Trust Lead: English and Literacy
Equa Mead Learning Trust, Devizes, SN10 4EB14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
17 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
1 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £58,957.00 - £65,009.00 Annually (Actual) Pay award pending
Trust Lead: English and Literacy job summary
Our family of like-minded schools collaborate to provide mutual support, share best practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing each school’s distinctive character. We believe all children and young people have the right to a great education and we seek to improve the life chances of all those we serve; it is our mission to give Every Child, Every Chance of success.
Across our Trust, we want our children and young people to be inspired by their learning, and to instil in them a motivation and aspiration to succeed in all they do. Our schools are highly inclusive and we are proud to have high expectations of our children and young people, encouraging and preparing them to do their very best in their learning both within the curriculum and beyond.
High quality teaching is a priority, coupled with strong nurturing support, where adults genuinely care about the wellbeing of the children and young people in their care. It’s our aim to meet the needs of each child individually and we provide the resources and staff to achieve this. Our dedicated team is committed to providing a wonderfully creative learning environment to fascinate every child. Aspirations for excellence underpin all that we do; our schools are highly inclusive and we are proud to have high expectations of our children and young people.
Children and young people in our schools are happy and safe, motivated to reach their full potential and equipped to become resilient, independent learners. They are prepared to live responsibly and peacefully in the spirit of understanding, and opportunities to develop their creativity, confidence and communication skills are woven into all aspects of school life.
Inclusion is the beating heart of our organisation, and we cherish it in our staff just like we do in our children. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our communities and welcome applications from anyone with the skills and experience to do the role they are applying to, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected characteristic.
About the role
With English being such a key component of academic outcomes and literacy underpinning performance across all subject area, EQUA Mead now wishes to further raise standards by appointing a high-quality practitioner with a proven track record of outstanding outcomes.
The EQUA Mead Trust Lead: English and Literacy, will work as part of the Trust Central Team, but primarily be based within each secondary school. They will be committed to improving the life chances of the children and young people we educate and ensure we give Every Child Every Chance. As a growing Trust, currently educating almost 6000 children and young people across 18 different schools (pre-school, primary, secondary and sixth form) we are immensely proud of our staff and endeavour to be an education employer of choice. This is an exciting time for EQUA Mead as we continue to grow the number of schools and children and young people we support.
This role is ideal for a practitioner who is ambitious and keen to advance their career in a senior leadership role but has a strong commitment to and wishes to specialise in English and Literacy. The successful candidate will be afforded a genuine leadership role, with considerable freedoms to innovate and design systems.
As Trust Lead: English and Literacy, you will be an integral part of the Trust Team responsible for ensuring high standards, high expectations and high attainment of English and Literacy in each secondary school. We are looking for an astute, inspirational individual who has a track record of raising standard in English and Literacy at Secondary level. You will be passionate about teaching and learning and have experience of being a Head of Department, you will have an over whelming desire to see excellent progress for all the young people in our care and have the leadership experience to develop high quality English practice across more than one school. You will foster our culture of achievement and improvement, with a focus on wellbeing and creativity. You will be an excellent practitioner and have a thirst for the latest educational research that impacts positively on young people. If you believe that your own educational beliefs and aspirations would fit with our Trust ethos, we want to hear from you.
You will be responsible to Paul Skipp, CEO, and will demonstrate a genuine commitment to our Equality and Diversity. We are looking for a candidate with strong people skills and a dynamic ‘can-do’ attitude who is keen to make a positive difference to lives’ of our young people.
A full job description and person specification is attached.
This role will involve contact with children and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed. We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.
This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures and all interviews, regardless of role, will include questions about approaches to safeguarding. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is available on our website and follows all guidance in the most recent Keeping Children Safe in Education.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Please note that by submitting an application, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines.
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.
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 Equa Mead Learning Trust
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