Alternative Provision Manager
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy, Nottingham, NG5 6NZThis job expired on 22 August 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
22 August 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time 37hrs, Term Time Plus 2 Weeks
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC 24-28 £31,390 - £34,705 (actual salary)
What skills and experience we're looking for
This role is for a permanent, Alternative Provision Manager who will be central to our post Ofsted improvement plan. The role will provide leadership and planning for our re-designed on-site AP unit ICE (Inclusion Collaboration Education Unit).
This leadership role will provide leadership and direction within the on-site alternative provision and ensure staff are managed and organised to complement the aims of the Academy. You will have responsibility securing high standards in learning and teaching in the on-site alternative provision as well as playing a major role in developing academy policy and practice. You are pivotal in supporting, guiding, motivating, improving the quality of educational provision and raising standards of achievement within the Academy. You will help to set a climate for learning and create an ethos in which every child matters and is helped to be successful. You will promote innovation and ensure teaching methods optimise student performance. There is a close link between the quality of teaching and student achievement and between the quality of leadership and the quality of teaching. Your leadership lies at the heart of academy improvement and will have a significant role in contributing to raising achievement.
Essential
Educated to A Level standard or equivalent
Other appropriate training or qualification relevant to the post (Behaviour management, Mentoring, Counselling, Child Protection)
Evidence of ongoing professional development
Developed strategies to promote learning through inclusion provision.
Recent experience of assessment and tracking of pupil progress.
Experience of organising and delivering staff development training.
Experience of leading and managing a team.
Proven experience of delivering programmes to children with diverse learning needs.
Demonstrable success in working collaboratively with parents, colleagues and the local community.
Experience in liaison with a range of outside agencies and extended services.
The ability to promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
The ability to manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
The ability to demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
An ability to make accurate and productive use of assessment
A creative and constructively critical approach towards innovation; being prepared to adapt their practice where benefits and improvements are identified
Positive values and attitudes and adopt high standards of behaviour in a professional role
A commitment to equal opportunities and inclusion
Desirable
Further specialist qualifications in key areas linked to the children with Additional Needs
Qualified Teacher Status
Teaching experience and/or advisory experience in more than one organisation
Experience of planning and teaching Secondary Curriculum
Knowledge of recent initiatives and issues in education
Using ICT as a curriculum tool to improve standards
Having an extensive knowledge and well-informed understanding of a range of learning, teaching and behaviour management strategies
What the school offers its staff
SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2500 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact abrown@arnoldhillspencer.org.uk
The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CVs cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview.
Closing date for applications 22 August 2024 11:59pm
Interviews will take place on W/C 2nd September 2024
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
How to Apply
Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on ‘Register’ to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on ‘Sign In’. Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application. If you want to apply directly for this role and not save your data for any future vacancies, you can click on the ‘Apply Now’ button at the bottom of this page.
We have added a video to help guide you through our portal, please visithttps://vimeo.com/737845492/c1b8e43656
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer
Commitment to safeguarding
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
Additional documents
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About Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1556 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Arnold Hill Spencer Academy website
- Email address
- abrown@arnoldhillspencer.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01159554804
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy is a special place to learn and work. Our students are impressive young people, whose behaviour and achievements are something to be proud of. Our aim is for all members of the community to “Be inspired and achieve together” and to provide opportunities for this on a daily basis.
We teach our students the value of respect, how to act responsibly and support them to become mature, independent young people. We very much believe in the potential of every student, enabling them to thrive in our caring environment.
We are a member of the Spencer Academies Trust and benefit from the support of an established trust. To find out more about The Spencer Academies Trust, please visit www.satrust.com
Arranging a visit to Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email abrown@arnoldhillspencer.org.uk.
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