Progress Leader of English

Bradford Forster Academy is a new 11-16 Church of England secondary Academy and part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT), a growing Christian Multi-Academy Trust based in Bradford.  The Academy opened on 1st September 2015 and now has 740 students on roll in years 7, 8, 9 and 10 and will grow to five year groups in September 2019.  Within BDAT there is an exciting opportunity to work across a variety of growing diverse schools.

In order to further accelerate outcomes and continue to grow our talented staff team, we are currently seeking to appoint an outstanding Teacher of English to join our successful and hardworking English department as our new English Progress Leader. You will already be an outstanding teacher capable of delivering inspirational lessons and able to ensure that students within English are appropriately challenged, supported and achieve their expected levels of progress or better.

Our English Progress Leader works closely with the Curriculum Leader of English and are responsible for the progress and attainment of a key stage or year group in the academy.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to join an academy with a culture of professional learning and reflection and one which works effectively with its community to bring about sustainable improvements. We actively welcome applications from talented English teachers currently with a TLR looking to take on a whole school role and to further develop their career.

The successful candidate will be:

• An outstanding Teacher of English and looking to develop your career in a teaching and learning role
• Able to encourage and enthuse students to achieve their full potential
• Inspirational to colleagues and students – sharing best practice

We can offer:

• An academy and senior leadership team that will allow you to be inspirational, proactive and play an active part in our school improvement
• Tailored CPD with a strong commitment on developing individual career paths
• A English department which welcomes new ideas with energy and enthusiasm

Closing Date for applications is 9.00 am 1st February 2019

For full details, application form with information pack, please visit our website
http://www.bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk/Vacancies/

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.  All posts are subject to an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).