Assistant Headteacher (Teaching & Learning)
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy
East Sussex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership scale L1 – 5 (£38,984-£43,022)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2017
- Apply by:
- 23 April 2017
Job overview
Assistant Headteacher
(Teaching & Learning)
(£38, 984 - £43, 022)
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy is looking to increase the capacity of its current senior leadership team by appointing an additional Assistant Headteacher for September 2017.
Alongside the Head of School and current Assistant Headteacher, the successful candidate will work across our academy to ensure the highest quality teaching and learning and continued success in end of key stage results. The successful candidate will be part of the Senior Leadership Team at Ark Blacklands and will play a key part in helping to shape our academy as we grow.
This role will not carry a class responsibility but as a senior lead teacher for teaching & learning, you would carry out roles such as co-planning, co-teaching and leading interventions during the spring terms.
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy is a popular and over-subscribed school in the heart of Hastings. It was recently graded as ‘outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted and has a proven track record of raising standards for all pupils, particularly our most vulnerable.
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, outstanding primary teacher with experience of working at a leadership or AST level. An ideal candidate will have experience of teaching in more than one Key Stage with evidence of outstanding pupil outcomes.
You will be aligned to Ark’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff and have demonstrable evidence of leading/driving teaching and learning in the primary phase.
As part of the Ark schools network we are committed to making sure that every child has access to a great education and real choices in life. We know that great schools need great teachers, which is why we offer you the very best training and support at every stage of your career.
Ark is an international charity, transforming lives through education. We exist to make sure that every child, regardless of background, has access to a great education and real choices in life. We know that great schools need great teachers, which is why we offer you the very best training and support at every stage of your career - from starting out as an NQT to running your own school.
Our highly-successful network of 35 schools educates over 20,000 students across Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. They are achieving some of the best results in the country despite being largely in areas of historic academic underachievement.
Interested in this exciting opportunity? We strongly encourage you to visit us to find out more post. Please contact Mrs. G. Hulls on 01424 429279 or g.hulls@arkblacklandsprimary.org to arrange to arrange a visit to the academy.
For further information please visit www.arkblacklandsprimary.org and www.arkonline.org. Please complete the online application form at https://goo.gl/nJGiZp by 9am on Monday 24th April 2017.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 24th April 2017.
Interviews: Friday 28th April 2017
Salary: Leadership scale L1 – 5 (£38,984-£43,022)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hastings
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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About Ark Blacklands Primary Academy
- Ark Blacklands Primary Academy
- Osborne Close, Freshwater Avenue, Hastings
- East Sussex
- TN34 2HU
- United Kingdom
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy joined the Ark network in 2014, we are a 3 form entry school, increasing to 90 pupils in each year group, ranging from Early Years and Foundation Stage through to Year 6.
Our vision for our pupils is that every child who attends our school will be academically and socially equipped for success at secondary school and, beyond that, in a career of their choice or university. At Ark Blacklands Primary Academy we have high expectations for all our pupils. We are dedicated to doing whatever it takes to ensure each of our pupils succeeds. To achieve their ambitious goals, our pupils and staff work hard and have high aspirations.
Our staff make a tremendous effort to get to know each pupil and provide the very best care they can for them. The school has put staff development at the heart of its school improvement, ensuring that all staff have the support, training and opportunities they need to develop. We work closely with our Ark colleagues at Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy to share best practice and strive for academic excellence together. We offer our staff at Ark Blacklands twice as many training days as standard and teachers are actively encouraged to participate in training programmes to further their career.
As a school, our focus is always on the best possible outcomes for our young people. That is why we are constantly reviewing our practices to ensure that teachers can concentrate on teaching and students on learning. This includes a rigorous behaviour policy.
Curriculum
A strong command of English and maths is vital for success across the whole curriculum. We prioritise these subjects and dedicate extra time to them so that pupils are confident and have the strong foundations they need to succeed.
Ofsted
We were graded "outstanding" in all areas by Ofsted in 2016. Read more about Ofsted's observations or see the the full report.
The Ark network
Ark Blacklands Primary Academy is part of Ark, an international charity transforming lives through education. Ark has 38 schools across the UK in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. Ark exists to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. Ark schools are all non-selective and in areas where they can make the biggest difference.
Read more about Ark: http://arkonline.org/
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