Senior Leader for Language & Literacy Development
Woodlands School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 5PJ25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L5 - L15
What skills and experience we're looking for
To be successful, you will:
• Have considerable experience of leading English at primary and / or secondary phase.
• Be an inspirational leader with passion, drive, and a commitment to consistently lead and deliver outstanding teaching in English.
• Have the ability to develop and lead the school’s reading strategy, ensuring pupils make progress in their reading.
• Demonstrate an excellent understanding of the importance of speech, language and communication development for children and young people to be successful leaners.
• Be able to lead and build teachers’ confidence to engage our young people with the curriculum
• Help guide teachers to ensure our young people develop the stamina and resilience that comes from engaging them in challenging tasks
• Have the patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Be flexible and open to change.
• Be able to develop a flexible range of teaching strategies with our team of teachers
• Understand that students take individual and multiple pathways in their learning
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
• Excellent professional learning and support at every stage in your career, with opportunity for continued personal development through our Talent Pathway
• Career development opportunities including funded NPQs
• Excellent resources and facilities
• Significant leadership time on your timetable.
• A core belief in staff wellbeing and work life balance for all, evidenced in policy and practice
• Benefits including funded counselling, physiotherapy and GP and other medical support
• As a school in the Marches Academy Trust teachers have opportunities to engage with staff across the Trust to support and collaborate with peers and colleagues in sharing the expertise across our family of 11 schools.
Further details about the role
Do you have what it takes to provide high quality teaching and learning for our children and young people?
Would you class yourself as a compassionate, collaborative, and ambitious practitioner with the determination to make a difference?
Woodlands School is seeking a highly motivated and experienced senior leader with a background as either a primary specialist or secondary English specialist. The successful candidate will lead our school’s approach to Speech, Language, and Communication (SLC), encompassing Literacy, Oracy, Reading, and Writing. This cross-phase role is central to our commitment to creating an inclusive, learner-cantered culture where all learners feel they belong and can achieve. Through both curriculum leadership and the integration of educational technology, the post holder will drive excellence and equity in language and literacy development, supporting learners across all phases.
This is an exciting time for us as we progress our quality of education to “good” matching all other judgements of “good” in our recent inspection. We are proud of the distance travelled and we want you to join us for the next phase of our journey.
You will be unflappable, have a sense of humour, and be utterly committed to the children in your care. Woodlands is an amazing place to work, and our learners need someone who is not afraid to have high expectations of what they can achieve academically and socially and will never let that standard drop. You will have a strong sense of fairness and know that you are a catalyst to change children’s lives.
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
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About Woodlands School
- School type
- Academy, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 55 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Woodlands School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lisa.dugmore@wdl.mmat.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01939 232372
Woodlands is a special school for pupils who have social, emotional and mental health needs. We are part of the Marches Academy Trust, based in the beautiful county of Shropshire
Arranging a visit to Woodlands School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lisa.dugmore@wdl.mmat.co.uk.
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