Teachers of English

at  Unity Schools Partnership

Unity Schools Partnership
Teachers of English
Various Locations Across East Anglia & Northeast London*
Start Date: 1st July 2025
Salary: MPR [Teachers’ Pension]
Contract Type: Full time, Permanent
Suitable for Early Career Teachers
We want you to be a success in your role, therefore the weeks prior to the summer break will be for induction and training. You will spend time at your new school, be part of a supportive new starter cohort and visit other nearby trust locations with financial support on travel as per our expenses policy. Once this initial training is completed, you will have the equipment, knowledge and information you need to enjoy your summer break and be ready to thrive in September.
We are looking for excellent, ambitious teachers to join our innovative and supportive English team. We offer a range of potential locations around East Anglia and North-East London*. If you live near one of these areas, then we have a school close to you.

We offer the chance to be part of a team of secondary English specialists who:

• Collaborate together to work smarter not harder
• Embrace and promote education research through our dedicated Research School
• Respond to our own needs, designing our own targeted CPD and support
• Provide enormous career development opportunities within individual teams, schools and the wider trust
• Care about our people – we follow the Ethical Leadership Framework in everything we do
• Have a track record of supporting trainees and ECTs in becoming highly effective teachers

We are deeply committed to staff wellbeing and work-life balance. One way we support this is with our two-week autumn half-term break, allowing our staff to rest and recharge. Additionally, we provide numerous professional development opportunities that foster a positive and supportive work environment. Our goal is to ensure that every member of our team feels valued and equipped to succeed in their roles.

If you seek to be excellent and would like to know more about how we will help you achieve that, please complete the application form.

• Our Secondary Schools are located in Brandon, Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe, Haverhill, Newmarket, Sudbury and Romford. Please specify on your application which locations you wish to work in.

Unity Schools Partnership is an innovative MAT, with a nationally acclaimed curriculum offer (CUSP). Our schools use our Trust &iLearn digital strategy to deliver curriculum excellence through 1:1 iPads, in our Primary Schools and now developing into our secondary schools. With a Research School at the heart of our practice, we are committed to using evidence to guide our approaches to school improvement. Unity Schools Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust of 39 schools including 8 secondary schools and growing into the 40s over the coming years with other schools to open. We have a track record of providing a variety of different career pathways including movement between different school phases as well as into leadership. We will support you to achieve your career aspirations.
The ambition of Unity Schools Partnership is to achieve a step change in the quality of education provided by primary, secondary and special schools and that its schools are achieving top quartile performance by 2026.
The trust expects its work to be characterised by ethical leadership, an ambition for improvement at pace and the expectation that remarkable change can happen.
For an informal discussion, to arrange a visit to a school, or to find out more about the role, please contact Rachel O’Halleron, Director of Unity Institute on rohalleron@unitysp.co.uk
Closing Date: We encourage applicants to apply at the earliest opportunity
Interviews: by December 2024
We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
Unity Schools Partnership – welcoming diversity.

Please refer the Job description for details