Welcome to Reach Academy Hanworth Park.

We are welcoming an incredible founding team to open, lead and grow our new school. This is a career-defining opportunity to inaugurate a school culture and to deliver a highly ambitious English curriculum aiming to impact the UK education system and beyond.

Role overview:

Being part of a founding team opening a new school is the greatest privilege in the world.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to establish their subject within the school, and grow their career within our small founding team. This role provides a unique opportunity to help build a school where a love of English is developed and nurtured from day one.

Reach Academy Hanworth Park, an all-through, free school will open in September 2024 with a vision for every one of our students to: go on to enjoy lives of choice and opportunity. We value and believe in the power of trusted relationships, pursuit of excellence, and strong leadership - for both students and staff.

Role Details:

Lead English Teacher

Reports to: Co-headteachers, Tilly Browne and Louis Everett.

Start date: September 2024

Salary: Inner-London salary, commensurate with experience

Location: Feltham

We embrace flexible working and have extensive experience of team members working flexibly. That said, starting a new school is complex and important work and it may be, therefore, that greater flexibility is something that comes in time.

Role responsibilities:

To understand and strongly believe in the school’s ethos and values with a commitment to ensure that all students who leave RAHP go on to live a life of choice and opportunity.

To actively create a strong classroom culture by establishing strong relationships, epitomising warm-strict classroom management and bringing a sense of joy to your work.

To use school routines effectively to support a positive classroom environment.

To employ a range of evidence-informed teaching strategies so students think deeply about your subject and participate regularly.

To collect and use assessment highly effectively in the classroom to inform your teaching. You are constantly checking and intervening to address any misconceptions and using feedback to ensure that pupils know what they must do to progress.

To set homework in line with the school policy.

To plan backwards from a life of choice and opportunity, ensuring that the needs of all learners are met.

To deliver lessons that offer clear instruction, effective modelling and independent practice for pupils.

To carry out tutor duties with care and diligence, investing in strong personal relationships with your tutees and their families.

To act as a role model for colleagues and pupils at all times; to be a visible presence around the school.

To commit to supporting consistently excellent teaching and an exemplary classroom culture across the school.

To work closely with families to support them in effectively supporting their children, operating with sensitivity, empathy and high expectations. We work in partnership with our families and this mindset is vital for anyone considering this role.

To take time to plan highly effective and engaging lessons ensuring that these are shared as necessary in a timely manner.

To make use of centralised resources, whilst ensuring that these are carefully tailored to the needs of learners in your classroom.

To enrich the curriculum and foster a love of your subject by organising trips and supporting extra-curricular activities wherever relevant.

To invest in the school’s character education by supporting pupils in all aspects of their conduct around the school by carrying out duties and other responsibilities to ensure that behaviour is exemplary.

To work closely with colleagues, establishing strong relationships, supporting their development and the progress of all pupils.

To formally report to parents on the progress of their child in line with the calendared contacts and at regular intervals informally.

To invest in the development of our school community by participating in school events.

To actively seek to promote the work of the Reach Children’s Hub where it will benefit your pupils.

To invest in our culture of safeguarding and follow all school practices and protocols relating to safeguarding and child protection.

To act as a guardian to and steward of the building and the community, ensuring that resources are taken care of.

To take responsibility for your own development, seeking opportunities to learn, grow and lead, whilst also utilising the school’s ambitious CPD programme.

To set goals that are driven by the school’s priorities and you regularly evaluate progress against your goals, seeking feedback and adjusting your course when necessary.

To undertake other duties as directed by the Academy Leadership Team.

Personal specification:

Unwavering belief in the vision and values of Reach Academy Hanworth Park

Excellent teacher with a constant desire to improve

Has ‘start up energy’ with clear motivation to help found an extraordinary school

Highly organised and attentive to detail

Clear commitment to character education and the development of the whole child

Qualified teacher and good honours degree

Expansive knowledge and passion for your subject

About the Process - How to apply:

Please read our ‘Safer recruitment’ statement at the end of the job pack.

Follow the link in the job pack to complete an online application form.

The deadline for application is Friday 12th January 2024 at 5pm. We actively encourage early applications. Applications will be reviewed as and when they are received.

Suitable candidates will be contacted w/c 15th January 2024 and invited to attend an in-person interview during the w/c 22nd January 2024.

If you would like to have an informal conversation to discuss the role, please contact the co-headteacher Louis Everett, directly on [email protected].