Assistant Principal - English and Literacy
Skegness Academy
Lincolnshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- L7 – L13 (£46,430 - £53,723 per annum)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 17 March 2019
Job overview
This is a great opportunity for an inspiring and committed Assistant Principal to support the progress of the Skegness Academy, focusing on leading the English faculty.
The Role
The Assistant Principal will have responsibility for the English Department and whole school literacy and will ensure high quality curriculum provision with effective teaching and learning. They will be an active member of the academy’s Raising Achievement Board with duties and responsibilities fitting to the role.
As Assistant Principal you will be expected to:
- Motivate and generate a climate where others can develop as leaders and practitioners;
- Hold others to account in the quality assurance cycle at all levels;
- Establishing and maintaining policies and practices which promote high achievement through effective teaching and learning;
- Create an environment where students and staff develop and maintain positive attitudes towards teaching and learning;
- Use data effectively to monitor and evaluate student progress; planning and implementing effective intervention to support all students to achieve highly;
- Analyse national, local and Academy data, research and inspection findings to inform curriculum area policies and practices, expectations and teaching methodologies and to report regularly to the Deputy Principal on progress and plans;
- Contribute to the Academy Improvement Plan;
- Ensure appropriate, challenging and differentiated Programmes of Study and Schemes of Work are in place for all English teaching groups and related courses;
- Secure and sustain effective teaching of the subject through structured quality assurance and rigorous monitoring and evaluation of all aspects of teaching and learning through lesson observations, feedback to teaching staff, work sampling, student interviews and reports to the Deputy Principal and Leadership Team as necessary;
- Ensure teaching and learning objectives are clear to all members of the curriculum team;
- Develop the curriculum to meet the needs of all students; introducing, planning and implementing new courses of study to meet 14-19 curriculum initiatives and KS3 developments;
- Map progress of students regularly against prior attainment and local and national norms and identify students at risk of underachieving.
About You
To be successful you will need to:
- have the ability to positively influence teaching and learning across the academy
- be enthusiastic and passionate about the English curriculum
- have innovative techniques that can be used to improve outcomes through the faculty
- show a track record of improving outcomes for all learners
- have a proven experience of driving change and showing initiative
- be willing to identify pro-active solutions.
About Us
We are located in the seaside town of Skegness on the beautiful Lincolnshire coast. Having opened in 2010, we occupy a large site with extensive sports facilities and green space, as well as new and refurbished buildings which give pupils and staff a high-quality learning environment.
Led by Gary Carlile, Principal, we are proud of our vibrant, supportive and hardworking team that is committed to promoting high achievement in education, whilst ensuring that standards of behaviour and uniform are impeccable. Pupils are supported to not only achieve highly but also to ensure they are prepared for their future through a variety of enrichment opportunities.
In Return
Being part of the Greenwood Academies Trust, you can be assured that you will be contributing to helping support our mission to enable every child to do their best. All our academies work collaboratively together to share best practice and are supported by the expertise within the central team to enable them to focus on teaching and learning. As a GAT employee, you will also receive excellent opportunities for career progression and access to bespoke CPD from the Trust’s Learning Alliance to enhance your professional growth.
We would love to invite perspective candidates to come and visit the Academy to have the opportunity to meet the new senior team and discuss the role; if you would like to visit, please contact Jayne Abbott, PA to the Principal on 01754 879123 or email jabbott@skegnessacademy.org
For more information, please visit https://app.kallidusrecruit.com/GreenwoodAcademiesTrust/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=31165
Closing date: 17th March 2019 at midnight.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks, therefore, all posts within the Trust are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
About Skegness Academy
The Skegness Academy opened on 1 September 2010, replacing the predecessor St Clements College. We provide 11-19 education for up to 1190 pupils, including 340 in the Sixth Form.
The Academy occupies a large site with extensive sports facilities and green space. In recent years we have undergone substantial redevelopment to enable our learners to access high-quality and contemporary learning spaces including a brand-new gym area and classrooms with access to high-quality resources and technology.
At the Skegness Academy, we have high expectations of all our pupils and believe in rigorous and consistent enforcement of traditional basic standards of uniform, presentation and respect. This, in turn, ensures we create a positive climate for learning in which every pupil can reach their full potential.
Our vision is to deliver first-class education for pupils in a happy and secure environment so they can reach their full potential with no limit on what they can achieve. We firmly believe that every pupil can achieve the extraordinary through the acquisition of skills to develop the knowledge which will support them to raise their ambition.
Around 50% of our leavers in Year 13 continue their education to university with the majority being the first in their family to go. We are proud that we have very low NEETs at our Academy at both Post 16 and Post 18. Our strong careers provision enables all pupils to access high-quality impartial advice and guidance in order to support them to make appropriate and sustained decisions about their futures.
Pupils and staff will see a lot of the Senior Leadership Team during the Academy day. They spend a great deal of time around the Academy, visiting lessons and supporting staff to ensure that our high standards are being met and the quality of teaching and learning is consistently high. We have a clear behaviour policy which enables teachers to teach and students to learn through clear expectations and "on call" support during lessons.
The Academy offers a wide range of academic and vocational courses at both GCSE and A Level and we have seen a sustained improvement in our results over the past 5 years as we strive to become the local school of choice.
We are keen to involve our stakeholders in both the operational and strategic decision-making process at the Skegness Academy and we are proud to maintain strong relationships with the local business and labour market to provide our pupils with work insight opportunities and develop their life skills. We regularly consult with our parents and pupils to ensure we are providing an inclusive educational experience that is personalised to each and every pupil at our Academy.
All teaching staff are given a laptop and staff wellbeing is a priority at the Skegness Academy with access to Perkbox and a staff wellbeing group. This group consults with staff and makes recommendations to the Principal. For example, we have purchased Markmate for teachers and continue to investigate and support further strategies for reducing workload.
Skegness Academy is situated in Skegness, a family-centred tourist resort on the East Coast of England. We are within 30 minutes of a wide range of picturesque towns and villages such as the market towns of Boston and Louth with twice weekly markets and Horncastle, famous for its antique shops. Market Rasen is also close by with its National Hunt Racecourse as is Woodhall Spa, famous for its National Golf Centre - the home of English Golf and just over an hour away is the city of Lincoln.
The average house price in Lincolnshire is £284,000 for detached properties and £167,000 for semi-detached properties.
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