Raising Standards Manager
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0DR37 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter 2025
Closing date
4 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
9 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £39,186.00 - £44,428.00 Annually (Actual) 37 hours - term time plus training days plus 4 weeks (43 weeks)
Raising Standards Manager job summary
Welcome to Wodensborough
We are looking for a strong professional to join our experienced and incredibly supportive Raising Standards Team. We are looking for someone who believes (as we do!) that whatever your starting point in life, this should not dictate your future destination. We want someone who believes in social mobility. Someone so passionate about inclusivity that they can instill, within our pupils, an appreciation for attending and engaging to achieve, no matter what the setting!
This role would suit an enthusiastic professional who is looking to join a team of like-minded individuals to play a key role in being part of our extended leadership team and be able to effectively lead on data analysis, tracking and reporting systems through our school management information system (SIMs) ; support our whole school raising achievement agenda and line manage the Raising Standards Team to include the Exams Officer and Data Assistant. The successful candidate will also provide strategic direction, training and guidance to staff and SLT on all elements related to: progress and attainment data, curriculum and examinations. A core purpose of this role will be to support the effective management of external examinations (vocational and academic) and internal assessments (i.e. mock exams) as appropriate. In addition, the successful candidate will also play a vital role in producing, analysing and reporting on student achievement and progress data for a range of stakeholders (inc. but not restricted to Senior and Middle leaders, Governors, Ormiston Academies Trust and parents). To include reviewing, analysing and reporting on externally produced data (i.e. ASP/IDSR)
The successful candidate will have access to wider professional development through our CPD offer. As part of the Ormiston Academies Trust we can also offer wider benefits including networking opportunities, enhanced CPD and Employee Benefits Package.
OAT is one of the largest and longest standing trusts in the school system and is guided by our founder, Peter Murray’s belief that every child deserves the chance to thrive.
Our schools are located across a diverse range of communities, each with its own unique character, strengths and challenges. Joining the OAT family means embracing a community that values collaboration, professional growth, and the pursuit of excellence. We strive to provide an exceptional working environment where all our staff can thrive and make a meaningful difference in the lives of our pupils.
You will be joining a popular and heavily oversubscribed 11–16 mainstream school with the additional expertise and facilities to include two focused SEND provisions, for young people on the autistic spectrum, and for those who are deaf and hearing impaired (ARC and Deaf Academy). We have also developed a base on site to support pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs. Furthermore, our small and bespoke sixth form provision (WOA6) caters for students in Years 12 and 13 who have EHCPs.
We are an outward facing school and work closely with our local community – families, schools, businesses and community groups, with whom we share a common priority - our pupils are front, back and centre of every single decision we make at WOA.
At WOA, we believe that every child has the potential to achieve and we expect nothing but the best for each and every one of our students. Through our curriculum, we aim to provide an excellent education for all our students; an inclusive education which raises aspirations and brings out the best in all of them and prepares them for success in education and later life. Our curriculum is progressive and designed to provide children with the core knowledge they need for success along their learning journey.
We have a team of dedicated, specialist curriculum, SEND and student welfare staff who work together to ensure that the needs of each individual child can be met. Every single member of our team teaches at Wodensborough and this includes the Principal. We passionately believe that good teaching plays one of the most important roles in shaping and creating successful futures for our young people.
We believe that we all have an important part to play in raising standards. We truly believe that what we do in our classrooms changes lives. Why not come in, meet the team and join us on our journey?
For an informal tour of the Academy please contact us to book your chosen time and day!
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Commitment to safeguarding
Ormiston Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding children, and we expect everyone who works in our academy to share this commitment. The Child protection and safeguarding policy sets out how Wodensborough Ormiston Academy will deliver these responsibilities.
The policy must be read in conjunction with the statutory guidance documents ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (September 2023), ‘Working together to safeguard children’ (July 2018), a guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
We also follow the procedures set out by the Sandwell MBC, Sandwell
Children’s Trust, West Midlands Police and Sandwell’s Clinical Commissioning Group.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Wodensborough Ormiston Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1184 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
We are a popular and oversubscribed 11–16 mainstream school with the additional expertise and facilities to include two focused SEND provisions, for young people on the autistic spectrum, and for those who are deaf and hearing impaired (ARC and Deaf Academy). Our small and bespoke sixth form (WOA6) caters for students in Years 12 and 13 who have EHCPs.
At WOA, we believe that every child has the potential to achieve and we expect nothing but the best for each and every one of our students. Through our curriculum, we aim to provide an excellent education for all our students; an inclusive education which raises aspirations and brings out the best in all of them and prepares them for success in education and later life. Our curriculum is progressive and designed to provide children with the core knowledge they need for success along their learning journey.
We have a team of dedicated, specialist curriculum and student welfare staff who work together to ensure that the needs of each individual child can be met. We work closely with our local community – families, schools, businesses and community groups – with whom we share a common priority, that our students are front, back and centre of every decision we make at WOA.
We believe that we all have an important part to play in raising standards. Come in, meet the team and join us on our journey!
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