Advanced Skills Teacher - English Specialist

Role: To be a key driver for improving student outcomes through developing an outstanding curriculum with consistently outstanding teaching and learning in the specialist subject, both in the home school and across the trust.  

Are you a superb classroom practitioner, with two or more years of outstanding results with year 11 students?  Do you want to develop your leadership potential whilst staying committed to teaching in the classroom?  Do you want to make a difference to the lives of young people in Leeds? 

We are seeking to appoint an inspirational, creative and dynamic practitioner to play a key role in developing English across the trust, ensuring outstanding approaches to curriculum, teaching and learning and assessment. The successful candidate will spend 4 days of each week in the home academy, and one day of each week working as part of the WRAT Teaching and Learning Group.  This highly influential group comprises of senior staff from each of the academies and is a driving force in the trust’s ambition for all the academies to be outstanding within the next three years. Once in role, candidates will have the opportunity to work towards the unique WRAT Advanced Skills Teaching Standards Award, developed in association with the Gorse Academies Trust.   This is an exciting CPD opportunity, on the completion of which, candidates will move up to 6-10 on the leadership pay scale. 

The ideal candidate will: 

·  Be an outstanding classroom practitioner, with the drive to help others improve;

·  Have excellent knowledge about curriculum and resource development;

·  Have superb ideas to ensure that all groups of students make progress;

·  Be passionate about becoming an outstanding leader;

·  Be resilient, hard-working and solution-focused. 

The White Rose Academies Trust 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 300 outstanding professionals who are committed to unlocking the potential of the next generation. Working in partnership with Gorse Academies Trust, we are on a significant journey which will see all of our schools Ofsted rated as outstanding within three years. We are sponsored by Leeds City College, who provides expertise, international networks and highly desirable employability prospects within education and beyond.  

Please see attached supporting documents for further information and to apply. Alternatively visit visit the careers page at www.whiteroseacademies.org Completed applications should be returned to recruitment@whiteroseacademies.org 

Closing Date:  Friday, 24th February at 12 noon

Interviews will be held week commencing 27th February 2017 

Start Date: September, 2017 or earlier if possible