Associate Assistant Principal: Leader of Maths
Erdington Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B24 8REThis job expired on 10 May 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
10 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
29 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £58,959 - £65,010
Associate Assistant Principal: Leader of Maths job summary
Erdington Academy was graded Good by Ofsted in April 2023.
Erdington Academy is a vibrant and diverse comprehensive school. We are seeking outstanding individuals with high expectations to join our team dedicated to pursuing excellence for every child. We are an ambitious academy and value enthusiastic and hardworking staff. It is a very exciting time to join us.
We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectation meet endless possibilities.
Do you want to be part of a team where you will help make a lasting impact on our students?
This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified candidate to apply for the position of Associate Assistant Principal or Erdington Academy, to teach throughout the age and ability range in our thriving department.
We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a structured approach to teaching, behaviour and culture. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge and in explicit instruction, that the creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and happy.
The Maths Department at Erdington is a large and thriving part of a successful school. The team prides itself on its collaborative approach and the high standards in teaching and in the outcomes it achieves. Applicants will have high aspirations and a proven track record of delivering consistently good teaching, which results in high levels of student attainment and progress. In return you will be part of a successful leadership team, who are warm and supportive of each other and receive high quality CPD that will enable you to further progress and develop. The role will also have an element of whole school responsibility that is subject to candidates experience and development.
What we offer:
A large, fully-staffed, experienced department that is well resourced
Huge support and professional progression opportunities
A knowledge-rich curriculum, built on ‘powerful knowledge’ and a traditional T&L approach built around Rosenshine and TLAC
Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
An excellent curriculum and resources, supported by the trust Maths leader.
A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies
Disruption-free learning
Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who will support you
Centralised detentions,
No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ instructional coaching, helping you to continuously develop our practice
Excellent CPD and career development opportunities.
Opportunity to complete NPQs
Applicants will join a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will:
- Set high expectations which motivate and challenge students in a productive learning environment
- Promote good outcomes by students, planning well-structured lessons
- Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students
- Make accurate and productive use of assessment
- Fulfil wider professional responsibilities with high standards of personal and professional conduct
In return we will offer you:
- Access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT
- Bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)
- Perkbox example benefits;
- Discounts at nationwide retailers
- Gym discount
- Cinema discounts
- Employee assistance programme
- Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year
- A MAT wide focus on staff well-being
This is an exciting time to join us, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team. Over the last few years, there has been a real drive to develop collaborative planning of a well sequenced knowledge rich curriculum in order to ensure our curriculum is inclusive and all students can achieve highly.
This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong supportive environment.
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of[1]offenders-act-1974
Commitment to safeguarding
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust iscommitted to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.
About Erdington Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 953 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Erdington Academy website (opens in new tab)
Erdington Academy is a vibrant and diverse comprehensive school. We are seeking outstanding individuals with high expectations to join our team dedicated to pursuing excellence for every child. We are an ambitious academy and value enthusiastic and hardworking staff. It is a very exciting time to join us.
We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectations meet endless possibilities.
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