Director of English
Excelsior Multi Academy Trust, Birmingham, B45 9PB6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
28 April 2025
Closing date
7 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L12 - L15
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a Director of English across our successful and well-regarded Trust.
This is a newly shaped role and has been created as a direct result of our Trust success and growth in recent years. We are keen to increase the capacity of our School Improvement Team to support our current and our future schools to deliver exceptional reading, writing and oracy outcomes for our pupils.
Whilst joining a dedicated School Improvement Team you will work alongside our skillful headteachers and individual school leaders of English across our Trust. Our pedagogy and vision at all times is to diminish the gap of disadvantages and removing barriers that may prevent young people becoming the best versions of themselves.
In our Trust we need an experienced middle and or senior leader with a proven track record in outstanding classroom practice; substantial and successful practice as a middle leader in a primary school achieving successful outcomes for pupils of all prior attainment; the ability to improve, challenge and support colleagues; drive and enthusiasm; and in being uncompromising in the pursuit of high standards of pupil behaviour and attainment.
We welcome applications from talented middle leaders through to experienced AHT/Dep HTs and Headteachers. Our Excelsior People Strategy aims to get the right people into the right seat from where they will grow into bigger seats, enabling our Trust to meet the needs of all our pupils effectively.
Your further growth into ambitious leadership within Excelsior here is key
You must have a passion for working in areas of high deprivation and be keen to improve the life chances of all the pupils in our Trust. Possibly you will have completed a leadership development programme such as NPQML, NPQSL or Future Leaders and are keen to put what you have learnt into practice.
What the school offers its staff
An outstanding, innovative and ambitious executive leadership team who, through their passion and drive to improve outcomes for children, support and motivate each other to achieve great things! In return for your commitment to our Trust, we can offer:
- Sector competitive pay
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- A fantastic supportive working environment
- The opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of children across Birmingham and the West Midlands.
- Access to our mental health and wellbeing platform, ExcelWell.
- The opportunity to develop into a highly effective leader.
- 24/7 advice and helpline.
- Flexible working arrangements.
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 Excelsior Multi Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- hr@excelsiormat.org
- Phone number
- 01212745872
Arranging a visit to Excelsior Multi Academy Trust
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