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Lead Practitioner In English

Lead Practitioner In English

The Gateway Academy

Thurrock

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Salary:
Leadership pay scale - negotiable dependent on experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
17th April 2022
Apply by:
23 January 2023

Job overview

The Gateway Academy is the secondary provision within the Gateway Learning Community [GLC] which is a partnership between one secondary and four primary Academies located within Tilbury and Chadwell in the borough of Thurrock to the east of London.

We are a vibrant, innovative and highly successful organisation: the place of choice to work and learn. Across the 5 Academies of the GLC, we pledge that everyone enjoys an equality of opportunity. We work tirelessly to ensure that individual different characteristics including age, ethnicity, socio-economic background, academic ability, disability, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation are not discriminated against in any way. We create environments characterised by mutual respect where difference is celebrated and where individual differences do not act as a barrier to success.

Our staff retention rate at the Gateway Academy is currently above 90% and staff attendance is extremely high at 96%. Our wellbeing programme for staff is held in very high regard and our teacher CPD programme is extremely successful with all staff expected to constantly ‘improve upon their best’.

We are looking for an outstanding Lead Practitioner in English to guide and advise on best practice within the Academy. This role is critical to the Academy’s continuing progress; it is integral to how we will achieve the highest standard of learning and teaching in every classroom.  

Ideal candidates will: 

  • have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills 
  • have experience of providing professional development to teachers, including coaching, mentoring and training 
  • have proven experience of positively impacting on student progress and raising attainment and developing excellence 
  • have outstanding subject knowledge
  • have the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of pupils 


If you are an existing English specialist who has the experience and skills to be a Lead Practitioner, this is a superb opportunity for you. The Gateway Academy is a friendly school that values teamwork and high achievement in all areas of our work with young people. The successful candidate will join a dynamic, innovative and well-resourced and supportive faculty. 

If you would like further information, to arrange a visit or to request an application pack, we would love to hear from you. Please return completed applications to Dionne.Locke@theglc.org.uk or visit our website at www.theglc.org.uk.   

Closing date for applications: 23rd January 2023

Interviews to be held: TBC

What we can offer you:

Academic excellence

Research-driven professional development

Bespoke coaching

Support with professional qualifications

Support from local and national leaders of education

Opportunities to get involved across the Trust, working with our GLC primary schools

 

Benefits for teachers working within the Gateway Academy:

Over 90% staff retention

State of the art facilities and resources

Two-week October Half Term

My Day (1 additional day off in the academic year)

Long Service Policy which rewards 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years' service

Visit our teacher development site for more information on teaching and working for the GLC  www.glcteaching.co.uk

The Gateway Learning Community is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment. Following safer recruitment procedures, the appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and enhanced DBS disclosure

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About The Gateway Academy

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+44 1375 489000

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Our highest priority is to provide an environment to our students that excites, motivates and challenges them and encourages lifelong learning and an interest in the world around them.

Diligence, self-discipline, good manners and a concern for others are the values that are the foundation of all our work.

The mission of The Gateway Academy is to offer everyone opportunities to develop as: high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and fulfilled members of society.

Aims of The Gateway Academy 

We are an ambitious Academy, keen for all our students to do well. We seek to be a place of learning, where students and staff work hard and also enjoy themselves.

Among many other things, we aim: 

- to enable and encourage all our students to realise their full potential and develop their self esteem;
- to develop each individual, taking into account specific needs, aspirations and talents, within a context of equality of 
  opportunity for all;
- to demand from all members of the Gateway community a sense of fairness, integrity, tolerance, respect for others 
  and for the environment;
- to develop a sense of togetherness, characterised by shared values and an enthusiasm for learning;
- to celebrate success across the full range of worthwhile endeavours.

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