Director of Learning - English
Stationers' Crown Woods Academy, London, SE9 2PTThis job expired on 25 March 2019 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2019
Closing date
25 March 2019 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
12 March 2019
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Lead Practitioners range 1 to Lead Practitioners range 12, £47,750 to £60,269
Additional allowances
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st January 2019, our Trust is comprised of 23 geographically organised academies (11 secondaries, 11 primaries and 1 special) educating over 15,000 students, and employing over 2,500 talented staff. We also have three further academies in development phase, due to open in September 2020. 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 providers and a large teaching school.
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.
Director of Learning - English job summary
About the role: Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy has a rare and truly exciting opportunity to appoint an exceptional candidate to join and lead our English Faculty for September 2019. The academy has been part of the Leigh Academies Trust since September 2014 and is one of the most over-subscribed schools in South East London.
We are looking to appoint an outstanding English specialist taking on the role of Director of Learning for English who will join a team of subject advisors. The successful candidate will be responsible for evaluating standards and developing improvement strategy and supporting individuals and teams. The successful candidate will also be responsible for cross-academy literacy and will be a member of the Academy Executive Team. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the whole academy strategic and operational initiatives through membership of the Academy Executive Team.
This is a great opportunity to join one of the largest and most popular schools in Greenwich and we would welcome hearing from candidates who are currently in Head of Department positions and are seeking/ready for promotion. This is a challenging but hugely satisfying position offering a whole school leadership opportunity. This position is based on the Leadership payscale and the salary offered will be commensurate with experience.
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.
About Stationers' Crown Woods Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1575 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- talent@latrust.org.uk
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