Primary English Curriculum Writer, UNITED LEARNING

Purpose of the role

United Learning is refining its coherent, ambitious and aspirational curriculum to support a growing number of teachers across England. As a Primary English Curriculum Writer, you will join our central team for a 1-year maternity cover to continue the development of our Primary Writing and Reading curricula, creating the curriculum resources for our new Reading Curriculum and continuing to develop our existing writing curriculum.

Work with the wider curriculum and Primary Education teams

• Join the wider curriculum and Primary Education teams – including primary and secondary specialists – to refine the curriculum sequence and schemes of work.
• Develop lesson resources – including lesson slides, printable resources, teacher subject support, and other resources as appropriate – that teachers will use to deliver the lesson.
• Collaborate with our central team – including artworkers and intellectual property specialists – to ensure that all texts, images, and sources used in the curriculum resources have the appropriate licensing and permissions where required.
• Develop and refine a wider range of resources for pupils, such as knowledge organisers or explanatory videos.
• Develop and refine resources for teachers, such as subject knowledge videos and guidance for teaching units or individual lessons.
• Work alongside the wider curriculum team to – where appropriate – make meaningful links with other subjects such as religion and worldviews and history.
• Work with the Primary Curriculum Lead to ensure that the curriculum resources support high quality English teaching and are consistent with United Learning’s overall approach to curriculum design.
• Respond to feedback from teachers, the advisers, and the Group Primary Curriculum Lead.

Any other reasonable support

Work alongside the wider curriculum team to – where appropriate – make meaningful links with other subjects such as religion and worldviews and history.

Contract

• This role is offered as a part-time role, 0.8 FTE 30 hours a week.
• The role is fully remote and home-based, with only occasional (e.g. termly) travel to our main office locations in London or Peterborough.
• Travel expenses will be covered by United Learning for these visits.
• The role is offered as a one-year, fixed term contract maternity cover contract with the potential for further opportunities as we refine our curriculum in response to changes to the National Curriculum.