Associate Senior Leader – English and Literacy

Required from September 2018. We are looking for an outstanding individual who will be relentlessly ambitious for the young people at Lord Lawson. You will be an experienced individual with a track record of having had measurable impact in your current role. As a member of the extended senior management team you will be well informed about the current educational landscape and the implications of this for student progress. You will also be well read and keen to engage with education research and practice. The successful candidate will lead the English department and whole school literacy. 

Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is oversubscribed, successful and well regarded by parents and the community. We have over 1,500 students currently on roll, aged 11-19, with over two hundred and fifty students in the sixth form.  We received our Academy Order from the Secretary of State for Education in August 2011 and converted to an Academy on 1st March 2012. We moved into brand new, custom designed and purpose built accommodation in September 2007.

We are a happy, secure academy with a very welcoming and open approach. We are determinedly professional about raising achievement. The successful applicant will have the personal skills to fit into this warm environment and must share our determination to drive up standards in our students. Everything we do is designed to make students feel confident, secure, well supported and happy during their time at Lord Lawson of Beamish.  

In this role you will be responsible for the quality of provision in English and for the further development of literacy throughout the Academy. You will join a very strong department with a good foundation for further improvement. There are good facilities and the department is well resourced. In addition to a full complement of 14 new and experienced English teachers there are two teaching assistants and a specialist lead practitioner in English.

English is an important subject in the Academy and has historically enjoyed a high profile however you would lead it to enjoy an even greater profile through your whole Academy work on Literacy and will be instrumental in further improving outcomes for students across the board and in English. We have a large sixth form and A level English, both Language and Literature, is a popular choice for our students. Our stated aim is to become a regional centre of excellence for the teaching of English.

At your heart you will be someone who believes that every young person can achieve and you will work hard to support young people and to remove obstacles that get in the way of their learning. 

Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.