Are you an experienced EYFS/KS1 Teacher with a passion for reading? Or as a headteacher, do you have a staff member who would add value to your school from completing this secondment?  

The DFE English Hub

‘Nurturing confident, life-long readers to achieve, regardless of background or starting point.’

Yorkshire Endeavour Academy Trust are one of the founding 34 hubs nationally to be a designated ‘English Hub’, a DfE funded program, which aims for all children to achieve the best possible outcomes in early reading. The Hub aims to promote early language development, systematic synthetic phonics provision and a love of reading amongst primary pupils, with a particular focus upon EYFS and KS1.

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The Literacy Specialist Role

Yorkshire Endeavour English Hub is seeking to recruit an outstanding primary teacher to work as a Literacy Specialist on a secondment basis.

You will undergo training through the English Hub programme and DfE, to develop your role and offer support to schools in our region (North Yorkshire Coast, Hambleton, Ryedale, East Riding and York City).

About You

We are looking for a passionate and experienced EYFS/KS1 Teacher who has an excellent knowledge of Early Reading and Phonics.

You will need to have experience taking a leading role in your phase/ school and have a proven track record of improving early reading outcomes. Experience teaching the Little Wandle SSP program is essential, this can be in your current role or in a previous role. We encourage previous applicants to apply.

Role Duties:

• Support partner school leaders to implement the ‘Challenge Checklist’ (a list of DfE approved objectives for Early Reading) across a specified number days next academic year.
• Coach leaders and teachers within their designated Partner Schools to improve quality of SSP and Early Reading teaching.
• Track the schools progress in early reading through rigorous data analysis, supporting leaders to implement interventions and close gaps.
• Ensure partner school Reading Leaders submit half-termly progress data to the hub.
• Produce an ‘Action Plan’ report after each visit, detailing measurable, specific actions for implementation.
• Ensure that their own practice is outstanding by aiming for at least 90% in the Phonics Screening Check in their home school.

Our Hub Lead will ensure you are fully supported by:

• Providing professional development and training from the DfE, SSP providers, English Hubs network and other external specialists.
• Supporting LS’s on joint Partner School visits.
• Meeting frequently with the LS team to reaffirm core messages, deliver CPD and support with analysing school data.
• Providing you with systems and key documentation to ensure consistency across all LS reporting and support.
• Providing you with opportunities to observe best practice SSP in other schools.
• Ensuring communication lines are always open at anytime.
• Ensuring you receive on-going relevant training required to carry out the role.

Your Home School

Your current school need to ensure that it has the capacity, expertise and desire to allow the Literacy Specialist to be released to take part in school-to-school support for the duration of the academic year (January - July 2026).

Time commitment:

The Literacy Specialist will be seconded from their home school for the following time during the 2025-2026 academic year:

• Training Day with Hannah, English Hub Lead, and Chrissy, Deputy Hub Lead. (Wednesday 10th December, Location to be confirmed)
• 2 Shadow Days with existing Literacy Specialists in Partner Schools (January 2026 - locations and dates to be confirmed)
• *Between 6-15 days of support in allocated Partner Schools from Early February to the end of July (Hannah and Chrissy and will join all your first visits with you for support).
• 2 Development Days with the LS team (Monday 12th January - Malmaison, York. Friday 10th July - location to be confirmed)

*0.2 PPA time provided by the home school in addition for each release day. (Home school to specify the maximum number of Partner School days, in addition to the training above, the potential LS is able to complete)

Funding:

For each day working as a Literacy Specialist with a partner school, the releasing school will be funded at an ‘SLE rate’ of £350 per day. For Partner School support visits 0.2 days (£70) is added to total £420 for backfill.

Key Documents

Application Pack

Application Form

Application Process

Submit the following to NYES.Resourcing@northyorks.gov.uk

• Application form completed in conjunction with your headteacher (or equivalent)
• A 10-minute video clip of yourself teaching a phonics lesson
• Pictures/videos of your Reading Environment

Following shortlisting you will undertake a Zoom interview.

We do not accept CV’s.

Forms are to be completed in full.

Queries 

Please contact Chloe Bullen at Chloe.Bullen@northyorks.gov.uk or on 01609 536 964

When applying please take into account the following:

Employment History

In line with KCSIE requirements, please complete your full employment history to ensure any gaps in your education and career history are accounted for.

Suitable References

When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this should be your current and most recent Headteacher or line manager. Please note if your former Headteacher or line manager has since left, please use an alternative current senior staff member as they need to be in post at your former location to be able to confirm your details in full.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept personal references or personal email addresses.

Please get in touch for any queries if you are unsure.

Supporting Information

The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the job description & person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note this post is in regulated activity and exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS criminal records and barred list check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies and process applications on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Further information on how we process your data can be found here.