Assistant Head of English
TLR 2B £4785.00
Required 01.09.2021
Deadline 09.00 am 5th February 2021
Interview W/C 8th Feb 2021
Job Overview
We are seeking to recruit a passionate Assistant Head of English who will be
- An excellent role model with a desire to share this with pupils and staff.
- Committed to raising achievement and able to deliver excellent outcomes.
- A leader able to inspire and motivate others.
Why Choose us?
Lawn Manor Academy is part of the Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Trust (RWBAT) based in Swindon. We offer a fantastic benefits scheme, with discounts on Food and Clothes retailers, to holidays and cinema, with online fitness and recipes from Hello fresh. Our School is set in the beautiful Lawn Manor Woods in Old Town Swindon.
What we offer?
- The opportunity of working within a supportive, friendly and well- run school.
- A strong commitment to your professional development and career management.
- Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and development through mentorship and coaching.
- Onsite parking.
- Pension Scheme
- Courteous and hardworking pupils
Job Requirements
- Be a role model for teaching and learning and challenge and support colleagues across the faculty.
- To design and implement the agreed schemes of learning and examinations syllabus.
- To deputise for the director of the faculty in his/her absence.
- Inspire pupils to achieve their best.
- Ensure all pupils make outstanding progress and achieve challenging targets.
- Create an exciting learning environment.
- Take the leading role in the delivery of the English Mastery Curriculum in Year 7 and above
- Work collaboratively with school staff in sharing ideas and best practice.
- Take an active role in finding, promoting and running extra-curricular activities for the department.
The successful candidate will have:
- Degree status (First,1.1, 2.1, 2.2)
- Excellent subject knowledge
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Excellent track record of high attainment & progress
- Experience of middle management
- Effective management of other adults
- Lesson quality good or outstanding
- Passion for teaching and learning
- Experience of assessing and tracking student progress at KS3 & KS4 and applying the appropiate strategies to sustain and improve pupil attainment.
- Ability to encourage and motivate others
- Good sense of humour
- Have a professional appearance
For more information , please download the application pack below. Please note, CV's are not accepted and only completed application forms will be considered.
Application forms must be submitted online through Eteach
Ascend 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. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual-orientation or religion.
Please note any position that involves working with children requires declaration of ALL convictions/cautions regardless of whether these are deemed as spent and a DBS check will be carried out before any employment commences.
In line with KCSIE 2022 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further guidance and will be asked to clarify their online presence.
References will be obtained before interview at shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process. If previous employment has included working with children, then at least one referee must be from this employment, regardless of whether this is the current or most recent employment, any gaps in employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant section.