Head of Geography
Shire Oak Academy
Walsall
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 10 May 2024
Job overview
Head of Geography – Link to Apply
Shire Oak Academy is a popular and innovative Academy under the leadership of our new Associate Headteacher, Mr Critchley.
We are seeking to appoint an ambitious, creative and gifted leader who can create, monitor and develop conditions which enable effective learning and the best possible outcomes for all students at our Academy.
This is an exciting and innovative time for the Academy and we are looking to appoint a colleague who is:
- dynamic, passionate and committed leader who wants to improve the life chances of young people
- Clear about what constitutes outstanding outcomes for all students
- A passionate, creative teacher who believes in all students’ capacity to succeed and will embrace our ethos ‘Turning potential into excellence’
- Committed to excellence and can manage change with flair and creativity.
- Able to devise strategies that have a clear impact on student participation and engagement
- Able to support student progress and development by ensuring the behaviour management systems are:
- Implemented effectively so learning can take place
- Inspire, motivate and support our students to achieve their full potential
- Have a determination for continuous improvement and leadership
- Adept at using self-evaluation and performance data to identify and implement effective improvement
We can offer you the support of a strong, hard-working team and the opportunity to work with students who meet the high expectations we have of them.
The Academy has been heavily oversubscribed for a number of years and we are incredibly proud of our external examination results.
For a more detailed look at our Academy access our website on www.shireoakacademy.co.uk.
Further details are available by contacting the Headteacher’s PA by e-mail on s.read@soa.merciantrust.org.uk.
As a key requirement of the Governing Body’s selection process, any prospective employee will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS.
Attached documents
About Shire Oak Academy
- Shire Oak Academy
- Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall
- West Midlands
- WS9 9PA
- United Kingdom
Our vision, our aspirations
To provide our learners with a world class education which will prepare and equip each individual to take a contributing place in 21st century society.
The school’s aims
The Governors and staff of Shire Oak Academy aim to do their best to enable students to give of their best and to achieve their best – spiritually, morally, socially, intellectually and physically. Governors and members of staff aspire to achieve this aim by:
1. developing the individual talents of all students to their fullest potential, thereby enabling them to gain the best
results and qualifications of which they are capable;
2. engendering a sense of personal worth and physical well-being, enabling students to become confident, self-
reliant, self-disciplined and responsible in an environment that offers support, guidance and counselling, as
necessary;
3. creating an enjoyable, lively and creative process of teaching and learning;
4. promoting high standards of behaviour, good personal relationships and a respect for the individual, whatever his
or her age, abilities, race, background or creed;
5. providing an environment in which all members of staff experience a sense of professional well-being and are
willing to give of their best at all times;
6. providing a caring and supportive environment in which all students may develop personal qualities, attitudes and
values to prepare them for taking up an adult place in society as both responsible and responsive citizens.
7. maintaining a vital and relevant curriculum, having a sound balance between the development of skills and the
acquisition of knowledge and understanding.
8. recognising the individuality of all students, to encourage that success is to be shared and to celebrate it in a wide
variety of ways.
All students need to accept that the above aims are only achieved by their:
• coming to understand themselves and developing self esteem.
• having a respect for themselves, others and for their environment.
• appreciating the value of learning and achieving to their highest levels by consistent effort, enthusiasm, creativity
and excellence.
• understanding that self-discipline is based on an underlying concern for others.
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