Job description
The Stephen Longfellow Academy is seeking to appoint an ambitious and passionate Reading Intervention Lead to drive our whole-academy reading strategy and inspire a culture of reading for pleasure. This is a rewarding opportunity to lead targeted interventions, develop a dedicated reading team and make a tangible difference to pupils' literacy outcomes and life chances.
The successful candidate will be an experienced literacy practitioner with a proven commitment to improving outcomes for young people. They will play a key role in shaping reading provision across the academy, working collaboratively with colleagues across the trust to ensure every pupil develops the skills, confidence and enthusiasm to become a successful reader.
Potential applicants should have:
- Experience of leading successful reading or literacy interventions.
- A strong understanding of reading development and effective intervention strategies.
- The ability to analyse data and use it to improve pupil outcomes
- Excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills.
- A passion for promoting reading and supporting young people to achieve their full potential.
Applications are handled on Teaching Vacancies (GOV.UK).
About this school
The Stephen Longfellow Academy
Free schools alternative provision · Ages 5–16
- Pupils
- 0
- Avg teacher salary
- £46,335
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 7.3:1
- Academy trust
- THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
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Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.
Location
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Leeds, Leeds, LS11 8PG
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- Contract
- Permanent
- Working pattern
- Full time
- Posted
- 16 September 2026
- Closing date
- 2 November 2026
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