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  • Start date details

    Easter 2023

  • Closing date

    8 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    30 January 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase
  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3

Working pattern

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Competitive

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

  • Be ambitious
  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
  • Be an strong classroom practitioner
  • Communicate orally and in writing to a range of audiences and stakeholders
  • Can relate empathetically and professionally to all stakeholders and the wider community
  • Be able challenge, influence and motivate others, with a vision for raising standards
  • Act strategically and creatively in proposing solutions to raise standards and outcomes
  • A passion for teaching and learning, keeping well-informed on current educational research and a commitment to engendering this in staff/students
  • Have a commitment to the wider Academy through professional behaviours
  • Strong subject knowledge.
  • Knowledge and understanding of English related pedagogy including: the contribution that the subject area can make across the Academy and recent relevant developments
  • Experience of supporting students of all ages and abilities to make excellent progress and achieve good outcomes
  • Improve your own personal performance, and the performance of others, by giving and receiving constructive feedback
  • Cultivate effective working relationships within the department and the wider Academy, to support the progress of students
  • Be committed to continued professional development, identifying opportunities for personal development to support the Academy’s commitment to raising standards

What the school offers its staff

  • A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment
  • The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students
  • Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust
  • A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours
  • Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS)
  • Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health

Further details about the role

  • Support the ethos and values and overall purpose of the Academy
  • Raise standards and the profile of English across the Academy
  • Lead department meetings alongside the Faculty Leader, in order to disseminate information, pedagogy and motivate colleagues
  • Support the Faculty Leader in whole faculty and whole school initiatives
  • Collaborate with the Faculty Leader, in order to identify groups of students at risk of underachieving and support in the provision of impactful teaching and learning strategies
  • Lead the maintaining and updating of resources for teaching, including curriculum design and schemes of work
  • Regularly lead the evaluation of the curriculum through staff and student voice
  • Support the Faculty Leader in the monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning within the department and across the Academy
  • Develop colleagues through effective coaching and mentoring strategies, which has a measurable impact in improving standards
  • Contribute to staff training and the sharing of best practice and pedagogy
  • Develop links with external agencies, which can enhance the level of CPD within the department
  • Organise trips, workshops and enrichment activities
  • To liaise with teachers in the department to ensure students experience a smooth transition between different key stages
  • Ensure data collection is consistent, regularly reporting to the Faculty Leader and identifying any issues
  • Manage a reward and recognition system at department level for the relevant key stage
  • Support in conducting analysis of assessment data, in order to produce raising attainment plans to improve standards

The role is offered with a TLR package to be discussed with the Principal following interview.

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 Landau Forte Academy, Amington

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
954 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

This is an exciting time to join Landau Forte Academy, Amington. We are an oversubscribed forward thinking 11-16 academy on a mission to provide high quality education for our local community and in May 2022 we were judged GOOD in all areas by Ofsted. We have high expectations for our students and our academy is built upon our shared values: ambitious, brave and kind
As with all posts at Amington, we are looking for dedicated, committed and inspirational individuals to provide high quality teaching to our wonderful students.
If successful, you will become part of our community. You will be supported in your career with opportunities to achieve nationally recognised qualifications and we invest in our staff by offering protected time, within the Academy day, for continual professional development. We have dedicated time to create a feedback and assessment policy that prioritises student progress but utilises live marking in the classroom, and whole-class feedback to enable staff to use their PPA time to focus on delivering exceptional learning. Collaboration flourishes within our faculties and shared planning empowers our staff to offer an exciting and unreservedly ambitious, challenging and engaging curriculum.
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced individual with a proven track record of high impact teaching or an ambitious ECT.
We care about our staff and staff wellbeing is integral to our decision making. We are committed to prioritising the wellbeing of our staff through a wellbeing committee and by committing to the DfE Staff Wellbeing Charter.
Those individuals who are excited by being part of a journey to outstanding are encouraged to visit the academy and meet with our Principal, Mr Andrew Deen. To arrange a visit please contact the Principal’s PA at sfarley@lfata.org.uk.
Key information
• Hours: Full Time
• Contract: Permanent
• Start date: September 2024
• Salary: competitive
• Closing Date: Tuesday 23 April 2024

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