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Hannah Brooks
Secondary English Teacher
Leeds, UK · hannah@email.com · linkedin.com/in/hannahbrooks
Professional summary
Secondary English teacher with 6 years of experience across Key Stages 3–4, including exam-year groups. Track record of raising attainment against school baselines, leading curriculum redesign for two year groups, and mentoring trainee teachers.
Experience
English Teacher & Key Stage 4 Coordinator
Harewood Community Academy · Leeds, UK
- Teach five GCSE English classes of 28–32 students; the 2025 cohort's grade 4+ pass rate rose to 78%, nine points above the school's three-year average.
- Redesigned the Key Stage 4 scheme of work around retrieval practice and model responses, adopted by all six teachers in the department.
- Mentor two trainee teachers per year through observations and weekly feedback, with all six mentees to date passing their qualifying year.
English Teacher
Millfield High School · Bradford, UK
- Taught mixed-ability Key Stage 3 classes and built differentiated resources that halved the gap in reading-assessment progress between the lowest and highest sets.
- Ran the school's debate club, growing it from 8 to 30 members and reaching a regional final for the first time in the school's history.
- Introduced structured parent-communication routines for two form groups, lifting parents' evening attendance for those groups above 90%.
Skills
Lesson planning · Curriculum design · Differentiated instruction · Formative & summative assessment · Classroom management · GCSE exam preparation · Safeguarding · SEND adaptation · Data-informed intervention · Parent communication · Mentoring trainee teachers · EdTech (Google Classroom)
Education & credentials
PGCE, Secondary EnglishUniversity of Leeds
B.A. in English LiteratureUniversity of York