St Lawrence Academies Trust is a new church based Multi-Academy Trust wanting to serve the young people and communities that our schools are set in. We are a mixed multi academy Trust with church and community schools from both the primary to the secondary phase.
We have an exciting opportunity for the right person to join our growing trust as a Director of Education. We believe in excellence and we are looking for a Director of Education to support school development and the professional development of the staff in our schools.
As a ‘young’ Trust we are looking for somebody who will work with us to help shape the Trust and to be willing to build, share and receive learning and experience across the family of schools that we are seeking to build.
Responsibilities:
* Have oversight of and, in some circumstances, lead the development of teaching and learning in our partner and wider partner schools.
* Have oversight of and, in some circumstances, lead the development of leaders in our partner and wider partner schools.
* Develop and lead a programme of professional development for our partner and wider schools.
* Deliver CPD and INSET courses to both partner schools and the wider network of church and community schools and monitor the effectiveness of CPD provision in Partner Schools.
* Develop and implement an expert teacher programme to support in our partner and wider partner schools.
* Support the development and implementation of the Headteacher Appraisal process.
* Conduct education support visits as part of the education support team programme to develop the quality and effectiveness of leadership, curriculum and pedagogy within our Partner Schools.
* Plan and coordinate school to school support for schools in the trust or for schools who work in partnership with the trust.
* Review and develop the educational support for schools in the trust with the Deputy CEO.
* Have the capacity to work as Leadership support when a school requires this across the primary and secondary phase.
* Plan and lead, with the Deputy CEO, the education support programme for Partner Schools across the trust, ensuring that the support package and support days are effective in raising standards and improving the quality of education.
* Ensure schools are inspection ready (Ofsted and SIAMs) and that self-evaluation and quality assurance is rooted in sound evidence of impact.
* Line manage Education Support Partners in the Trust and those seconded or contracted to the Trust under Service Level Agreements.
What We Offer:
* Membership of the Teachers Pension Scheme.
* A bespoke programme of induction and professional development personalised to the individual.
* Flexible working hours.
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