Bedford Academy is part of HEART Academies Trust; a family of academies, at the heart of the community, improving life chances for all through challenge and support. 

Our School Vision:

‘COMMUNTY MINDED THROUGH DRIVE AND ASPIRATION’

The role you are applying for is based at Bedford Academy, the secondary school within the trust. Bedford Academy is on an incredible journey. With a change in school leadership in February 2019, we have embarked on a relentless focus to achieve sustainable school improvement, this has seen a whole host of changes being made to improve the experience for our fantastic students. Our school day, curriculum and approach to teaching and learning have all seen significant changes in order to ensure that every student can be successful during their time with us. 

We place major emphasis on high standards and positive relationships in everything we do and really value our staff’s wellbeing and contributions. Our school vision of being community minded, driven and aspirational allows all of us to work together to bring about positive change in our local community. We do this through following the BA Way, supporting each other and having an open and honest school culture. Ofsted confirmed our status as a good school in May 2019, and our results are improving year on year. This is an exciting time to join our staff body.

The English Department is built around our talented and passionate teaching team. We are ambitious for ourselves and our students, and are a leading Department within the Bedford Academy community. We are a strong team: we value each other and we are developing a culture of sharing good practice to celebrate success and to promote our collaborative approach to planning and assessment. We have outstanding teaching and learning resources to support a stimulating and dynamic curriculum, with opportunities for teaching English from Key Stage 3 to 5.

We currently offer Key Stage 5 students the opportunity to study a combined English Language and Literature A Level course and we are hoping to develop our post-16 offer in the future. Our students have enquiring minds and are enthusiastic for success in English; it is inspiring to help develop their communication skills and a pleasure to explore Literature with them. We are developing an enriched curriculum through workshops, theatre visits and school trips. We recognise the primary importance of staff welfare and strive to ensure that every member of our team is supported in their role, has opportunities for professional development and knows that they are valued. We’re really proud of our team and look forward to working with new colleagues.
Please see the Job Description below for more specific responsibilities.

If you are community minded, have outstanding drive and aspirations to be the very best, we want to hear from you. Please send your completed application form to [email protected] Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 7th May 2021. Interviews 12th & 13th May 2021.