11 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    13 December 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    29 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subjects

English, Geography, History, Languages, Mathematics, Science

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership Pay Scale L5 - L9

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job Title: Faculty Lead of EBacc Reports to: Assistant Headteacher Contract: Permanent – Full Time Remuneration: Leadership Pay Scale (LS5 – LS9, £52,074 - £57,482) Start Date: ASAP

Role Summary:

At Kingsway Park High School, we aim to develop the whole student, fostering academic success as well as preparing students to become responsible and engaged citizens. We are seeking a faculty lead to oversee our EBacc curriculum, with a preference for candidates who bring expertise in Business/Computing and can support achievement and direction of Geography, History and MFL.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and Inspire: Provide leadership and vision within the EBacc faculty, fostering a collaborative approach to curriculum planning, implementation, and improvement.
  • Curriculum Development: Oversee the development and delivery of a high-quality, balanced curriculum across EBacc subjects, including Geography, History, MFL, Computing, and Business, ensuring alignment with school-wide goals.
  • Performance Tracking and Improvement: Use data to monitor and support academic progress, identifying trends and implementing strategies to drive achievement. This includes direct involvement in pupil performance meetings and the presentation of results following internal and external assessment windows.
  • Staff Development: Mentor and develop middle leaders and teaching staff within the EBacc faculty, enhancing teaching practices and fostering professional growth.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Engage with students, parents, and staff to promote a positive, inclusive, and high-achieving faculty environment.
  • Collaboration and Strategy: Work with SLT and other faculty leads to align EBacc subject intents with the school's overall goals and support school-wide assemblies, events, and collaborative projects.
  • Student supervision: All leaders within the school have to actively and dynamically engage in the effective supervision of students during transitions and as part of designated slots within the whole school duty rota.
  • Aspiration: Foster and grow a culture of aspiration and ambition throughout the Ebacc faculty, challenging staff in the right way to raise standards and expectations through their language and actions.

How to Apply:

If you are a dedicated professional ready to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking school, we want to hear from you.

Please complete the Altus Education Partnership application form and return to recruitment@altusep.com.

For more information visit: www.kingswaypark.org. or www.altusep.com.

Applications should be returned no later than 9.00am on Friday 13th December 2024.

Interviews are expected to take place on 18th December 2024.

What the school offers its staff

Background Information Kingsway Park High School

Kingsway Park High School was established in 2010 and joined the Altus Education Partnership in February 2022. We are now a very popular oversubscribed school (1350 students in years 7-11 and 190 staff) located in central Rochdale. We are very proud of the high-quality facilities, resources, and environment that we provide for both staff and students.

At Kingsway Park High School we strive to transform students’ lives. Through our relationships, we endeavour to instil both resilience and an intrinsic motivation to become confident, creative and highly skilled students, capable of meeting tomorrow’s challenges head on. We strive to establish a culture rooted in achievement and progress that encourages our students to grow academically, personally and socially; equipping them with the values of equality, fairness and openness. We pride ourselves on our relentless drive to achieve outstanding, high-quality teaching that provides a safe, supportive and encouraging environment for all our students to be able to realise their academic potential in pursuit of educational excellence.

Altus Education Partnership

The Altus Education Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust and was established in April 2017 by the Governing Body of Rochdale Sixth Form College, an outstanding A-Level provider founded in 2010. The college was awarded Outstanding status by Ofsted in 2013 and has developed a national reputation for excellence, having been used in Ofsted case studies for sharing best practice. The development of the Trust stemmed from a commitment to raising aspirations and improving the life chances of young people throughout the borough of Rochdale. In 2019 the Trust was successful in its application to open a new free school, the Edgar Wood Academy, which serves the local community in Middleton and Heywood.

We are committed to supporting all children in their academies to progress to a successful career, life and employment path of their choice.

All our academies will share a collective identity as providers of the highest quality teaching with high expectations of learners, coupled with effective assessment and intervention. Young people in our academies will engage with opportunities to develop their own skills and aptitudes to support their progression, while making valuable contributions to their communities. Leaders and teachers will take a collaborative approach, sharing best practice at a local, regional and national level, to continuously improve the performance and outcomes of all academies in the Trust.

Altus Education Partnership Values

The values of the Altus Education Partnership will be embedded and visible throughout all the academies. Each will have its own unique identity built around the core Trust values. These are:

  • Unrelenting commitment to improve the quality of our provision and enhance the lives of our students.
  • Openness in the way we build trust and bring purpose to our work as a Multi Academy Trust.
  • Accountability through the rigorous, transparent and forensic analysis of all aspects of our performance.
  • Commitment to the principles of inclusion and equality.
  • Dedication to the borough of Rochdale and its surrounds.
  • Collective responsibility for one another and the results of all our students – ‘if one fails, we all fail’.
  • Have achieved their personal academic potential giving them a greater choice in life.
  • Have the highest aspirations and developed the self-esteem, confidence, and emotional resilience to exploit their potential.
  • Be contributing members of the community and have compassion for others.
  • Be able to celebrate their success and that of others.
  • Have developed the confidence to overcome barriers to success.
  • Be articulate, creative, and prepared for future growth and learning.
  • Be happy!

The Ambition is that by the time students leave they will:

Shared Objective for all Staff

"To maximise students' achievements"

  • At Altus Education Partnership we do this through engaging our students in their subjects and inspiring them to enjoy their studies in a totally positive atmosphere.
  • Our students are challenged to achieve through a culture of high expectations and a belief in their ability.

Above all, staff at Altus Education Partnership are committed to their students and demonstrate this through their daily conduct and interaction.

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 Kingsway Park High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1341 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Phone number
01706 769999

School location

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