Deputy Director of Education Aquinas
Bishop Justus CofE School, Bromley, Kent, BR2 8HZThis job expired on 13 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Start of Academic Year 2024/25 (Flexible for the Right Candidate)
Closing date
13 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership L12 - L18
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our ideal candidate will:
- Be able to articulate an ambitious vison for the curriculum that is designed to give all pupils, particularly disadvantaged pupils (including pupils with SEND), the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life.
- Have a passion for school improvement and development.
- Champion best practice and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
- Drive collaboration to enhance the educational experiences of all pupils across the trust.
- Hold demonstratable experience in working to improve the education of children and young people.
- Have worked across several key stages.
- Understand the importance of Primary transition for pupils and hold an interest in developing a dividend for pupils transferring from an Aquinas Primary to an Aquinas Secondary.
- Be excited by the prospect of further developing a broad and balanced curriculum in all its fullness for pupils in all key stages, with the aim of improving outcomes and destinations.
- Understand the role of curriculum in a school improvement model.
- Be an excellent leader with experience of working with Senior Leadership Teams, School Improvement Partners and other key stakeholders.
- Understand the importance of developing internal talent and the principles of workforce development.
- Have held a position in a Senior Leadership Team within a school/academy or within a trust.
- Hold Qualified Teacher Status, along with a good Honours Degree.
- Preferably have completed an NPQH and/or NPQEL or be willing to undertake this qualification.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we offer:
- A unique opportunity for a committed professional to influence and shape the education delivered by a Trust with over 4,500 pupils on roll.
- A happy community committed to delivering ‘Life Transforming Learning’.
- A career path for experienced senior leaders that runs adjacent to seeking a Headship.
- A position within an extremely skilled and knowledgeable Central Education Team.
- An office base within our training and development centre, based in Bromley.
- Mentoring and experienced Leadership by the Trust Executive Team.
Aquinas CE Education Trust is committed to safeguarding the young people in our care and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. As an employee of the Aquinas Church of England Education Trust you are required to have regard to the character of the Trust and its foundation and to undertake not to do anything in any way contrary to the interests of the foundation.
Further details about the role
The Role
The Deputy Director of Education is responsible for developing sustained excellence across our mixed-phase MAT. Reporting primarily to the Director of Education, the postholder will play a central role in shaping the direction and development of Aquinas.
The key purpose of the role is to provide dynamic support to the Director of Primary Education and the Director of Secondary Education. A truly varied role, the post holder is a highly effective practitioner, capable of driving curriculum development and school improvement throughout the Trust. The role involves working strategically to conceptualise, implement and reinforce school improvement at scale.
The post holder has a clear understanding of the MAT environment and is strategic, ambitious and innovative, committed to ensuring children are given the best life chances possible. Engaging stakeholders from all levels within the organisation are crucial to success, and the post holder will be an ambitious and talented leader.
Area of REsponsibility and key tasks
- Approach school improvement sensitively across two distinct local contexts in both Rye (East Sussex) and Bromley.
- Contribute to the benefit of working within a multi-academy Trust by ensuring parity and fair access to resources between our sites.
- Work alongside the Education Directors and other colleagues within the Education team to develop a trust-wide strategy for improving outcomes in both phases.
- Work with the Education Directors and Education team to further develop the Aquinas Primary Curriculum to ensure it leads to strong outcomes across the Trust.
- Work with the Secondary Education Director and Education team to further develop secondary phase curricula to ensure they lead to strong outcomes across the Trust.
- Ensure high-quality curricula enable effective progression between primary and secondary phases and realises a ‘dividend’ for those pupils who remain in our trust for the duration of their education.
- Understand the relationship between curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment and the actions needed to be taken to improve efficiency within the model.
- Develop a consistent approach to early reading and rapidly supporting struggling readers in the secondary phase so that all pupils can access an ambitious curriculum.
- Use data effectively to accurately evaluate the impact of chosen initiatives.
- Assist Headteachers and the Executive team in the development, implementation and evaluation of school improvement plans.
- Work with Headteachers and the Training and Development Director to coordinate and deliver appropriate professional development for teachers and associates.
- Coach senior leaders, subject leaders and other members of staff.
- work with the Primary Director to coordinate the Trust curriculum networks and develop further Network leaders across the Trust.
- Support and challenge schools on priority setting, self-evaluation and educational under-achievement.
- Support the leadership and development of action research groups to develop pedagogy across Aquinas.
- Contribute to the succession planning strategy to retain and develop expertise within the Trust, including brokering development opportunities such as secondments and placements across the Trust.
- Support the induction of new schools into the Trust.
Commitment to safeguarding
Bishop Justus is committed to safeguarding the young people in our care and we expect all our staff to share this commitment.
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About Bishop Justus CofE School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1365 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Bishop Justus CofE School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- aquinas.recruitment@aquinastrust.org
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