Head of English

Head of English

Contract: Permanent

Hours/working pattern: Full Time

Salary/hourly rate: L1 – L6 – £49,781 – £56,316

Location: Filey School

Closing Date: Wednesday 14th May 2025 at 9.00 am

Interview Date: Monday 19th May 2025

Start Date: 1 September 2025

Our Opportunity

Filey School is looking to appoint an exceptional Head of English to join us in September 2025.  This role presents a brilliant opportunity to play a pivotal part in the improvement journey of the school. As a leader, you will be relentless in your drive to ensure that all students, regardless of their background, can achieve to the best of their ability in English. You will bring energy, enthusiasm and a love of learning that you’ll aim to instil in the students you serve. Our English results are improving at pace and you will be able to enjoy teaching students who are keen to learn and who will value your expertise and love of subject. You will be ambitious for better and better outcomes for our students, believing in the joy and value of English. Come and lead the English team effort at this really exciting stage of their journey. 

Filey Secondary School

Filey School is an 11-16 mixed community school serving the coastal town of Filey and its surrounding villages. We have a proud heritage in our local community and are embarking on a period of transformation and improvement. We aim for every member of our school community to develop a love of learning and enable them to reach the highest outcomes that they can. We are committed to ensuring our students are happy, safe and have clear direction and support. We joined Coast and Vale Learning Trust in June 2022 and benefit from the collaborative and supportive environment of the Trust while returning to our identity as Filey School.

Our Trust

Coast and Vale Learning Trust will shortly be joining Delta Academies Trust, a high-performing Multi Academy Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England.

As part of Delta Academies Trust, you’ll have access to ongoing CPD (both internally and externally) with the opportunity to further develop your skills and career alike. You’ll join a large network of colleagues across the trust, meaning lots of collaboration and peer support both within your academy and beyond, as well access to an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

Coast and Vale Learning Trust was founded by Scalby Secondary School but has grown over the last few years to include Newby and Scalby Primary School, Friarage Primary School and the Scarborough University Technical College (SUTC) in Scarborough, Lady Lumley’s Secondary School in Pickering and Filey School. Our ambition is to continue to welcome new schools into our Trust where we can add capacity, resources, improvement and make sure all our young people have access to the very best education.

The aim of the Trust is to serve all the education community along the North Yorkshire Coast and down the Vale of Pickering. We are committed to supporting all schools in becoming great schools, whether they are part of Coast and Vale Learning Trust or not. The learners of our community deserve the best education regardless of their background or location.

Choosing where to work and who to work for is one of the vitally important decisions in life.  In choosing to work for Coast and Vale Learning Trust you would be joining a team of colleagues dedicated to transforming the lives of 3000 children and young people.

We have a simple vision in wanting our schools to be places ‘where children and staff thrive’. Coast and Vale Learning Trust will work tirelessly to make this a reality.

Working for Us

As well as being committed to your ongoing development and training we also offer a range of employee benefits including a competitive salary, access to a government pension scheme, an employee assistance programme as well as a variety of retail discounts.

Application Process

Please follow the link to My New Term: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/149205/EDV-2025-FS-71718

For further information or to arrange a visit to the school please contact Amanda Cowling, PA to SLT by email at a.cowling@fi.coastandvale.academy or call (01723) 512354.

We do not accept CVs.

If you would like to discuss this vacancy or arrange to visit us please contact as described above.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy should we receive an overwhelming response. 

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people we work with and expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including an enhanced DBS check.  We have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our Schools.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief.  We want to recruit the right people for the Trust, from the widest possible backgrounds, to make the most of each individual’s different knowledge and experience.

Your privacy is important to us.  By submitting your personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Trust’s “Privacy Notice Recruitment” which can be found on our website.