Director of Digital Learning

Director of Digital Learning

Grade: L1 – L5

Pay scale: £47,820 - £52,415 per annum

Hours: Full Time 

Contract: Permanent

Pension: 26.4% employer’s contribution

West Drayton Academy is part of a successful family of schools within our Trust, a welcoming, vibrant multicultural school in the heart of West Drayton. The academy is part of The Park Federation Academy Trust, allowing us to benefit from a wealth of expertise across our eight academies, as well as enabling us to provide opportunities for sharing of good practice and high quality training. 

WDA is committed to delivering a technology based curriculum to ensure our pupils are equipped with the tech-skills they will need in their education and future employment. At the Park Federation, this initiative is the ‘one to one’ strategy. This strategy will make digital learning a key element to our curriculum, it will teach children how to be confident digital learners and it will reduce the digital divide. 

We are looking for a committed and talented leader who has expertise and knowledge in how to use technology effectively in the classroom as a vehicle for learning. The Director of Digital Learning will be able to guide planning and provision so that teachers and pupils are well-equipped at using chrome books and a range of applications and programmes to make progress in their learning across the curriculum. As well as this, the Director of Digital Learning will keep well informed and up to date on educational research and will make evidence-based implementations to the curriculum. The Director of Digital Learning will continually train and develop teachers’ knowledge and application of the digital curriculum across the school. 

This role will carry a 80% teaching responsibility as a class teacher. The additional release time will be to focus on developing a digital curriculum across the school. This is a very exciting opportunity to implement and lead our digital curriculum. 

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an outstanding existing middle or senior leader with a proven track record of impact, creativity and rigour.
• Have a clear understanding of what constitutes outstanding provision for digital learning.
• Be able to identify, drive and secure improvements to ensure high standards in all areas. 
• Be the figurehead and spokesperson for digital strategy at academy and federation level.
• Have an excellent knowledge of educational technology and how to implement this effectively as a vehicle for progress and learning 
• Have the ability to evaluate and plan strategically, motivate and inspire both staff and students
• To have experience of having contributed to policy formulation, implementation, evaluation and review 
• Have a clear understanding of assessment and a proven ability to interpret data and use it to focus improvements.

For the right candidate, we will offer:

• Extensive support and CPD.
• The opportunity to work with other professional colleagues across the Multi-Academy Trust.
• A welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff team.
• An ambitious and dynamic Senior leadership Team.
• Dedicated leadership time.
• A dedicated Governing Body.
• Supportive parents and children who are keen to learn.
• An employee assistance programme (EAP).

Application instructions: Please return your completed application form to recruitment@theparkfederation.org.

Closing date: 8th June 2023 at Noon

Interviews: As and when we receive applications.

CVs will not be accepted

West Drayton 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 successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.