Head of Faculty - English
Lawnswood School
Leeds
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership scale 10-12
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 21 March 2019
Job overview
We are looking for someone with talent, ambition, and experience to join our Extended Senior Leadership Team and to lead the English faculty at Lawnswood School.
The successful candidate will have experience of subject middle leadership, or be an outstanding aspiring middle leader and will have a strong track record of delivering improvement. They will also be a confident leader of staff, able to inspire a love of English in students of all ages and have a commitment to whole school literacy and reading.
We need someone with enthusiasm, a ‘can do’ mentality, an ability to inspire others and translate a vision into reality. We will expect you to lead the English faculty and oversee the curriculum, including standards and outcomes; teaching and learning; outcomes and engagement. You will be supported by a team of talented and dedicated colleagues.
Lawnswood School can offer you a professional challenge and a rewarding opportunity, working with a collaborative leadership team that’s passionate about the progress and development of every student.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Closing date: Thursday 21 March 2019 at 9am
Interviews are scheduled for week beginning 25 March 2019
Attached documents
About Lawnswood School
Lawnswood School is a mixed, non-denominational community secondary school and sixth form for pupils aed 11-18. It is located in West Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
The school, founded in its current form in 1972, has capacity for up to about 1,500 pupils. Its predecessor schools were the Leeds Modern School, a boys' grammar school, and Lawnswood High School for Girls.
Headteacher
Jo Bell
Values and vision
Lawnswood School aims to create an inspirational community of learning, where its ambitions for academic attainment with an emphasis on students' moral, social, personal, and spiritual needs are combined.
The school wants its students to become caring, committed, self-aware and confident members of society. It aims to ensure all students are treated as individuals and are able to excel.
Lawnswood aims to ensure its students are equipped with the necessary knowledge, skills and confidence to undertake the next stage of their career, and hopes to foster leadership and engagement to encourage pupils to make a positive contribution to their school and community.
Ofsted
“The ambition and total commitment of the headteacher has raised the expectations of students and staff. This has resulted in significant improvements in the quality of teaching so that the school and inspectors judge more than three-quarters of teaching is now good or better.”
“Students’ achievement is now good overall, especially in the sixth form, where students make strong progress from relatively low starting points and achieve above the national average. All aspects of provision in the sixth form are at least good and some are outstanding.”
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