General Teacher + Leader of Upper School

Teaching Vacancies; Leeds; Presencial; GBP 52.000 - 72.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Teacher pension scheme

Staff training & development

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Descripción de la vacante

The Stephen Longfellow Academy in Leeds is seeking an exceptional General Teacher and Leader of Upper School. This pivotal leadership role combines outstanding classroom practice with strategic oversight to raise student outcomes and drive curriculum development.

You will lead Curriculum Leaders and staff teams, fostering accountability and collaboration to raise achievement and improve attendance and behaviour across the upper school.

Formación

• Strong track record of securing excellent outcomes for students.
• Successful leadership experience and ability to inspire, support and challenge colleagues.
• Ability to analyse performance information effectively to drive improvement.

Responsabilidades

• Provide strategic leadership for the upper school and lead Curriculum Leaders and wider staff teams.
• Drive school improvement through data analysis, curriculum development and effective teaching.
• Raise achievement, improve attendance and behaviour, and support students' progression to further education, employment or training.

Descripción del empleo

General Teacher + Leader of Upper School

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Stephen Longfellow Academy is seeking to appoint an exceptional and ambitious colleague to the role of General teacher & Leader of Upper School. This is a key leadership position within the academy and an exciting opportunity for an accomplished practitioner to make a significant impact on student outcomes, curriculum development and whole-school improvement.

We are looking for an inspirational leader who combines excellent classroom practice with a proven ability to drive improvement. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership for upper school, ensuring that all students benefit from an ambitious curriculum, excellent teaching and the highest standards of support, challenge and aspiration.

Working closely with senior leaders, you will lead and develop Curriculum Leaders and wider staff teams, championing a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement. You will play a crucial role in raising achievement, improving attendance and behaviour, and ensuring that every student is supported to achieve their full potential and progress successfully into further education, employment or training.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is an outstanding classroom practitioner with a strong track record of securing excellent outcomes for students.
• Has successful leadership experience and the ability to inspire, support and challenge colleagues.
• Can analyse performance information effectively and use it to drive improvement.
• Has a detailed understanding of curriculum development, teaching, learning and assessment.
• Demonstrates a commitment to inclusion and ensuring all students can succeed.
• Has the vision, determination and leadership skills to make a substantial contribution to academy improvement.
• Shares our unwavering belief that every child can achieve highly, regardless of background or circumstance.

Applicants should also have:

• A detailed knowledge of current developments in education including the effective use of the Pupil Premium.
• The ability to put vision into practice

What the school offers its staff

What we offer you:

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of the teacher pension scheme.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

Further details about the role

About us:

The Stephen Longfellow Academy is an Alternative Provision setting based in the South of Leeds that has changed the face of Alternative Provision, both locally and nationally. Opened in September 2017, The Stephen Longfellow Academy serves schools across Leeds to support some of the most vulnerable young people in the city to re-engage with education by following a bespoke curriculum offer that reopens the doors of opportunity that were, at one point, firmly closed. This is because our exceptional team of staff create personalised pathways that combine an academically rich curriculum with personalised therapeutic support. This allows significant numbers of students to re-engage in mainstream education or successfully enter further education, employment or training.

Inspected in October 2019, inspectors told us that, ‘Leaders want the very best for pupils and have established an effective alternative provision in a short period of time. They are working together well to make this school even better for the benefit of its pupils and their families.’ They also judged all areas of the academy to be Good. We will continue to further improve our provision with this exciting role.

If you would like to know more about our academy, please visit our website at https://www.stephenlongfellow.leeds.sch.uk/about/principals-welcome/

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.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.