- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 263 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
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School Improvement Lead
More than one location, Athena Learning TrustThis job expired on 9 January 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Easter or September 2023 (we will take the time to find the perfect person for our Trust!)
Closing date
9 January 2023 at 9am
Date listed
2 December 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, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: This role is a full time position, on a permanent basis.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L14 – L17 (£61,042 - £65,699)
What skills and experience we're looking for
With previous experience as Head of a large department or as a senior leader in a school, you will have worked to achieve high performing outcomes. Initially focusing on raising standards within year 6 or year 11-13 you will be based in a single school for 2 to 3 terms at a time or until the trust’s improvement plans are fully embedded and having an impact. You will be based in schools 5 days per week and the flexibility to be able to relocate or live away from home is essential. Your first assignment will be based at Atlantic Academy near the beautiful Hartland Point and Clovelly. We of course cover expenses in order to allow this to happen and would be open to relocation expenses for the right candidate.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you an amazing place to work and some great benefits, including:
- A modern, well equipped schools with outstanding facilities.
- A team of dedicated and enthusiastic staff who are passionate about teaching and learning.
- A Trust culture which is fun, fair, developmental, and supportive of staff and students.
- Opportunities to access quality CPD, to ensure professional success and personal satisfaction.
- Inclusion in Perkbox - our benefits scheme which provides a range of great savings and perks.
- An Employee Assistance Programme to give practical support for your health and wellbeing.
- The option to be part of a nationally recognised cycle to work scheme.
- A focus on staff happiness, healthiness and a holistic approach to wellbeing.
- Generous pension and holidays.
- A large network across the primary and secondary settings.
- Attractive pay and opportunities to develop skills across a growing Trust.
- Amazing support from cross Trust systems and leading school improvement initiatives.
Further details about the role
This role will give the right person a
chance to build and develop their existing leadership skills as part of our
school improvement team. Working to embed disruption and distraction free
learning, developing the curriculum and pedagogical approaches, and embedding
our established raising standards plans at KS2,4,5. We also see attendance as a
key strand of our school improvement plans and driving student attendance will
be a key priority.
You will be working with some of the brightest minds in education and therefore you will need to be open minded and capable of learning from others. You need to be exceptionally bright, hard working, fun and engaging, have high energy and be thorough. If you don’t possess all of these qualities this job won’t make you happy and we want our staff to be happy. You need to be able to keep up, to contribute to our thinking and planning, it's why we prioritise these qualities in the recruitment of our people.
We reserve
the right to close applications to this role - please don’t delay in applying.
Interviews to take place at our Trust offices in Dunheved House during December and onwards.
If you would like to learn more about this position, or would like to apply, please visit our website; https://www.athenalearningtrust.uk/work-for-us to access the application pack.
Safeguarding Statement: Athena Learning Trust, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to DBS clearance and appropriate pre-employment checks.
Commitment to safeguarding
Please refer to our safeguarding policy on the Athena Learning Trust website at:
https://www.athenalearningtrust.uk/policies
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About Athena Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- hr@athenalearningtrust.uk
- Phone number
- 01566 701 683
Athena Learning Trust consists of Atlantic Academy, Altarnun Primary, Bideford College, Egloskerry Primary, Launceston College and Launceston Primary School.
Our Trust is vibrant, energetic and has exceptional people across our Schools. You will be joining an existing high quality school team who give an exceptional level of learning assistant support to our schools. We focus on the happiness and healthiness of our employees, with a practical focus on wellbeing, from ‘light touch’ marking to addressing behaviour centrally to ensure disruption free learning. We have a comprehensive employee assistance programme and a scheme offering rewards and savings at a large range of shops and supermarkets.
Our vision is to develop adventurous and ambitious students, who have the character, resilience and self-awareness required to be successful, whatever their background or circumstances. We seek to teach and support them to be responsible as well as happy and successful young people by learning the knowledge, skills and values that are essential for society.
Our pupils are amazing! We have exceptionally high aspirations for them and seek to support all our students no matter what their background or circumstances. We offer a distinctively broad, personalised, and academically rigorous curriculum across our primary and secondary schools, and aspire to the highest standards of teaching and learning. As a Trust we share information and best practices to ensure we focus on an excellent and sustainable 0-19 learning journey for children, with a strong focus on our school and Trust community.
The Trust offers expert guidance and advice to students to help them shape and achieve their future goals without limitation. We want to equip every student with the knowledge, skills and values they need to achieve the very best that they can.
We seek applicants who are aligned to our vision and ethos and have the talent and passion to deliver that vision successfully. We support all our schools with an extensive range of shared services, including: trust-wide leadership and management, tailored and supportive CPD, safeguarding activity, external network opportunities and high quality expertise in teaching and learning, school improvement, financial, administrative, estates and HR.
If you want to spend your time being part of a team supporting the delivery of high quality teaching and have real influence and impact on the outcomes of young people whilst taking advantage of the lifestyle that miles of beautiful coastline, beaches and scenery that our settings can provide - we want to hear from you.
School Details
Atlantic Academy
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