Raising Standards Leader
Thomas Clarkson Academy, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 2SEThis job expired on 7 October 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 October 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 September 2022
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
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday-Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive with TLR
Additional allowances
TLR 1c
Raising Standards Leader job summary
Thomas Clarkson Academy is seeking to appoint a Raising Standards Leader. The role will be accountable for the academic performance of students in a year group. The key objectives are to raise pupil achievement, to support and challenge positive pupil expectations as well as championing pupils through ensuring they experience high quality learning and teaching.
You should have excellent subject knowledge of your own subject specialism. Our members of staff are essential to realising our vision. We recognise that a happy, motivated and supported team will deliver the best possible experiences for our young people and know that our staff regularly exceed the expected limits. What are some of the benefits of being part of our Trust?
We provide:
• A supportive and collaborative working environment where sharing best practice is commonplace
• Access to a range of first-class professional development opportunities through our Brooke Weston Teaching School Alliance and Brooke Weston Trust Leadership Academy
• Modern facilities and technology
• A friendly atmosphere with respect between our students and members of staff • Subsidised breakfasts and lunches for those who chose to eat at our restaurants
• Subsidised membership to The Chartered College of Teaching
• Access to confidential support through an Employee Assist Programme
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 Thomas Clarkson Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1393 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thomas Clarkson Academy website
- Email address
- hr@thomasclarksonacademy.org
- Phone number
- 01945468411
We are proud to be rated a 'good' school by Ofsted (January 2020). At Thomas Clarkson Academy we are wholly ambitious for every child to have an education that will give them an enriching and fulfilling life. You will be joining a highly experienced team with a strong track record in school improvement.
Thomas Clarkson Academy is highly ambitious for all its students, their families and our staff. We are proud to be a multicultural community that embraces the Brooke Weston ethos and puts excellent progress and the personal development of students at the heart of everything it does.
Staff at the academy strive towards TCA becoming an outstanding educational establishment for adults and young people alike. We thrive on challenge, are reflective and enjoy purposeful, meaningful partnerships with local schools and the wider community all of whom support us in our resolute aim to raise standards. We are fast becoming an employer of choice providing excellent professional development for staff in order to create an outstanding place for all to work and learn.
We see our work as a partnership and offer unrivalled career development opportunities and support to ensure you also achieve your ambitions.
Arranging a visit to Thomas Clarkson Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@thomasclarksonacademy.org.
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