Key Stage 3 Specialist

Key Stage 3 Literacy Specialist sitting within the English Hub team at the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, a multi-academy trust. It is a casual, fixed-term post running to July 2027 with a minimum of 18 days, and hours vary. The work centres on giving secondary schools intensive school-to-school support, coaching leaders and teachers and running professional development on reading fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. Candidates need significant KS3 teaching experience, and interest is shown through an expression of interest form.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist literacy support, advice and coaching to secondary schools to strengthen reading provision and improve KS3 outcomes
• Deliver professional development, training and modelling of effective literacy practice for teachers, reading leaders and senior leaders
• Support schools to implement evidence-informed approaches to reading fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, disciplinary literacy and reading for pleasure
• Work with school leaders to evaluate literacy provision, set priorities and develop sustainable whole-school literacy strategies
• Monitor, evaluate and report on the impact of support programmes using data and evidence
• Coach and mentor teachers and leaders on interventions for struggling readers and disadvantaged pupils
• Build and maintain positive professional relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, advocating for high-quality literacy education
• Contribute to the wider work of the English Hub, sharing best practice and supporting literacy-focused programmes across the partnership

Experience

• Significant KS3 teaching experience

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of effective literacy and reading practice
• Ability to build positive professional relationships across a range of settings
• Commitment to every young person becoming a confident, enthusiastic reader

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Vetting and an online search as part of shortlisting

What’s offered

• Continuing professional development and career development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support, including a 24-hour confidential helpline and counselling
• Healthcare cash plan
• Cycle to Work Scheme, and an Electric Car Scheme launching in October 2026
• Discount retail platform with hundreds of discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility
• Work across a diverse group of schools
• Highly supportive central team
• Opportunity to influence people strategy across the Trust

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