Assistant Headteacher: Director of Literacy

We want to appoint a dedicated, committed and inspiring Assistant Headteacher to direct Literacy and Oracy throughout our 11-16 Academy, to lead, implement and quality assure the whole-school strategy for literacy at St Anne’s Academy, and to develop a culture where literacy is central to the Academy’s ethos and valued by all as critical to our success.  

At St. Anne’s Church of England Academy, many of our pupils have both a language gap and a social interaction gap which have been exacerbated by Covid-19 and lockdowns and we are committed to ensuring that no student remains limited in their academic qualifications as a result of their literacy skills: we are seeking a lead practitioner who shares in this passion. Our ideal candidate is an educational  leader who understands and has the drive and commitment to research, audit, plan, implement, manage and embed a sustainable whole-school literacy strategy from Y6-7 transition through to GCSE, and from intervention to disciplinary literacy. We want all our staff to be knowledgeable, empowered, and able to ensure that pupils can progress and succeed.

The person we appoint will be a middle leader with a strong track record of improvement and raising achievement, both in their own area of responsibility and as part of a whole-school improvement priority, who understands and has wrestled (with success) with the challenge of literacy in their own discipline. We need someone who can build and exemplify a culture of high challenge and high support, ensuring both the scope for informed professional creativity as well as accountability.

The Cranmer Education Trust is also developing its own CPD arm in the Cranmer Institute which will provide professional training and development for our own staff, and provide school to school support through Specialist Leaders of Education. Our ambition is that all our leaders, including the new Director of Literacy  at St Anne’s, will become SLEs who can develop professionally and add value in a wider, connected professional network. The post-holder will guide our collective knowledge and understanding of the fundamental role of literacy in curriculum, pedagogy, and pupils’ confidence and self-efficacy across the diverse communities served by our Trust schools.

St Anne’s CE Academy is located in Middleton, Greater Manchester, and easily commutable from most of the cities and towns in the North West via the M60, M62, M6 and M56.

We offer: 

• an excellent environment for developing teaching and learning, with spirited, friendly and ambitious students and talented, committed, highly professional staff, 
• very significant non-teaching time and resource availability – Literacy is our priority 
• full membership of our Senior Leadership Team in our ambitious and improving school, part of a Trust (www.cranmereducationtrust.com), with its own initial teacher training arm (www.manchesternexus.com) and which leads the East Manchester Teaching School Hub (www.eastmanchesterteaching hub.com), all of which offers huge potential for the right person to gain a range of leadership experience and progress rapidly in their own professional development.

For a full pack including application forms please visit www.stannesliteracy.co.uk or e-mail our advisers A SDTi on gm@asdti.com or telephone ASDTi on 07736 775776 – they are available evenings and weekends as well as during the working day, to help you make the right choice.

Closing date for applications:  28th January 2022 at 10am.

Interviews will be as soon as possible - probably the following week.

“The Headteacher and other leaders have a clear purpose and high expectations. They believe that pupils can, and should, succeed. The Headteacher and the staff are determined to make sure that this happens. Leaders and governors have adapted the school’s approaches to teaching the curriculum effectively.” - Ofsted 2021

Applications by CV are not accepted

St Anne's Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Cranmer Education Trust follows safer recruitment practices. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and appointment is therefore subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.  

St. Anne’s Church of England Academy is proud to be part of the Cranmer Education Trust