Head of Business & Economics
Riverside School
Barking and Dagenham
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Inner London MPS/UPS + TLR2 (dependent on experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 15 April 2024
Job overview
Riverside School is seeking to appoint a Head of Business & Economics. This post provides a fantastic opportunity to develop your middle leadership skills in an established and successful department which is still growing.
The school provides a superb professional development programme to allow you to further enhance your pedagogical skills and those of your department. Our relentless focus on teaching and learning and developing great teachers is our number one priority. Weekly one-to-one tailored coaching sessions will enable you to further develop your own expertise and that of your staff.
There is a real sense of passion and determination that students and staff bring to all that they do, making Riverside School a superb place both to learn and to work. This is an excellent opportunity for an exceptional classroom practitioner looking to move into middle leadership in this rapidly expanding school.
Purpose:
- To provide strategic and operational leadership of the business & economics curriculum, pedagogy and assessment to achieve the highest possible levels of progress and attainment at KS5
- To lead and coach business and economics teachers to rapidly enhance quality of teaching and learning
The Head of Business & Economics will:
- Model outstanding practice
- Promote outstanding teaching, learning and assessment
- Have high expectations of all staff and students and an adaptable and positive approach to innovation
- Contribute to school improvement in areas for which they have responsibility by leading and managing resources, including leading and liaising with colleagues to enable effective implementation, monitoring and evaluation of impact.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership and management of the business & economics curriculum
- Lead the intention, implementation and evaluation of the business & economics curriculum, its pedagogy and assessment
- Analyse whole school data, London and national to identify areas for improvement in KS5 and groups of students in each phase
- Lead the implementation and evaluation of improvement strategies
- Incorporate the wider curriculum into the business & economics curriculum
If you share in our commitment to achieve excellence for all, we want to hear from you.
Riverside School is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an on-line search check.
Attached documents
About Riverside School
Riverside School is an outstanding, mixed, non-denominational secondary school with a sixth form. It is an academy located in Barking, Greater London (Inner London Pay Scale).
Riverside opened as a new provision in September 2013, it currently has 1500 students on roll and will eventually grow to a full capacity of 1800 students aged 11-18 by 2021. The school moved to its new £45m state-of-the-art premises in September 2017 with very large 75-95m² classrooms and impressive indoor/outdoor sports facilities.
Headteacher
Mr Andrew Roberts
Values and vision
Riverside School's motto “Excellence for All” emphasises our very high expectations for everyone. Riverside's curriculum is academically rigorous, broad and balanced for all students in all year groups. This combined with our exceptional pedagogy realises our belief in social justice, activating the greatest successes for all learners whatever their prior attainment; whatever their background. The curriculum is meticulously planned to ensure progression is logically sequenced; therefore, cumulatively developing learners’ skills and knowledge over time. Riverside’s strict and calm working atmosphere creates well-rounded individuals who excel in the arts, on the sporting field and academically. Our extra-curricular programme is fundamental to what we desire for our learners - we refer to it as the ‘essential wider curriculum’ (EWC). We pride ourselves on knowing all our learners really well, thus engineering a curriculum to actuate a wholly inclusive and highly ambitious education for all. Riverside School is currently in the country's top 50 schools for student progress, P8: +0.99 and was graded Ofsted outstanding in October 2022. Our huge success is underpinned by the highest quality professional development for all staff.
Ofsted report
October 2022:
"The school’s motto, ‘Excellence for All’, reflects the ambition that leaders have for the whole school community. A very strong culture of high expectations across the school means that pupils here are encouraged to succeed. Pupils benefit from a rich curriculum that is taught expertly by very well-trained staff. The ambition for all to do well includes those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who follow the same carefully considered curriculum as their peers.
Pupils work hard and achieve well. Very clearly established routines ensure that pupils are engaged in their learning and that their work is of a consistently high quality. Standards of behaviour are very high. Lessons are not disrupted by poor behaviour, and cases of bullying are rare. When bullying does happen, pupils are confident that it will be dealt with. Pupils feel safe in the school.
Pupils enjoy school and appreciate the wide range of additional opportunities that they have. This includes a range of high-profile visiting guest speakers and a variety of after-school clubs and sporting activities. Pupils are active in supporting community projects."
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