Assistant Achievement Director English BYA54

ABBEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST - BISHOP YOUNG C OF E ACADEMY                            Principal: Paul Cooper

Assistant Achievement Director for English – BISHOP YOUNG C of E ACADEMY

Reference: BYA54

 

Salary: MPS & TLR2C (TLR2c - £6,829)  

Bishop Young C of E Academy is a thriving and highly successful 11-16 Church of England convertor Academy which serves communities right across the city of Leeds.  We are part of Abbey Multi Academy Trust and share in the Trust mission to work In Partnership to 'Educate, Nurture and Empower'. 

We are looking to appoint a dynamic, engaging, reflective practitioner to join our Extended Leadership Team as the Assistant Achievement Director for English. 

We would welcome applications from individuals with leadership experience or aspiring leaders who can rise to the challenge and can demonstrate impact and improvements in their current role.  

With current changes in the curriculum we need someone who can assist the Achievement Director to lead the department confidently through these changes, whilst driving improvements in teaching and learning.

Candidates who have the motivation to work with a vibrant team and the passion to work with children in a supportive and rapidly evolving environment, are encouraged to apply.

We can offer you:

• A school that values and invests in the continuing professional development of all staff

• A fantastic team of dedicated and committed staff based in an excellent learning environment

• Additional recruitment and retention allowance may be available for an exceptional candidate plus access to an individually tailored CPD package

Bishop Young is a welcoming, caring, calm, disciplined, inspiring and purposeful environment.  One of the greatest strengths of the academy is our focus on quality teaching and we are committed to ensuring that all our students achieve outstanding results.

We have high expectations of all of our students and aim to equip them with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence they need to achieve life-long success.  Our dedicated and forward-thinking staff focus on our culture of challenging and inspiring students, in an environment of mutual respect where each child is recognised as unique and special. 

At Bishop Young we have provided young people and their families with a therapeutic, nurturing, and academically rigorous learning environment.  

Behaviour is good at Bishop Young Academy.  During an external review in July 2019, led by Dr Michael Maddison (former HMI), he reported that “It is abundantly clear that staff at all levels have contributed to creating an increasingly calm and harmonious environment at the academy. Pupils are polite, courteous and welcoming, and they are positive about the academy and the way in which it is being transformed”

Through a bespoke and tailored Character Education Programme, “The BISHOP Character”, we are committed to ensuring that our students are given opportunities to develop ‘soft skills’ such as perseverance and integrity, so that they are able to sustain success when they leave us and move on to Higher Education or work. 

We prioritise support for staff and students around SEMH and wellbeing.  Please follow the social media links below to see examples of this.  As such, our staff and students feel valued and loved.  Our stand-out provision for staff and student wellbeing has received local and national acclaim, featuring on BBC Look North and National BBC Breakfast. “Teachers want to work at the academy and greatly appreciate the overt focus upon their wellbeing.” External Review July 2019

Since opening as a new academy in 2017, we have made exceptional progress.  In 2019, we saw a 0.5 improvement in our Progress 8 score, ensuring that we are the most improved schools in Leeds.  Pleasingly, our disadvantaged students and those with SEND improved at an even more rapid rate, ensuring that the progress gap between both groups and the rest of our students disappeared in 2019.

Bishop Young is achieving great things and we are looking for people with a caring and nurturing ethos to be part of our team.  

https://twitter.com/bishopyoungce

https://www.facebook.com/Bishop-Young-C-of-E-Academy-265362073870023/

www.bishopyoungacademy.co.uk 

http://www.abbeymat.co.uk/

Candidates who have the motivation to work with a vibrant team and the passion to work with children in a supportive and rapidly evolving environment, are encouraged to apply.

We would welcome applications from individuals who can rise to the challenge and can demonstrate impact and improvements in their current role.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. 

Application Process

The closing date for applications is at midnight Thursday 9th April 2020. 

 

To apply please email an application to:

Recruitment Team at recruitment@abbeytrust.org

Interview date:  TBC

All applications will be acknowledged within 24 hours. Should you fail to receive confirmation of receipt please call 0113 273 9152.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date with details of the interview process.  

Abbey Multi-Academy Trust is robust in promoting the safeguarding of children and is rigorous in its recruitment checks.  An enhanced disclosure from the DBS will be required for this post.

Queries

If you have any queries on any aspect of the application process or need any further information please contact us at recruitment@abbeytrust.org