Curriculum Leader of RE & SMSC
Charlton School
Telford and Wrekin
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS + TRL2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 13 February 2023
Job overview
Curriculum Leader of RE & SMSC.
Salary: MPS/UPS + TLR2
Location: Charlton School (Part of the Learning Community Trust)
Contract type: FULL TIME – PERMANENT
Charlton is a very successful 11-16 Academy located in the market town of Wellington, Telford. We were very fortunate to move into our new school building in June 2016, the last school built under the governments Building Schools for the Future programme. We are a member of the Learning Community Trust (LCT), a multi-academy trust that serves the education needs of students in primary, secondary and special schools in Telford and Shropshire. We work in partnership with the LCT towards a shared vision that places students’ learning, environments, and local communities at the centre of our approach.
Wellington is a busy market town, with excellent facilities in the local community and new housing being built nearby the school. From its central position, Wellington is easily reached by road or rail and has a large train station in the town. It is close to Shrewsbury and the famous Ironbridge, which is an area of local beauty and historical interest and one of the best in Shropshire.
Our vision is to nurture happy, healthy young people who have the knowledge, academic achievement, and strength of character to lead safe and successful lives in modern Britain, preparing them for their next steps in education or employment with a thirst for lifelong learning.
Our vision is built around three core values: Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. We expect all members of the Charlton community to always exhibit these values. Underpinning our vision and values are our shared character virtues:
· Gratitude: feeling and expressing thanks.
· Compassion: exhibiting care and concern for others.
· Humility: estimating oneself within reasonable limits.
· Justice: acting with fairness towards others by honouring rights and responsibilities.
· Courage: acting with bravery in fearful situations.
· Integrity: having strong moral principles and standing up for what you believe in.
· Honesty: being truthful and sincere.
We are looking for a passionate, driven, committed, forward thinking and innovative subject leader who will also play a key role in embedding a whole school culture which promotes the British Values.
The Curriculum Leader of RE & SMSC will take responsibility for the programme of learning through which pupils will acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to lead successful lives.
We seek a leader who is passionate about personal development, academic excellence, collaboration and delivering high quality support for every student.
This role offers the successful candidate an excellent opportunity to promote the wider development of students, in addition to their learning and achievement, and to gain experience in strategic and operational leadership.
The position is a full-time post and will commence September 2023.
Our school is an equal opportunity employer, so we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and individuals. This post is subject to a DBS Enhanced Disclosure.
If you have a passion for teaching and learning in RE and would relish the opportunity of taking on responsibility for SMSC provision across the whole school, we would love to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: Monday 13th February 2023 at 12 noon.
Interviews: w/c 13th February 2023.
Application forms and further information is available from the school website www.charlton.uk.com.
Alternatively you may contact Heather Jackson-Payne heather.jacksonpayne@charlton.uk.com or call 01952 386806.
The appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS clearance (including a check on the children’s barred list for those working in regulated activity) for the successful applicant. We are committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow the Safer Recruitment practices as set out in the Statutory Guidance - Keeping Children Safe in Education. We are also committed to Equality and Diversity. Sorry but CV’s will not be accepted
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About Charlton School
“Building Knowledge. Developing Character. Inspiring Futures”
Charlton is an 11-16 comprehensive school, well established in the heart of its local community. We are a truly comprehensive school, admitting children from over 20 primary schools, with students’ prior attainment at KS2 broadly in line with National Average, with a slight bias towards higher ability range.
At Charlton we take pride in students’ progress, with learning at the heart of all we do. We know the importance of inspiring students to develop a thirst for learning, so our curriculum is broad, rich and matched to individuals’ needs.
Our emphasis on purposeful, relevant learning means that our students benefit from a range of visits, specialist teaching and extensive extra-curricular experiences. We aim for all our students to enjoy school, excel in their studies and attain outstanding outcomes.
Charlton’s Vision
Our vision is to nurture happy, healthy young people who have the knowledge, academic achievement and strength of character to lead safe and successful lives in modern Britain, preparing them for their next steps in education or employment with a thirst for lifelong learning.
Charlton’s Values
At Charlton our ethos is built upon our three core values, we expect all members of the Charlton community to always exhibit these values:
· Respect
· Responsibility
· Resilience
We are tremendously proud of our school building. It provides first rate facilities, purpose-built for the 21st century. Our new build school opened in June 2016 and was the last school in the country to be completed under the Building Schools for the Future scheme.
Additional investment in state-of-the-art ICT, Sports, Expressive Arts, Science and Technology, have been a great boost to students’ already rich curriculum of Foreign Languages, Humanities, English and Maths. We firmly believe that the new facilities will further strengthen our high performance across the school.
The school joined the Learning Communities Trust as an academy in December 2018. This is a multi-academy trust set up to serve the needs of the students in the Wellington and Hadley areas of Telford. This is an exciting development for the school, and we are already seeing the benefits of collaborating with other schools.
Following a recent Ofsted inspection (May 2023), the school has been judged to be good overall and good in all the separate judgement areas. We are delighted with the outcome, and that the dedication and hard work of our students and staff has been rightly recognised.
Within curriculum areas, our teams consider the views of learners using student self-evaluation as part of their assessment procedures. This gives learners the opportunity for reflection and to improve good practice. Students are encouraged to share their views and opinions and play a key role in shaping the future of our school. Students take tremendous pride in what they do and have a sense of loyalty with good relationships with staff.
As a school we have a wide range of extra-curricular activities supported through our partnership work with many outside agencies. This, linked with our work to promote community cohesion, provides our young people with every opportunity to meet their potential.
Students are guided via a strong pastoral system, with experienced staff who support our effective learning environment. All students have form tutors who serve as academic mentors to track progress. Heads of Year and non-teaching Pastoral Managers offer further support and where required access external agencies and family support.
We aim to keep learning at the heart of all we do, recognising the strengths of collaboration and sharing best practice. We are a true learning school where every individual has the opportunity to develop, maximising their full potential.
We look forward to welcoming you into our school community.
Mr Andrew McNaughton
Principal
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