What skills and experience we're looking for
If you are an experienced Head of English who is looking for your first steps into senior middle leadership then this could be the right role for you.
The core responsibilty of a Senior Assistant Principal will be to lead and develop our English provision, and you will also have some whole-school responsibilites. The team includes highly skilled and experienced subject specialists that have experience of teaching across all of the key stages including A level. In 2024 the team achieved a progress 8 score of +0.52 and contributed to our recent Ofsted judgement of ‘Outstanding.’ As a Senior Assistant Principal you will ensure that all members are supported so that this strong track record is maintained. Alongside high standards of academic progress the team have a strong commitment in providing extracurricular opportunities for students such as trips, the weekly Electives programme and carefully targeted intervention.
The successful candidate will galvanize the team including Early Career Teachers (ECTs) and ensure that the support is robust and appropriate to their career stage. The professional development of all teachers within that team will also be part of your role and integral in fostering high levels of job satisfaction. The organisation of the Accelerated Reader programme and delivery of impact will be one of your many priorities as we continue to develop reader confidence so that all students are able to fully access the whole curriculum. You will maintain and promote the ethos of the College within the English team through close attention to our rewards and sanctions processes.
You will lead the English curriculum from policy to the quality assurance of implementation. This will involve regular reviewing of all aspects of a spiralled curriculum that at least covers the National Curriculum and helps our students to hone skills and know and remember more.
Ideally, you will be an experienced Head of English with an ability to lead your team to achieve strong results at GCSE and A level. We are advertising this position in two ways as we are also keen to consider someone who may be a strong candidate and looking to start their middle leadership development with us. Details of that role can be found in a separate advert. There is only one post.
You will also take part in whole school leadership responsibilities which will be decided dependent on our Transformation Plan and your experience. You will be involved in the quality assurance of reports and be part of the leadership team that meets weekly. This role requires the skillful balance of embedding whole school priorities and the work load and termly priorities of the English team.
What the school offers its staff
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• Relocation support for hard-to-recruit subjects.
• Vast range of staff training including a funded Master’s scheme.
• Primary, secondary and sixth-form teaching opportunities.
• Staff laptops.
• Priority admission for children of staff to the College and Primary.
• Flexible working; part-time and a job share considered.
• A broad range of opportunities to engage in extracurricular trips and activities.
• A subsidised restaurant, refectory and orangery.
• Complimentary lunch on staff training days.
• Cycleshare scheme salary sacrifice for bike purchases.
• Free parking.
• Holidays outside of the usual term-time pattern, including a two-week autumn break and an early summer.
• Private health insurance
Commitment to safeguarding
The Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students in our care and expects all staff to share this commitment. We provide safeguarding training to all staff on an annual basis, and all staff are responsible for ensuring safeguarding, health and safety policies are implemented in line with Federation policy and current legislation.