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Assistant Curriculum Lead - English

Assistant Curriculum Lead - English

Atherton High School

Atherton, Wigan

  • Expired
Salary:
MPS/UPS plus TLR2A
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
1st September 2021
Apply by:
24 May 2021

Job overview

Assistant Curriculum Lead - English - Full Time - Start date 1st September 2021 - MPS/UPS plus TLR2A

Atherton High School would like to appoint an outstanding teacher to join the English Department and to deliver a high-quality English curriculum at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.

Atherton High is a school on the move and the successful candidate will join the school at a very exciting point of its transition.  The school sits at the heart of the town’s community and has gone through transformational change in the past 18 months.  It has recently joined the Educational Partnership Trust (EPT) and is over subscribed for the first time in its history.

At Atherton we care deeply about the development of staff and firmly believe in extensive CPD for all.  Not only do senior and middle leaders have a vested interest in developing all staff but all teachers invest time in each other, with a real community sense but also with a great deal of fun!

Staff welfare is a strength at Atherton; we do not have a mere checklist approach but a genuine human touch to caring for our staff.  Without great staff who are committed to our pupils, we can never achieve our goal of a world class education for the young people of Atherton.

We would like someone who:

  • Can work within the Middle Leadership Team to develop the overall direction of the department and school.
  • Will keep up to date with current issues in teaching and learning and in school improvement, and to share this with staff.
  • Will work in partnership with the SLT in the cycle of planning, implementation, review and evaluation of the Department Improvement Plan.
  • Will contribute to the setting of highly ambitious targets for pupils and staff, and to be accountable in their delivery within the department.

We can offer:

  • Extensive CPD
  • Being part of a growing multi academy trust
  • Teachers pension scheme

If this sounds like you, we would welcome your application.

Closing date:        24th May 2021

Interview date:      27th May 2021

The Education Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding its children; therefore, an enhanced DBS clearance will be undertaken for the successful applicant(s). The Trust (and its schools) are legally obligated to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts.

Incomplete application forms will not be shortlisted, if you need to discuss a reason for being unable to complete a section, please contact the recruitment team on hr@ept-uk.com

To book a school tour please contact the Headteacher’s PA Patricia Leadley on pleadley@athertonhigh.com

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Headteachers Welcome!


Welcome to Atherton High School. Our school sits at the heart of the community and encompasses the values and strengths of the town’s proud history. Atherton High School is part of the Education Partnership Trust (EPT), who are committed to creating outstanding schools which transform learning, lives, and communities.


Our school has a culture built around our values of respect, responsibility, and ambition; these core values underpin all we do. We promote our values through a strong, knowledge rich curriculum, whereby pupils develop depth of understanding across a wide range of subjects, to enable an ambitious education for all learners.


We are blessed with dedicated, talented, and highly qualified staff who expect the highest standards and academic effort from all our pupils. We encourage our pupils to take responsibility for their actions, decisions, and their future education and in doing so, we are providing an education for life. We believe every pupil is an individual that can achieve well; this is their responsibility, but we will support them every step of the way!


We are proud of our pupils and proud of our school. We expect pupils to demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour so that everyone can learn, free from disruption or barriers. We want all our pupils to feel safe and to develop into caring, responsible, and confident young people. Pupils will be given a wealth of opportunities to experience culture beyond their experience so that they may develop holistically.


Support for each other is a key component of any thriving community. We are proud to serve our local community. Our facilities are accessed by local clubs and organisations to help deliver important extracurricular opportunities to develop pupils beyond school. We are also proud of the many pupils who enrich local community groups and offer a great deal to the wider community as a result. We are committed to working closely with our pupils, families, partner schools and the wider community to contribute positively to the local area and ensure the best possible outcomes for the young people of Atherton.


Atherton High is a highly successful 11 – 16 school and over the past three years has achieved the following:

• Judged as ‘Good’ in all categories of the Ofsted framework in January 2024.

• Outcomes category move from ‘well below average’ to ‘average’ and the most improved outcomes in Wigan authority.

• Established as the ‘school of choice’ in the local area, oversubscribed in every year group and waiting lists across all cohorts.


I am incredibly proud to be Headteacher of Atherton High School and would be delighted to welcome you to see our school in action.

Leanne Turner

Headteacher

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