Director of Learning – Intervention and Assessment
Pakefield High School
Suffolk
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 23 April 2017
Job overview
Following a recent staffing restructure and curriculum review, Pakefield High School is pleased to be recruiting for the above position.
Pakefield students require staff who are:
- kind and caring,
- mature and sensible in their actions,
- empathetic and understanding,
- committed to their job and can be relied upon
- firm but not too strict,
- staff who have good ideas about making school fun and safe and like working with young people.
We are seeking to recruit to this key post in our new staffing structure. The successful candidate will join our Extended Leadership Team in leading, shaping and implementing excellent practice to ensure students are given the best possible educational experience. The Directors of Learning will work with the new Senior Leadership Team in creating an environment which encourages innovation and challenges existing practice in striving for continual improvement. It is essential that all Directors of Learning work together to share best practice and support new ideas that ensure our young people have the ability to achieve educationally, socially and personally and are in the best possible position to continue with their lives beyond High School. The Director of Learning (Assessment & Intervention) will have the status, profile and influence to ensure that best assessment and intervention practice is adopted throughout the school. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will have a clear vision for the use of assessment data to influence and inform teaching and learning practice coupled with the ambition to contribute to whole-school leadership. The job description for this position can be found on our website - www.pakefield.org.uk - along with the application form, an applicant brochure and a letter from the Headteacher. We welcome applicants with a range of experiences and will expect the successful candidate to influence and motivate others via their own excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
Closing Date for applications 24th April 2017
Pakefield is an oversubscribed 11-16 High School with 900 students on roll.
Please return application forms to Mrs Natasha Hunt, HR Officer, Pakefield High School, London Road, Pakefield, Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 7AQ. Tel: (01502) 530750 Email: recruitment@pakefield.org.uk
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks required for relevant posts.
About Pakefield High School
Pakefield High School is a newly-opened secondary school located in the town of Lowestoft, Suffolk. First opened in 2011, the school was formed following a large reorganisation of schools in the local area, with Pakefield High School initially inheriting the buildings of a former middle school. Later, the school moved onto a brand new purpose-built site, with capacity for around 900 students aged 11-16, average-sized for a school of this type. The school is co-educational, and offers a small amount of off-site provision for pupils with specific educational needs.
Headteacher
Mr Anthony Walker
Values and Vision
Pakefield High School works hard in order to fulfil its comprehensive ethos, achieving this by offering a wide-ranging and engaging curriculum, along with proper recognition of the needs of individual students. The school provides guidance for older pupils in Key Stage 4 as to the kinds of options they have available to them post-16, be it further education or employment. The personal development of pupils is also carefully considered, with their social and emotional intelligence, as well as work ethic, going hand-in-hand with academic achievement.
Ofsted
“Pupils are making good progress and achieving well because they are taught well and their attitudes to learning are good. They enjoy the well-developed practical tasks provided in most lessons to help them learn. Teaching assistants provide skilled support to individual and small groups of pupils, often those who have additional needs or are at risk of falling behind, to ensure they move forward in their learning.”
The full report into Pakefield High School can be found here.
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