject knowledge and a proven ability to deliver excellent teaching. We welcome applications from both newly qualified teachers (NQTs) and experienced professionals.

We are keen for someone to join us as soon as possible, so apply today if you are interested!

Information about the school

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Mascalls Academy community. As a successful and popular academy, we provide our students with the opportunities within the classroom and beyond to develop into young people who will contribute positively to our local, national and global communities.

At Mascalls Academy, we offer an incredibly wide curriculum, there are twenty seven different subjects being taught at GCSE level and twenty nine subjects at A level. We are also proud to be an International Baccalaureate World School offering the Middle Years Programme in Years 7-9 which is designed to develop happy, inquisitive, rounded, independent, globally aware and resilient young people. Our co-curriculum offers an incredible eighteen lunchtime clubs and twenty one after school clubs alongside teams in football, netball, rugby, volleyball and many more.

We achieve academic excellence and promote the Arts, our Creative Arts National Area of Excellence develops the skills and confidence our students need to succeed through visual art, dance, drama and music. There really is an opportunity for everyone to be happy and succeed here and that underpins the very core of our purpose.

Whilst our academy is large, we support our students by breaking it down into smaller schools, known as colleges. Each college is roughly the size of the average primary school and is headed by a large and dedicated leadership team devoted to the academic and pastoral care of the students within it. We prioritise mental health and well being alongside academic achievement through our on-site provision of Place2be, offering full time individual and group therapy sessions for those who need it. In partnership with parents we work closely through the seven-year journey from the very first day to the confident, knowledgeable and disciplined individuals leaving our academy as young adults.

We have incredibly high expectations of behaviour. Our students are happy, they are polite and show respect. Our behaviour systems promote a discipline within our students that prepares them fully for the world beyond the academy. As an academy, as a community we achieve academic excellence, develop strength of individual character supported by our culture of aspiration and celebrating success. Our rewards system recognises the success of our students through achievement points, Golden Tickets, half colours and full colours. Achievement and progress are rewarded within every lesson.

Our recent OFSTED report confirmed that our Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school. They feel safe and are well looked after and there is very little disruption to learning and staff act quickly to deal with any that occurs.

What underpins all that we do is that we truly care, Mascalls Academy really is a community in the truest sense. Developing successful and happy young people requires a team, and strong and supportive communication between all members of our community is essential to ensure this. Our students are balanced and compassionate young people who care for one another and have pride in what we all achieve each and every day.

Thank you for reading and I hope we will be welcoming you to the Mascalls Academy community in the future.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Elene Redelinghuys
• Address:Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6LT
• Telephone: 01634 412 273
• Email: talent@latrust.org.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Job Pack | Teacher of English | Leigh Academy Mascalls