Assistant Subject Improvement Lead - English
Star Academies, Blackburn, BB1 2HTThis job expired on 2 December 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
2 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
29 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £57,482 to £63,430 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for an outstanding individual to work alongside the English Improvement Lead. As a team they will improve the quality of teaching, learning, curriculum and intervention in English across the Trust’s secondary schools, through embedding best practice and building capacity in line with the Trust’s policies and frameworks.
The successful candidate will help drive improvements in English attainment across all our schools, by skilfully co-ordinating and supporting both curriculum intent and implementation in English at designated schools. They would also lead the development and successful implementation of the Trust’s Reading Strategy.
As Assistant English School Improvement Lead, you would be deployed across our schools located in five key regions: Lancashire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, and London.
You will have:
- An English degree along with Qualified Teacher Status.
- A National Professional Qualification (NPQ) in middle or senior leadership.
- An in-depth knowledge of the AQA specification in GCSE English Language and Literature.
- Experience of delivering outstanding results consistently and a track record of improving results as a subject leader.
- Experience of developing and delivering high impact intervention programmes.
- An ability to analyse assessment data and use it effectively to identify and close gaps in learning.
- Successfully delivered training and coaching for English teachers.
- A passion for securing life-changing outcomes for young people in disadvantaged communities.
What the school offers its staff
About Star Central
Star Central, which is based at our head office in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Institute and our schools.
The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Star Academies
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- info@staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 0330 313 9800
Head office location
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