- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 489 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
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Director of English
More than one location, Oasis Community Learning4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS 1-6 (U1-3 as appropriate)
Additional allowances
TLR 1B, Inner London Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job overview
- You’ll hold overall responsibility for the strategic direction and development of English and a proven ability to inspire and to develop and embed positive attitudes towards teaching and learning in this core curriculum subject.
- Pupil teaching and the advancement of learning will remain central to the role and your unerring passion and love for English will be felt throughout your interactions with staff and pupils alike. You will be an inspirational teacher of the subject and a motivational mentor to other teachers.
- Your leadership and line-management skills will be effective, fair, unambiguous and wholly in line with our values of kindness, professionalism pride, resilience and independence and will form a key aspect of this pivotal role.
- Of course, underpinning this Director role will be the emphasis on and over-riding importance of Safeguarding in line with the Oasis Community Learning's commitment the safety and welfare of our children and young people.
- We recognise that this role will require huge amounts of resilience, perseverance for the long-haul and a constant drive for innovative excellence. However, this is also a role that will be incredibly rewarding and will offer exciting progression as we grow as a school.
Job Requirements
- Qualified Teacher Status
- A first or 2:1 degree in a relevant or related subject
- Currently holding a position of responsibility
- Evidence of high achievement in teaching across the Key Stages
- Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline
What the school offers its staff
Why Consider Oasis Silvertown?
The Director of English is a key strategic senior leadership role within the Academy for an exceptional educator with a deep love for the teaching of English. A role where you will contribute to a thriving school environment located in the centre of the iconic and rapidly developing Royal Docks area within East London - an area of fascinating architectural importance and great history.
This is a genuinely exciting time to join Oasis Academy Silvertown as we move into our final period of growth before reaching full capacity in September 2026. The academy is oversubscribed, committed to developing staff as well as students and already has a strong legacy of great academic success. We work closely with families, charities, business and other organisations in our local community to ensure that our students have all of the support that they need to flourish, becoming Ready for University, Ready to Lead.
To achieve our aspirations as a relatively new team we are looking for staff who are passionate about addressing social and educational injustice, who believe that every child deserves the best education possible and who want to join a team doing all that they can to achieve this.”
With a new team comes a vibrancy, an energy and a strong desire to give the best educational opportunities to a uniquely aspirational and diverse community. A community that rightly expects that every single young person has the right to have access to options and opportunities brought about by brilliant learning and adapted curriculum.
Add to that:
- We are a successfully growing secondary academy delivering consistently great results;
- We enjoy the benefits of a newly purpose-built facility (2022) with excellent transport links;
- Our SLT is highly visible and supportive in all aspects - staff, pupils and parents/guardians;
- We live and breathe our core values in everything we do, say and promote - be proud, be professional, be nice, be independent; We are driven by social justice and providing opportunities for all.
- You’ll join a supportive and passionate team where you can use your knowledge and encouraged to build on your existing skills with opportunities for further training and professional development;
As the only secondary school in the area we are rooted in the community with strong connections to a range of community hubs and foundations - all serving our population.
This is an exciting time to join Oasis Academy Silvertown as we move into our final period of growth before reaching full capacity in September 2026. The academy is oversubscribed, committed to developing staff as well as students and already has a strong legacy of great academic success. We work closely with families, charities, business and other organisations in our local community to ensure that our students have all of the support that they need to flourish, becoming Ready for University, Ready to Lead.
We are looking for staff who are passionate about addressing social and educational injustice, who believe that every child deserves the best education possible and who want to join a team doing all that they can to achieve this.”
Further details about the role
If you would like to apply, please complete the Application Form (CVs are not accepted). Please ensure you provide the name, address and status of two referees, one of whom should be your current Line Manager. Candidates should be aware we will seek references on shortlisted candidates and may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications before interview.
We will consider candidates who wish to start in January 2025 as well.
If you are not clear about any aspect of the application procedure, do not hesitate to contact us for clarification.
Please be aware that we will be interviewing candidates as strong applications are received; we advise candidates to submit their application as soon as possible.
We are particularly interested in applications from underrepresented groups. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive suitable applications.
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.
Applying for the job
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About Oasis Community Learning
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- nick.boothroyd@oasisuk.org
The overall vision for every part of the Oasis trust is for community. A place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their God-given potential. As well as delivering first-class, innovative education, we seek to build a ‘Hub’ in each of the areas where we work; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and whole community.
Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community
We understand the complex responsibilities of education, through a lens of character, competence and community. These principles, along with the Oasis 9 Habits and ethos, are intentionally developed and embedded throughout all of our academies day-to-day.
We have a commitment to inclusion, social integration and closing the disadvantage gap; we want to give advantage to the disadvantaged. Through a fostering of character and relationships, our students and teachers can form meaningful relationships built on a shared determination to learn and develop together as one community; one family.
Together, Oasis staff aspire to:
Create safe, stimulating learning environments
Increase progress and attainment above national averages
Provide high quality teaching which secures good and accelerated progress for all students
School Details
Oasis Academy Silvertown
Arranging a visit to Oasis Community Learning
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email nick.boothroyd@oasisuk.org.
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