Director of English

L7-L11

Required for Autumn Term 2025

Closing Date: 9:00am on 4th June 2025

Commencement Date: Monday 5th January 2026. Ideally 1st September 2025 if negotiable.

Contract type: Full time and Permanent

LETTER FROM THE HEADTEACHER

Thank you for your interest in the role of Director of English at Llantwit Major School.

This post has arisen due to the promotion of a current post holder to a Senior Leadership Team in another school.

If you have a passion and moral purpose for making a difference, this is the role for you. The Governing Body are looking to appoint a committed, enthusiastic and innovative candidate to lead the English Department here at Llantwit Major School. This is a time of important change in the school and we have recently been through a restructure process to add additional leadership capacity to our team.

This is an extremely important job and as such the successful candidate will sit on the Extended Leadership Team.

The right candidate will also be willing to adapt their role over time according to the school’s priorities, both for personal development and succession planning.

If you are interested in the post and would like to arrange visiting our school prior to submitting your application, please email the Headteacher’s PA Mr Jon Thomas-Heavens

 In your letter of application, which should be no longer than 2 pages of A4, size 12 font, you should outline:

 your reasons for applying for this position and your vision for this Director of English position at Llantwit Major School;

 your experiences to date which you feel make you a suitable person to apply for this post; and

 an outline of how your skills, experience and qualities make you the ideal person to join us here at Llantwit Major.

Please submit your application on E Teach.