Restorative Practice Manager

Academy: Leeds East Academy

Job Title: Restorative Practice Manager

Grade: C3 £23,886 - £25,463 - TTO+ 10 Days  pro rata, actual £20,862 - £22,239 (salary dependant on experience)

Accountable to: Assistant Principal for Behaviour and Safety

Leeds East Academy is the most improved school in Yorkshire and the 4th most improved school in the country, celebrating remarkable GCSE results with an outstanding Progress 8 improvement of +1.09. Housed within a state-of-the-art new school building, Leeds East Academy is now the premier choice of school for families in the local area. Leeds East Academy is also a highly desirable and dynamic world-class establishment for ambitious education professionals, who will be joining one of the most productive, supportive and talented leadership teams in the country.

Role:

The Restorative Practice Manager will focus on engaging and supporting pupils who need particular help with behaviour management to overcome barriers to learning. Ensuring consistently high levels of behaviour from all students. Mould high standards and expectations from students and staff.

Main duties and Responsibilities:

To develop and implement practices which reflect the Academy’s commitment to improving behaviour and attendance using restorative practice.

Provide levels of individual behaviour modification support to pupils.

• To contribute to the strategic development of the Academy by implementing whole Academy initiatives, monitoring and reporting on key outcomes.
• To provide continuous supervision of the students within the seclusion room ensuring that they work productively and safely.
• To encourage students to reflect on their behaviour and to accept responsibility for their actions.
• To organise key restorative meetings with teachers to allow students to re-access learning following time in seclusion.
• Develop restorative practices to strengthen the relationships between teachers and students once a formal sanction has been given.

Part of The White Rose Academies Trust - the most rapidly improved family of schools in the region - Leeds East Academy is accelerating on a thrilling journey, which will ultimately see the school, its staff and its students, secure an Ofsted rating of outstanding by 2020.

We're securing our 2020 vision for Outstanding by growing our family of exceptional education professionals; dedicated specialists and passionate leaders with the shared the goal of transforming future prospects for the next generation of West Yorkshire.

We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society

The White Rose Academies Trust is a local Trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students.

The Trust employs over 370 outstanding professionals who are committed to unlocking the potential of the next generation.

We benefit hugely from our sponsor, Leeds City College Group, which is one of the largest and most successful FE/HE College Groups in the UK.   Our sponsor provides leadership and operational support and advice to all our Academies.  They also share our vision of creating a truly Outstanding Trust.

As a Trust, we also work very closely with the Outstanding GORSE Academies Trust through our membership of the GORSE SCITT and via accessing the Stephen Longfellow Academy Provision.

Closing Date: 28th November 2018 12 Noon

Shortlisting Date: 28th/ 29th November 2018

Interview Date: W/C 3rd December 2018

Start Date: ASAP

For more information, please visit our website at www.leedseastacademy.org.uk

To apply, please click the apply button and complete the application form and return by email by the closing date of the 28th November 2018 at 12 Noon.