As the Orgill English Hub continues to grow, we are expanding our team of Literacy Specialists to support schools across Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire. Our extended remit now includes Early Language and Literacy in Reception, alongside early reading, phonics and reading fluency across Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.

These part-time, seconded roles (one or two days per week) offer an exceptional opportunity for experienced teachers and leaders to contribute to system-wide improvement. Literacy Specialists play a pivotal role in strengthening practice across schools, deepening their own expertise, and helping to build ambitious, inclusive reading cultures that enable every pupil to succeed.

Early Language and Literacy Specialist

We are seeking highly skilled and committed Early Years teachers and leaders who have demonstrated a strong track record of improving communication, language and literacy outcomes in Reception.

Early Language and Literacy Specialists are seconded from their home school, with the full support of their headteacher, to work in partnership with schools supported by the English Hub. They are central to the Hub’s offer and work collaboratively with school leaders and teachers to strengthen early literacy provision.

This role includes:

· Supporting high-quality early language development

· Strengthening Reception literacy practice, including handwriting and composition

· Supporting effective implementation of the DfE Writing Framework

· Providing coaching, modelling and professional development

· Contributing to evaluation, action planning and sustained improvement

This is a unique opportunity to influence practice beyond your own setting, work alongside like-minded professionals, and shape the future of literacy across the region.

If you are passionate about early language and literacy and ready to make a wider impact, we would love to hear from you.

Key Stage 2 Literacy Specialist

We are seeking to appoint highly skilled and dedicated educators with a strong passion for reading in Key Stage 2. Successful candidates will have a proven track record of improving reading outcomes in their own school, particularly for pupils who require additional support to secure age-related expectations. They will demonstrate expertise in high-quality teaching, reading fluency development and effective

Key Stage 2 Literacy Specialists are seconded from their home school, with the full support of their headteacher, to work in partnership with schools supported by the English Hub. They are central to the Hub’s offer and work collaboratively with school leaders and teachers to strengthen phonics catch-up, reading fluency and comprehension.

The role includes:

· Supporting the effective delivery of phonics catch-up in KS2

· Developing automaticity, prosody and comprehension through structured fluency instruction

· Coaching and modelling high-quality reading lessons

· Supporting reading leadership and whole-school improvement

· Contributing to evaluation, action planning and sustained impact

This is an exciting opportunity to extend your influence beyond your own setting and play a key role in raising reading standards across the region.

Key Stage 3 Literacy Specialist

Orgill English Hub is seeking to appoint talented and committed teachers or leaders with significant experience in improving reading outcomes in Key Stage 3.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have successfully supported pupils who did not meet the expected standard in reading at the end of Key Stage 2 and who have led strategies to strengthen reading fluency, disciplinary literacy and reading for pleasure within a secondary context.

Key Stage 3 Literacy Specialists are seconded from their home school, with the full support of their headteacher, to work alongside partner schools supported by the English Hub. They are integral to the Hub’s expanded offer and work closely with senior leaders, subject leaders and classroom teachers to embed a coherent, whole-school approach to reading.

The role includes:

· Supporting reading catch-up and intervention for struggling readers

· Developing fluency and comprehension strategies across subjects

· Strengthening disciplinary literacy and curriculum reading

· Coaching staff and building leadership capacity

· Supporting strategic planning, evaluation and sustainable improvement

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence reading culture and provision across secondary schools, ensuring that all pupils — particularly the most vulnerable — develop the confidence and competence to thrive as readers.

 

Applications for these roles will close at 5pm on Friday 17th April 2026. Initial interviews will be held week commencing 27^th April.

If you have any questions, please email: orgillenglishhub@orgill.cumbria.sch.uk

General Information

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All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure.  However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are considered 'protected'.  This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or Unlock.org.uk.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record and other sanctions self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, prohibitions and disqualifications, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview.  You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process.  If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. 

In addition to the above, as part of our due diligence checks, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates.  This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online.

Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.