English department. The successful candidate will be an exceptional teacher, able to teach high quality lessons across the age and ability range and be committed to continued professional development. This position would also be suitable for an outstanding Early Career Teacher wishing to begin their career as part of a supportive team which strives for excellence in everything they do.
At Madeley, our English department prides itself on being a supportive and forward-thinking team, united in our pursuit of excellence. We work closely together to adapt and refine our standardised, aligned curriculum, ensuring it meets the needs of all our students and leads to the best possible outcomes. Our collaborative ethos has enabled us to lead on several Trust-wide curriculum initiatives, and we value the opportunity to work with other outstanding departments across our network to raise standards.
This is a rare opportunity to join a school that has been hailed as a beacon of excellence. Our recent Ofsted inspection (Feb 2025) was nothing short of phenomenal, with inspectors blown away by the exceptional standards of teaching, leadership, and student achievement.
Why Madeley?
- One of the top-performing schools in Staffordshire - our GCSE results are exceptional, with Maths ranked number 1 in the county and overall Progress 8 scores significantly above the national average.
- Oversubscribed and thriving - Madeley is the number one school of choice in the region, receiving 299 applications for September 2025, with 190 as first-choice preferences.
- An electrifying culture of excellence - students cannot speak highly enough about their school; they are inspired, ambitious, and driven to succeed.
- An expertly crafted and engaging curriculum - our curriculum is described as "ambitious, immersive, and designed to excite and engage pupils", ensuring hands-on, real-world experiences.
- Innovative and forward-thinking leadership - our self-evaluation was described as "pinpoint accurate", our approach to teaching "exemplary", and our relentless drive for success embedded in every decision we make.
- A school that feels like home - students feel safe, valued, and driven to exceed their own expectations, supported by a team that goes above and beyond every single day.
We are proud of our long history serving the local
community and relish the challenge of preparing our students for their futures
as leaders in the 21st. century. As a
relatively small secondary school, we are uniquely placed to care for each
child as an individual. We take pride in providing a friendly, nurturing and
welcoming environment for learning for all students, regardless of background
or prior achievement and where our students are given the skills, experiences
and qualifications necessary for them to take charge of their own destinies.
Our relentless focus on ensuring the highest academic
standards has placed us amongst the top performing schools in the area based on
sustained improvement.
We strive to
keep our core values at the heart of all we do on our collective mission of
inspiring excellence
In addition to providing the highest quality teaching for
successful learning in lessons, we are passionate about providing excellent
enrichment opportunities beyond the classroom, so that all of our students have
a rewarding and enjoyable time with us as they develop their interests and
talents.
A positive growth mindset underpins our approach to
developing a learning culture where effort, resilience and learning from our
mistakes are seen as the key to unlocking outstanding attainment.
Shaw Education Trust are
a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and
Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in
our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that
focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome
academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff
across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the
opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.
In our secondary schools, we
pride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design, to ensure all
our schools have breadth and ambition for all students, regardless of their
starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum models don’t always engage
all students, so we constantly seek to innovate and provide better
opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We want our
students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful, and
ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of our
innovation include moving towards an extended school day, to provide a world
class enrichment programme and more opportunities for essential skills like
reading and cultural capital. We are also introducing vocational and technical
pathways, which run through the normal
school curriculum but attract
support from leading employers and universities to develops work-readiness in
our students, so that they can progress onto T Levels and apprenticeships.
We are currently at an
exciting point in their evolution, with collaboration at the heart of our
collective endeavour. We don’t operate in silos: we value the power of the pack
and strive to collaborate as a collective, ensuring no school or colleague is
left behind. We are currently co-constructing an aligned curriculum across all
EBacc curriculum subjects,
to create a world class
curriculum, rich in powerful knowledge and skills. This is driving up standards
through the sharing of the very best practice, whilst allowing each school
sufficient flexibility for autonomy to do what is right for their local context.
A by-product of this approach has been the reduction in planning workload for
colleagues, meaning they can spend more time on the things that matter and
fostering strong relationships with pupils and delivery of the curriculum.
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
- Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.
Madeley School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including an online checks and criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions.
All shortlisted candidates will undergo an online search as part of Trust safer recruitment.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date, therefore, we encourage early applications.
Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.