Head of English
Netherwood Academy
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
- £50,645 - £55,884 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale (L8 - L12)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/01/2022
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2021
Job overview
Position: Head of English- January 2022 (or earlier if available)
Salary Range: Leadership Scale (L8-L12) currently £50,645 to £55,884
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Netherwood Academy
Netherwood Academy is an 11-16 academy which opened in September 2012, set in an extensive £35 million campus. As part of Astrea Academy Trust, Netherwood Academy is in an exciting period of development.
As Head of Department, you will excel in the classroom - but, just as importantly, you will be instrumental in supporting colleagues within the department to enhance their effectiveness in the classroom and beyond, through mentoring, coaching, professional development and challenge. The demands of the role will be high, and this is reflected in the salary attached. You will also enjoy significant credibility through your ability to lead and manage colleagues to excellence in all they do.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced and outstanding classroom practitioner with a track record of strong outcomes. We need someone who can walk the walk and be a beacon of excellent practice in a classroom environment, whilst possessing the muscularity of intellect and professional credibility to drive up standards across the department.
Netherwood is on a significant journey, and needs colleagues with high ambition and high expectation, and we hope this is you.
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff, we are passionate about cultivating our own talented workforce. At Astrea we believe that we can provide an opportunity to join a dynamic team enabling a bespoke career development programme to be created for you in a supportive environment.
If you are as excited by this opportunity as we are, we want to hear from you. The closing date for applications will be 12 noon on Monday 28th June 2021 with interviews to be held as soon as possible after shortlisting on this date. Therefore, please complete and return your application as soon as possible.
We welcome all applicants who meet the criteria in the accompanying recruitment pack to apply for this exciting role. Application packs can be downloaded from the Netherwood Academy website https://astreanetherwood.org/ or the Astrea Academy Trust website https://astreaacademytrust.org/vacancies . Applications should be returned by the closing date to Miss J Crossland, Assistant Business Manager, Netherwood, Dove Valley Way, Wombwell, Barnsley, S73 8FE or emailed to jade.crossland@astreanetherwood.org .
Closing date: 12.00noon on Monday 28th June 2021
Interview dates: TBC
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
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About Netherwood Academy
- Netherwood Academy
- Dove Valley Way, Wombwell, Barnsley
- South Yorkshire
- S73 8FE
- United Kingdom
Netherwood is an 11-16 secondary academy located in Wombwell, a short distance from both the A1 and M1, and set in extensive, modern grounds.
At Netherwood, we are looking for people to join an academy which is improving rapidly since its first Ofsted inspection in 2021, when the academy received a judgement of Requires Improvement.
Over the course of the past two years, there have been significant changes in terms of curriculum development, teaching and learning, personal development and behavioural culture.
Colleagues who choose to join our ranks will be clear about what they can bring to the academy – a high level of professional and academic knowledge, a willingness to subscribe to our ways of working, a commitment to hard work and collaboration and a sense of moral justice.
Netherwood’s future success is underpinned by a strong set of shared values which support the vision, shape the culture, and make a statement about what we hold dear:
Scholarship - We will be informed by the best of academic and organisational thinking and research, using this where we can and expanding it where possible.
Curiosity - We will ask searching questions, not take things on face value, seek out the best of what is known and engage in appreciative enquiry.
Tenacity - We will deliver on our promises and see things through to completion. We will embody pace, urgency and determination in our focus on improving outcomes for children and on our own performance; we will learn to bounce back from disappointment and make sure we are fully committed to getting it right next time, for ourselves and for the students
Respect – We expect to treat each other with respect, in all forms of communication and interaction, and we expect everyone to embrace and celebrate difference; we also expect respect of the academy and community environment
Responsibility – we accept responsibility and commit to ensuring we do not place barriers in the way of students achieving the very best outcomes they can, irrespective of their back-story; we expect students to also accept responsibility for their actions
We are committed to creating an environment where exemplary behaviour is at the heart of productive learning. We believe in high aspiration, high motivation and high achievement for all. In order to achieve this, we provide a clear behaviour policy, which ensures students and staff are supported to achieve the high standards we have set.
Fundamental to the values of the Trust is a core entitlement to a knowledge-rich curriculum; in order to achieve this, our students must have access to disruption-free learning and our teachers must be free to do what they do best. We focus heavily on deliberate practice, ensuring staff and students get ample opportunity to hone their skills and routines, and much of our CPD time is devoted to developing and embedding intellectual practice, based on the best research available to us.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Jonny Mitchell
Principal
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