Assistant Headteacher / Faculty Leader (STEM)
Aureus School
Didcot, Oxfordshire
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- Salary:
- LPR
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2019
Job overview
Aureus School is a brand new, state of the art STEAM specialist comprehensive 11-16 school that opened on the Great Western Park, Didcot, in September 2017. As part of GLF Schools, our mission is simple: we will strive to educate the whole student so that each individual in our community may ‘Grow, Learn and Flourish'. As we grow into KS4, we are expanding our team and seeking a dynamic middle leader to join the STEM team as Assistant Headteacher / Faculty Leader from September 2019, welcoming applications from science, mathematics or computing disciplines.
Core Purpose:
- The Faculty Leader will work in partnership with the Deputy Headteachers and the Executive Headteacher to provide professional leadership and management to the school.
- To be the the strategic leadership role to raise standards in student welfare, curriculum and teaching and learning across a faculty team.
- To be the operational day-to-day lead of the faculty (a third of the teaching staff and a third of the students in the school).
- To be responsible for ensuring and supporting the educational success of the school within the overall framework of the Multi Academy Trust as well as the school’s strategic plan.
- To achieve success for all members of the school community within a culture of continuous innovation rigorous review, the Faculty Leader will shape the school’s future by vision, leadership and direction and promote excellence, equality and high expectations of all students in both academic and extra-curricular achievements.
- Continuously explore modern technologies and education initiatives to create a safe and productive learning environment that is engaging and fulfilling for all students and staff.
- It is the duty of the Faculty Leader to deploy resources effectively to assist in achieving Aureus School aims and to support and develop its distinctive ethos.
Teaching and Learning
- To work alongside the Deputy Headteachers, the Executive Headteacher and the SSB (School Strategy Board) to secure and sustain effective teaching and learning throughout the school, monitoring and evaluating the quality of provision and using available weekly analysis of data to set priorities for improvement.
- Quality assure the curriculum to ensure lesson planning & delivering is fit for the learning outcome.
- Ensure that learning and teaching is at the centre of the school’s decision making.
- Teaching within the framework of present and future policies, paying particular attention to the policies for equality, safeguarding of students, SEND and behaviour for learning.
- Determine, organise and implement a diverse flexible curriculum and effective assessment framework.
- Ensure a consistent and continuous focus on student’s achievement through monitoring and using data effectively for measuring student’s progress, with a focus on ensuring that accelerated progress for low achievers and underperformers is developed and embedded.
- Monitor attendance and punctuality data for students within the faculty.
- Coordinate rewards, values awards, celebration assemblies.
- Promote a culture of challenge and support for all students to enable them to achieve success and become engaged in their own learning.
- Implement and support strategies that secure high levels of behaviour and attendance.
- Provide staff and any other external individuals with guidance and support for learning and teaching strategies, with a focus on effective differentiation to meet the needs of all students.
- Oversee faculty behaviour meetings co-ordinating restorations, isolations and readmission meetings for students as needed.
- Produce accurate timely reports to reflect on the progress of the faculty.
- Monitor the progress of SEND students in the faculty and attend a termly SEND data meeting with Inclusion Leader.
Full Job Description and Person Specification available below.
Application Deadline: 22/04/2019
Interview Date:30/04/2019
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About Aureus School
Welcome to Aureus School, Didcot's only co-educational 11-16 comprehensive school. We opened our £19 million state of the art building in September 2017 in the Great Western Park and have been expanding our team each year.
Aureus School is a highly ambitious secondary school with a rigorous approach to academic standards. We are ambitious for educational success for all our learners. We collaborate with local stakeholders, such as Oxford University, Culham Science Centre and the Harwell Innovation Centre, creating choice for the wider community in Southern Oxfordshire.
Our mission is simple: We will instil courage, ambition and resilience in every student to empower them to achieve greatness as a global citizen through a combined drive for excellence.
Why work at Aureus School?
Our Town
Whatever your job, the environment you are in makes a massive difference to the quality of your life. Didcot town is known for its railway museum and power stations, and is the gateway town to the Science Vale: three large science and technology centres in surrounding villages including Milton Park, Culham Science Centre and Harwell Science and Innovation Campus which includes the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The UK government named Didcot a garden town in 2015, the first existing town to gain this status, providing funding to support sustainable and environmentally friendly town development over the coming 15 years.
Didcot is noted for its railway heritage and has excellent links to Oxford, Reading and London. With it’s growing population, fantastic transport links and accessibility to the science centres, Didcot is a great place to work.
Our closest city, Oxford, has one of the fastest growing populations in the UK and remains the most ethnically diverse area in Oxfordshire county. The influx of migrant labour to the car plants and hospitals, recent immigration from south Asia, and a large student population, have given Oxford a notably cosmopolitan character and it is one of the most diverse small cities in Britain.
Our School
We are a growing community and career prospects at Aureus are exciting. We currently have several professional development opportunities taken up by staff at all stages of their careers. Examples of the type of professional development include working towards Lead Practitioner, NPQSL and NPQH status. Subject specific professional development is a high priority and staff are encouraged to look outwards towards best practice.
Through the GLF Schools Teaching School Alliance we also have regular opportunities for collaboration, professional learning, leadership development and national accreditation.
Staff at Aureus enjoy coming to work and it is truly welcoming and cheerful here, the quality of relationships with colleagues is a very attractive feature of the school. We are passionate about creating a culture of wellbeing where all staff and students are valued and supported so that we can all ‘Grow, Learn and Flourish’.
Join the GLF Schools Community
As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 42 academies or in our central team.
- Celebrating 10 years as a growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 16,000 pupils
- Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
- 42 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
- We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
- Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education
GLF Schools Employment Offer
GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish
- Access to our highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible working options
- Generous holiday allowance
- Work life and family friendly policies
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Career pathways and talent management
- Access to a staff benefits portal
- Community and collaboration working model
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