Head of English
Weavers Academy, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 3JHDeadline is today
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
6 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS (£30,000 - £46,525)
Additional allowances
TLR 1c £13,548 p.a.
What skills and experience we're looking for
Weavers Academy is seeking a dedicated and highly motivated practitioner with a proven track record of driving up standards, a flexible team player with excellent interpersonal skills to join our team on our journey to impart our passion to ensure our students success, potential and opportunity.
We are looking for a teacher who can lead the delivery of our quality English Language and English Literature education. A leader who loves teaching, language and Literature, a practitioner who thrives on leading effective delivery across all classrooms and inspires every day. Our new colleague will be kind and caring!
What the school offers its staff
We are committed to providing our staff with the highest quality support and challenge to ensure that we excel and give our students the opportunities and provision they deserve. Senior leaders are encouraged where possible to sit on the academy council of another CET school which is a very valuable experience.
Each of the Creative Education Trust’s schools benefit from a comprehensive programme of support and challenge, including working with former HMIs.
On a Wednesday afternoon, all staff take part in professional development. Each week a priority theme is explored, such as ‘Improving Literacy’, ‘Meeting the needs of students with SEND’ and ‘Assessment for Learning’. Staff have opportunities to deliver a session for other staff and staff can chose which session to attend to support their own CPD goal.
All teaching staff are invited to join our Exceptional Teaching Group who meet weekly and are committed to developing evidence-informed teaching practice to improve the pedagogy and practice of our staff so that students achieve the best possible outcomes.
Creative Education Trust places a strong emphasis on CPD for teachers and for senior and middle leaders. They run a regular programme of training events to improve teaching performance and also provide focused management development and one-to-one coaching opportunities.
There are also a number of cross-group, phase leader and year-specific forums to facilitate collaboration across the schools.
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below
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About Weavers Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1284 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Weavers Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- katy.youngman@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk
Weavers Academy is an 11- 18, non-selective academy in Wellingborough and part of the growing Creative Education Trust. We are proud to be a 'good' school (Ofsted, 2022)
Weavers is large enough to offer a very broad range of opportunities within its innovative, comprehensive curriculum while small enough to provide the level of care required to ensure all students feel safe, valued and happy.
We know that the quality of teaching and learning is the single biggest factor in shaping how well students do at school and it is for this reason that we have placed it at the centre of the school’s work. We care deeply about the success of each and every one of our students and we demonstrate this by devoting a huge amount of time to every individual.
The behaviour and attitudes of our students is good and we are proud of our students and the kind and caring attitudes to each other that they display. This ensures an environment in which learning is good and better for everyone. We have an ethos in which is it ‘cool’ to learn and feedback from families and students is absolutely key to this.
Arranging a visit to Weavers Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email katy.youngman@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk.
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