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Director of Education

Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4RB

This job expired on 18 October 2019 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 January 2020

• Closing date

  18 October 2019 at 10am

• Date listed

  2 October 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £60,000

Director of Education job summary

The main duties and responsibilities are:

Curriculum development
• To develop the curriculum offer to ensure a sequenced, coherent approach is taken across all schools.
• To establish subject communities across the Trust utilising the expertise within our schools.
• To guide curriculum reform and develop curriculum implementation strategies to ensure our schools offer appropriate opportunities for all pupils.
• To oversee the development of the Headteachers and ensure that CPD is an integral part of the Trust ethos for all staff.
• To keep abreast of educational developments.

School Improvement
• To set academic standards and drive educational performance across all schools.
• To lead on academy improvement and ensure that this is continuous and sustained.
• To build close working relationships with the Principals and provide appropriate challenge and support.
• To visit the academies on a regular basis, monitoring and evaluating performance and providing formal half-termly reports to the Executive Team.
• To ensure the effective use of data to monitor and raise standards for all pupils in our care.
• To evaluate the impact of improvement strategies and contribute to ensuring equality of support to all academies resulting in all pupils receiving an outstanding education.

Organisational Leadership
• To work with the Executive Team to guide the education growth and development of the group.
• To deploy and work closely with the Curriculum & School Improvement team to develop the distinctive ethos and philosophy of the team within the Trust.
• To monitor the work of the Curriculum & School Improvement team who work closely with each school to ensure effectiveness and impact.
• To work closely with the Director of Finance & Operations to ensure the efficient allocation of resources to achieve the best educational outcomes.
• To contribute to the strategic leadership and management of the Trust, supported short, medium and long-term targets setting, as well as visioning for the long-term future of the organisation.

Management
The Director of Education will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and will be a member of the Executive Team. The role involves managing the Curriculum & School Improvement team, as well as other resources available to support our schools; ensuring they are used equitably and effectively for all pupils.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 240 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School website
• Email address: laura.barton@demat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ely-st-mary-s-cofe-junior-school-ely

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