Faculty Leader for English or enhanced role as Strategic Leader

Faculty Leader for English

Caludon Castle School

“Growing Great Leaders”

Faculty Leader for English (L4-L8) plus the opportunity for candidates with strong skills and experience to be appointed to an enhanced Strategic Leader role (L7-12). For a candidate successful in securing this as a Strategic Leader position, the role would include having an additional whole school responsibility alongside leading English.

We are part of the Castle Phoenix Trust which specialises in leadership development and can offer a comprehensive and exciting leadership package including coaching support.

This is a full time post, starting in September 2024

We are seeking a passionate leader of English who will uphold our ethos that ‘there are no great schools without great teachers’ and who will support our much valued team of teachers in their professional learning. The successful candidate will be one of eight faculty leaders at Caludon who contribute to the leadership of the school’s quality of education through our faculty centred leadership model.

As a leadership specialist school, we are alternatively able to offer a role as a Strategic Leader of English contributing to our extended leadership team. Upholding the vision and values of the school you would ensure continuous improvement through curriculum development, staff teaching, learning and leadership development and stakeholder engagement.

Our skilful team of teachers has built an ambitious and impactful curriculum noted by Ofsted for a deliberate choices of texts, very detailed plans and careful decisions about sequencing so that knowledge can be built over time in the lead up to AQA GCSE English Language and Literature. Our English teachers have embedded robust routines, using oracy and digital technology to enable students to achieve their potential. A level English is very popular and currently we offer AQA A levels in English Literature, English Language and English Language and Literature.

‘Pupils live up to the school’s high expectations.’ Ofsted February 2024

Our English team also enjoy promoting English beyond the curriculum too through World Book Day, theatre trips, visits to university lectures and through extra-curricular clubs.

We are delighted to welcome prospective applicants to visit and tour the school with the headteacher, Sarah Kenrick. Please contact Stacy Hands to arrange a visit.

The successful applicant will:

• Be committed to our ethos of ‘Respect to all, from all’.

• Have experience of leading a team.

• Have an ability to engage, enthuse and motivate students and staff.

• Be an excellent classroom practitioner with a passion for teaching and learning.

• Have a record of consistently delivering strong GCSE results across a range of ability levels.

• Have experience of teaching A level

• Deliver an inclusive curriculum that inspires and engages students and provides an aspirational and challenging learning experience.

• Be a committed, highly competent, energised, reflective and resilient individual.

• Possess the skills and determination to make a profound difference to the lives of our students by sharing our belief in the highest standards of academic achievement in an inclusive setting.

• Have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills.

We will play to your strengths and can offer you:

• A range of benefits which include cycle to work, free parking, an employee discount scheme, a laptop/iPad and access to the on-site swimming pool.

• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition.

• Annual Learning & Teaching Conference for all Teaching Staff.

We are proud to be part of Castle Phoenix Trust.  The Trust is committed to invest in and develop all staff and, most importantly, bring about the best possible outcomes for our students who deserve the very best. Our Trust values are really important to all of us and include Respect to All, From All, Innovation and Collaboration.

Application deadline: 09.00am on Tuesday 7 May 2024

Interviews: w/c 13 May 2024

 If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date for applications, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2022.

These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.

Staff are accountable for the way in which they exercise authority, manage risk, use resources and protect students, who they are responsible for or in contact with, from discrimination and avoidable harm. All staff, where paid or voluntary, have a duty to keep young people safe and to protect them from harm. When an individual accepts a role that involves working with children and young people they need to understand acknowledge that the responsibilities and trust are inherent to that role. There will be a requirement that staff observe their obligations in accordance with the Trust’s safeguarding procedure and report any concerns in accordance with the procedure to the appropriate person.