Deputy National Lead for Science Secondary
Astrea Academy Trust, Sheffield, S9 4WGThis job expired on 7 October 2024
Closing date
7 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
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Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £53,170.00 - £65,950.00 Annually (Actual)
Deputy National Lead for Science Secondary job summary
Thank you very much for your interest in joining us as Deputy National Lead for Science (Secondary). This is a very exciting time to join us. We are on a shared mission to tackle historic disadvantage and look to do this through a knowledge-rich approach to curriculum and pedagogy. We are a growing team of curriculum experts that support our teachers and leaders to deliver a brilliant curriculum taught expertly. We have started to reap the rewards of our work by moving from one school out of nine being rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted to eight out of nine being rated as ‘Good’ in two years. You could be part of the next stage of our journey as we look to codesign a common core curriculum across our secondary schools in Cambridgeshire and South Yorkshire.
You will join a fantastic team of subject specialists who teach, design curricula, and deliver excellent professional development. Reporting to the Director of Curriculum & Assessment, you will strategically lead the development of a common core Science curriculum and programmes of professional development. In this role your skills and experience will add to our team and provide even more support to our teachers, leaders, and children.
We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge, ’the best that has been thought and said’ and an ‘entitlement curriculum’ for all. We believe in explicit instruction and have been greatly influenced by Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion’, Rosenshine and recent developments in cognitive science. We believe that the creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful, where there is ‘purpose not power’, ensuring impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning, underpins everything.
We have also embarked on a process of codifying what works across our secondary academies, through publication of a series of frameworks, which inform academy policies. Sir David Carter states ‘Without some degree of standardisation, the turnaround process will be lengthier and more chaotic than is necessary and the casualties are not the adults, but the children who only have 2280 days of schooling between reception and the end of Year 11.’
As a Trust of 26 schools, we have the capacity to support you educationally and operationally. You will be provided with a strong infrastructure of support– with our financial, HR, technology and data teams, who work with the secondary central team in some key areas.
This position is open to experienced middle and senior leaders with an excellent understanding of curriculum and assessment and proven track record of school improvement. If you are aligned to our mission and values, have a strong track record of improving young people’s education and a drive to do more, we very much look forward to hearing from you.
We would encourage you to arrange a conversation with the National Lead for Science (Secondary), Sam Cottrill, ahead of the interview date. To arrange a telephone or Teams call, please contact sam.cottrill@astreaacademytrust.org
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
About Astrea Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Astrea is a trust that is coming of age and moving beyond its foundational years into a mature phase of development, our aim is that every child gets a brilliant education. Our work starts and ends with a universal belief in high standards and expectations for every child, no matter what barriers they face.
Underpinning our vision is a commitment that knowledge and scholarship will be celebrated, we want our children to become resilient in the face of challenge and we commit to providing all Astrea children with rich opportunities and to supporting them every step of the way. I am incredibly proud of what the Astrea family has achieved and as the trust matures, we are in a strong position to embark upon this next exciting phase, where all of our energy will be focused on providing a brilliant education which helps children to learn, thrive and lead successful lives.
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