Trust Primary Lead Practitioner
Heart Academies Trust, Bedford, MK42 9TR26 days remaining to apply
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
17 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £53,866.00 - £59,456.00 Annually (Actual) L4-L8
Trust Primary Lead Practitioner job summary
About HEART Academies Trust
HEART Academies Trust formed in 2017 and currently consists of one secondary school, Bedford Academy, and three partner primary schools, Cauldwell, Shackleton and Shortstown. Together we serve more than 2500 pupils aged from 2 to 18 years.
We are a non-profit making charitable company sponsored by the Harpur Trust, one of the largest charities in the UK. With a proven track-record in education through their ownership and management of four Harpur Trust private schools in Bedford and as a sponsor of Bedford Academy since its creation in 2010, they are the perfect partner to support HEART Academies Trust as we grow.
HEART Academies Trust supports continuity of education within the community. Adopting a ‘stronger together’ approach and a commitment to positive collaboration enables each academy within the Trust to celebrate what they already do well whilst providing opportunities to ensure continued development and improvement across all academies within the Trust.
What we offer
As part of HEART Academies Trust, staff are valued and supported, allowing them to contribute fully to the wider school community. Our commitment to staff development and wellbeing is paramount.
Flexible working options.
CPD pathways, career progression, secondment and shadowing opportunities.
£200 Refer a friend scheme, tech scheme and cycle to work scheme.
Employee assist programme.
Generous pension and a competitive salary.
Free gym, shower and parking facilities.
Free tea, coffee, breakfast and eye tests.
An exceptional ECT induction programme and support.
An open and collaborative working environment with an inclusive workplace
Regular training and development programmes and celebration of staff success.
Individual laptops for teaching staff.
An excellent catering provision.
A commitment to environmental sustainability.
What we’re looking for
Heart Academies Trust strives to support school improvement at all levels. The Trust is committed to work collaboratively with the Headteachers and staff at the individual schools to ensure the support provided is bespoke to the needs of each school. The School Improvement Team follows a process of identifying the areas for improvement, highlighting the best resources to support the improvement and actioning the relevant support. We endeavour to develop staff members to allow the improvement work to be completed with colleagues to ensure lasting and impactful improvement. The role of Trust Primary Lead Practitioner will work closely with colleagues at each school to develop the Teaching and Learning to have an impact of outcomes. The Primary Lead Practitioner will be deployed by the School Improvement Director to work with a specific school on key areas that feature in the school development plan. This work will involve regular time in each school or more extended project work in a specific school depending on need. The Lead Practitioner will evaluate the impact of key initiatives and interventions and report on this impact so they will be skilled in the analysis of data. They will work with the School Improvement to provide targeted support for teachers in training and ECTs.
The Trust Primary Lead Practitioner will not have class responsibility; however, the Practitioner will need to be an excellent teaching professional in order to support staff development and understand the importance of Quality First Teaching at all levels.
Commitment to safeguarding
HEART Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer and therefore operates no restrictive policies in relation to age, sex or creed.
Our Academy is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children/young people and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks, where applicable. All new trustees, employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated as per statutory guidance.
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 Heart Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
We currently have 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school within HEART Academies Trust. Please check our Academy's website for links to the individual school's websites.
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