School Improvement Partner - Partnership Learning
Salary: Partnership Learning Senior Leadership Scale – Points 9-13 (£81,778 to £90,287)
Contract type and term: Full-time, Permanent
Locations: Central Trust offices in Dagenham/Trust school sites/Remote working as appropriate
Dates: Apply by Noon, Monday 10th Feb 2025; Interviews Wed 26th Feb 2025; Start Date April or Sept 2025
Partnership Learning is seeking a committed and successful educationalist with significant experience of school improvement within a secondary setting to join the trust’s dynamic school improvement team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and driven individual to make a significant contribution to the success of the trust’s eighteen schools.
About Partnership Learning:
Partnership Learning is a growing multi-academy trust committed to providing an outstanding education for all its children. The trust believes in the power of collaboration and support to drive continuous improvement. Partnership Learning currently has 18 schools – primary, secondary, all-through, special and UTC - serving 14,000 pupils, in Hillingdon, Barking and Dagenham, Southend, Havering and Waltham Forest and the geographical spread may expand as the trust continues to grow.
About the Role:
As one of the trust’s team of School Improvement Partners, the successful applicant will play a key role in supporting trust schools to achieve and maintain high standards across all aspects of school improvement. Key aspects of the role will include working closely with school leaders and teaching staff, with a particular focus on secondary mainstream settings, to:
• Work alongside the Director of School Improvement and other school improvement partners to secure continuing school improvement across Partnership Learning;
• Promote and support collaboration across Partnership Learning, establishing and supporting networks in which schools can share best practice and learn from each other;
• Work with school leaders and staff teams to ensure that schools in Partnership Learning provide a consistently high quality of education and help to secure rapid improvement where required;
• Support the trust’s work in providing high quality CPD for staff at different career stages.
Benefits:
* Competitive salary
* Local government pension scheme
* Car user allowance
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Excellent professional development opportunities
* Supportive and collaborative working environment
Salary will be paid on the Partnership Learning Senior Leadership Scale, on a five-point range starting at £81,778 and rising through annual incremental progression (subject to successful appraisal) to £90,287.
Partnership Learning’s Terms and Conditions for central team posts closely follow those for equivalent-level Local Government posts.
Applications can be made online only, by application form available at - CVs will not be accepted.
Partnership Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal record check via DBS will be undertaken for the successful candidate. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a comprehensive screening process, including a disclosure check, will be undertaken on all applicants.