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Community and Safeguarding Leader

Community and Safeguarding Leader

Manchester Enterprise Academy

Manchester

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Salary:
Competitive to attract the right candidate
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
3 July 2017

Job overview

The Altius Trust seek an experienced leader who can build up strong community relations and ensure that our Trust schools have excellent safeguarding processes within a complex set of pressures in education around keeping children safe.

This is a new role across our Trust and is critical in ensuring that our students, families, communities and staff have a safe and positive environment.  The successful applicant will have significant experience in leading safeguarding interventions, have in-depth knowledge of current issues and challenges and has the ability to lead multi-agency partnerships to develop and implement strategies for our families. You will be outcomes focused, skilled at building and maintaining relationships and confident in your ability to model the behaviours expected of others.  

The Altius Trust is an ambitious and growing Academy Trust which currently operates one secondary school, Manchester Enterprise Academy, with another secondary school, MEA Central, set to open in September 2017. 

Manchester Enterprise Academy is a thriving 11-18 Academy that is recognised as a centre of excellence in supporting students to achieve outstanding results. In 2015 we were announced as winner of ‘Secondary School of the Year’ at the MEN School Awards with the Academy’s success being recognised both locally and nationally, including the then Prime Minister highlighting our achievement in his August 2015 speech. The personal development of students is a strength of the Academy with SMSC provision judged as ‘outstanding’ during our most recent Ofsted Inspection. 

Due to our outstanding reputation, excellent results and rapid growth in student numbers, our flagship school, Manchester Enterprise Academy is currently undergoing a £12 million extension, with our state of the art campus opening in September 2017. 

In September 2017, in partnership with Manchester City Council, we will also be opening our brand new Academy, MEA Central, proudly serving the Manchester communities of Rusholme, Withington, Fallowfield and Levenshulme. The purpose built brand new Academy has been designed to facilitate excellent teaching and learning and also provide fantastic facilities in the arts, sport and digital learning.

The Altius Trust is committed to recruiting talented and passionate staff who are central to all of our achievements and are the driving force behind our dedication to provide a “Fantastic Future for All”.  Ofsted stated that “Staff are extremely positive about all aspects of the school and are making a substantial difference to the lives of the young people.” 

Please find attached the Job Description, our March 2015 Ofsted Report and further information about MEA and MEA Central. Please apply through TES or complete the application form attached. Please note we do not accept CVs and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage.    

Closing date for applications is 5.00pm on Monday 3 July 2017 and interviews will be held week commencing 10 July 2017.

We are an equal opportunities employer.   

The Altius Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to safeguarding children. All successful appointments are subject to receiving satisfactory references and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.      

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About Manchester Enterprise Academy

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Manchester Enterprise Academy (MEA) opened in 2009 and is proud to be part of the Prospere Learning Trust.

Our campus now has two teaching buildings, which incorporate a Theatre, Art, Fashion and Dance studios and new Science laboratories. There is also a new £1million multi-sport facility which includes a full-size 3G rugby and football pitch and other redeveloped sports facilities. We also have a new cafe and dining facilities, two Food Technology rooms and recently refurbished ICT, Business and Modern Foreign Language classrooms.

In order to deliver our vision of a fantastic future for all our students, it is important that they achieve the best academic results possible. Our vision of a “Fantastic Future for All Our Students” is easy to understand, but complex to achieve, as the future evolves so rapidly around us. Students have to adapt in order to build themselves a secure and resilient future. We focus relentlessly on the MEA Way, of Safe, Respectful and Ready. The business partners who lead the Trust help us to complement academic achievement with the other skills that employers demand of their staff. Enterprising, entrepreneurial and networking skills, team working, presenting information and project management are all part of our Fantastic Futures curriculum and, allied to our Pastoral Pledges and aligned to our outstanding Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) provision.

We work incredibly hard to attract the best teachers and our teacher training provision is graded outstanding by Manchester University. We believe that our teachers’ expertise needs to inspire our students by allowing them to shape and craft exciting learning experiences. Our teaching model emphasises excellent classroom dynamics between staff and students. Exams are a serious business, learning is an emotional journey – students who enjoy learning perform far better than those who are uninspired.

MEA has been graded as 'Good' by Ofsted following the 2021 inspection,

'Staff have high expectations for all pupils.'

'Teachers know their subjects well' and pupils 'are keen to learn' and 'behave well in lessons.'

‘Pupils from all backgrounds are well supported to gain the resilience and knowledge that they need for a positive future.’ Ofsted 2021

Prospere Learning Trust

Manchester Enterprise Academy is part of the Prospere Learning Trust, which believes in working collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes and life chances for students. The Trust currently comprises of 8 schools, including 4 mainstream high schools and 4 special needs schools (both primary and secondary) with further schools anticipated across Greater Manchester. Find out more about Prospere Learning Trust in the candidate brochure.

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