Futures & Progression Leader
Blue Coat Church of England Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2NDThis job expired on 7 February 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025 or sooner if available
Closing date
7 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- (MPS/UPR - Dependant on experience + TLR2c)
Additional allowances
TLR 2c (£8279)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified professional with a proven track record as a classroom teacher who is ready to move into a middle leadership role with whole school responsibility. This role will focus on developing, leading and managing the strategies to ensure that Careers Education is embedded into all year groups, ensuring that students have the highest possible aspirations and to maintain a strategic overview of the progression of all students.
What the school offers its staff
The school has been rated as ‘Excellent’ in our recent SIAMs inspection and ‘Good’ by Ofsted in each of its last three inspections, most recently in January 2023: “Blue Coat Church of England Academy is an inclusive school where kindness flourishes. The school’s values include wisdom, service, endurance and hope. The school’s culture is rooted in these values. There are positive relationships between staff and pupils. Staff know their pupils well, and pupils feel cared for. Staff have high expectations, and pupils live up to these.”
Blue Coat Church of England Academy is one of the oldest educational establishments in Walsall, is well-respected and valued by the community it serves. We operate a very collaborative approach to school improvement working with a range of other schools and nationally recognised trainers. The school is very proud of the family ethos which pervades all aspects of its work, which is grounded in Christian values. The school has recently been awarded the Rights Respecting Schools Silver Award, demonstrating our commitment to embedding the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into our ethos and curriculum.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Blue Coat Church of England Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 932 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Blue Coat Church of England Academy website
- Email address
- st-mcfarlane-s@bluecoatacademy.org
- Phone number
- 01922 720588
Comprehensive Church of England Academy.
Arranging a visit to Blue Coat Church of England Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email st-mcfarlane-s@bluecoatacademy.org.
School location
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