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Lead Practitioner: English

Wingfield Academy, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 4AU

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• Start date details

  September 2023

• Closing date

  19 March 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 February 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, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
  • 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main– Upper (£28,000 - £43,685) for Lead Teacher responsibilities. Or Leadership L1 – L5 (£44,305 – £48,895) Available for strong candidates looking for a step towards senior leadership.
• Additional allowances:

  Main– Upper (£28,000 - £43,685) and TLR 2a £3,017 or 2b £5,026 (dependant on experience and expertise) for Lead Teacher responsibilities. ; Or Leadership L1 – L5 (£44,305 – £48,895) Dependant on experience and expertise.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and passionate Lead Practitioner of English with a proven track record of excellence in the classroom.

The successful candidate will demonstrate personal skills and qualities that align to an already established positive, hardworking and committed team. You will play a leading and highly visible role in the improvement of teaching and learning of the faculty, ensuring the highest standards of teaching, learning and achievement. With a demonstrable record of good or outstanding results, you will have a commitment and play a vital role, alongside other lead practitioners to raising standards of teaching across the wider academy team.

This role could provide a real platform for the successful candidate to gain an insight and experience towards senior leadership.

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer:

• A ‘child centred, progress focused’ academy ethos.
• A cohort of students with high standards of behaviour and a willingness to learn.
• A welcoming and supportive community, where staff really do matter.
• An Academy with a well-established culture of hard work and high expectations.
• A supportive loyal and committed Leadership Team with a clear vision of raising standards of teaching and learning and positive behaviour.
• A Trust that prides itself on being an employer of choice.

Wingfield Academy, has become a high performing secondary school, having delivered its fifth consecutive year of remarkable examination results, placing it once again as the second highest performing school in Rotherham and in the top 7% nationally

for progress. The Academy is growing in popularity following its success and is looking to expand and develop, attracting the best people to work alongside our dedicated and ambitious staff who go the extra mile to make a quantifiable and powerful contribution to social mobility. We focus on the things that matter.

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 Wingfield Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 987 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Wingfield Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: WFA-human.resources@NCLT.ac.uk
• Phone number: 01709 513002
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wingfield-academy (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Wingfield Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email WFA-human.resources@NCLT.ac.uk.

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