Director of Learning - Engineering & Design Technology
The Halley Academy, London, SE3 8EPThis job expired on 13 October 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2022
Closing date
13 October 2021 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 September 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
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- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- View all Design and technologyjobs, Engineering
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership Pay Scale, commensurate with experience
Director of Learning - Engineering & Design Technology job summary
About the role: The Halley Academy is delighted to offer this unique, exciting and career-defining opportunity to lead a strong Engineering and Design Technology department with brand new, state of the art facilities due to be completed in January 2022 in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and electronic engineering.
We are looking for an inspirational and visionary Director of Learning for Engineering and Design Technology. Your leadership skills and successful track record will complement this rapidly growing area of the Academy. Your strategic vision will be accompanied by a strong track record in delivering projects, developing external links and delivering an outstanding curriculum designed to motivate and inspire students and prepare them for industry related pathways. You should have experience of collaborating across departments to support our integrated STEM curriculum.
Our ideal candidate will have excellent knowledge of engineering and have led technology in Key Stages 3, 4 and 5, be an outstanding classroom practitioner, reflecting our approach to evidence-based teaching that helps all students, irrespective of starting points, to translate knowledge into their long-term memory.
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 The Halley Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 876 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Halley Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- talent@latrust.org.uk
The Halley Academy has been an International Baccalaureate World School since 2019 and students enjoy both the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme and the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme. We have ambitious plans to introduce new qualifications and have already been successful in our application to deliver the new T Level programmes from 2023. With this in mind, this new centre has been specially designed to support the delivery of the Engineering T Level programme and apprenticeships.
We offer a vibrant, experienced and committed Technology department, passionate about STEM and dedicated to supporting students throughout their learning experience and securing the best possible outcomes for them. Students benefit from the very best technological learning opportunities and are all equipped with a Chromebook. Students can currently choose from Food Technology, Design Technology and Engineering.
This is an exciting opportunity within a thriving Academy undergoing considerable investment and the construction of a new purpose built centre of excellence supported by and working in partnership with The Tallow Chandlers Livery Company.
This is an exciting opportunity for an existing Head of Department or an excellent practitioner ready to move into leadership. We believe in developing staff into outstanding practitioners through our excellent CPD and have team members who are currently completing NPQML and NPQH courses, as well as alumni from the Teach First and Teaching Leaders programmes. Colleagues at the Academy benefit from being part of the Leigh Academies Trust, providing opportunities to share best practice and collaborate with other centres of engineering/technology excellence across the multi academy trust.
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2021, our Trust will comprise 32 geographically organised academies (15 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating 20,000 students, and employing 2,500 talented staff. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North West Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Click here to view our future plans in our Vision 2025 document.
As part of Leigh Academies Trust you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.
Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds.
Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
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