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Director of English

Director of English

Delta Academies Trust

Wakefield

Salary:
Leadership Scale L13 – L17 (£55,201 - £60,895)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2020
Apply by:
21 October 2019

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and highly skilled Director of English to join our team from January 2020.

At this key time in the Trust’s development, we require an ambitious, determined and personable leader to secure the highest possible outcomes for our young people, staff, families, schools and the wider community. Through strong leadership and the ability to motivate others, you will harness the key strengths of colleagues, and lead rapid and sustained improvement in English departments.

We are looking to appoint an inspirational Director of English to work within the core improvement team of educational professionals.  You will be responsible for working with a number of heads of departments across two or three different academies and supporting English academies in partner trusts covering schools across the Hull, Grimsby and Doncaster areas and schools on the A1/M1 corridor. 

This post would be an ideal opportunity for an outstanding Head of Department or Advanced Skills Teacher to maintain close links with classroom practice whilst leading group-wide transformational change. Experience of leading rapid and sustainable improvement in an English department is essential. It is highly desirable for the successful candidate to have examiner experience (especially WJEC/EDUQAS), knowledge and understanding of the Ofsted inspection process, and be able to take a strategic lead on a day-to-day basis to respond to the particular needs and context of each academy. 

For an informal discussion about this position, please call Jane Marshall, Senior Director of English, on 07791 546409.

For more information and to apply for this position please visit our website at http://recruitment.deltatrust.org.uk

Closing Date:   Monday 21 October 2019 at 12 noon

Interviews will be held on Thursday 24 October 2019

Delta Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.

About Delta Academies Trust

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+44 345 1960033

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Delta Academies Trust is an exempt charity with its values drawn from the public sector and Directors appointed on a voluntary basis. We are one of the largest multi academy trusts in the North of England with a passion and drive to improve the education experience for all pupils and students regardless of where they live.

Delta operates as a single multi-academy sponsor and in that capacity is one employer across all the Academies which it sponsors.

Delta has a proven track record, as well as the educational expertise, capacity and experience to secure transformational change and sustainable academy improvement in the schools which it supports through sponsorship. It is currently responsible for the leadership and governance of a number of academies including infant, primary, secondary and free schools.

With a predecessor educational trust history going back to 2004, Delta, has an impressive record in school improvement and has established an organisation which provides a 21st Century model for collaboration within the public sector and is a ‘not for profit’ organisation with public accountability.

Due to the size of the Trust and the locations of our academies/schools, we're really well placed to offer all kinds of varied career paths. So, whether you're looking for the challenge of a new role, want to learn new skills, try a new location, or progress to bigger opportunities, we'd love to talk to you.

We provide the support and opportunities you may need to develop and its up to you to make the most of these, but we’ll help you with lots of learning opportunities, both informal and formal, designed to help you develop inside of work – and outside too.

Working for us is all about passion, and we have lots of people who are really passionate about what they do – teaching assistants, IT technicians, teachers, caterers, leaders and curriculum experts. We love it when our people get creative, muck in and have fun. Of course, we look for people who love learning, helping others to grow and care about the students and communities we serve.

We encourage all of the people who work for us to take ownership and do everything necessary to create a standout experience for our students.

Ask our people what they get up to day to day and they’ll all tell you how much they enjoy the variety, pace, and challenge of working in one of our academies, schools or Head Office. This flexibility isn’t just part of our working day – we understand that our people have lives, and want them to also enjoy their friends, family, hobbies and commitments outside of work.

Our academies offer safe and secure surroundings and the pleasure of working with great people. Working with our students and communities is pretty interesting too and you’ll play an essential role adding to their experience of education and also of Delta Academies Trust.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to the Trust by being a member of the Disability Confident scheme. This helps us to recruit and retain high quality, skills and hard working people from a wider talent pool.

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