Director of Post 16 Education
Spencer Academies Trust
Nottinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- L15-L22
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter or September 2022
- Apply by:
- 3 February 2022
Job overview
Director of Post 16 Education
5 Point Range between L15 – L22. Negotiable based on experience
Start date: Easter or September 202w
With the opportunity to influence and impact on the futures of around 1200 Post 16 students across six of our eight academies and to ensure the best possible destinations for all of our students leaving Year 13 each year, this an exciting new post for a high performing, medium sized trust based in the East Midlands.
We are looking for a dynamic, committed and innovative leader to support the Secondary Director of Education and Academy Principals in providing leadership and strategic direction to Post 16, careers and employability at SAT, working closely with leads of those areas at individual academy level.
This is a new post for our Trust and embodies our commitment to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to both thrive and succeed.
The successful candidate will:
- Secure rapid and sustainable improvement in KS5 outcomes across the Trust
- Widen our Post 16 offer to best meet the needs of our students, including exploring T-levels
- Build sixth form capacity in leadership and support at all levels
- Target high quality curriculum and pedagogical approaches to post 16 learning, providing high quality sixth form focused CPD for staff
- Maximise our careers, information and guidance offer across all our academies to ensure the very highest quality destinations for all our learners.
- Have the appetite to achieve challenging targets for high standards of Post 16 progress and attainment across and beyond every Academy is essential.
- Outward facing and enjoy working with a range of leaders in a variety of schools.
The Post holder will also be expected to contribute more widely to the Trust Executive Team
SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2500 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 16 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission:
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision:
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
- All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
- Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
- We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.”
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
To apply please complete the online application form available at: http://vacancies.spenceracademiestrust.co.uk/
In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview.
Closing date: 9am Thursday 3rd February 2022
Interviews week commencing 7th February 2022
Our adverts do sometimes close early, even where there’s a published deadline – and so if you’re keen, please apply as soon as practically possible.
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer
Attached documents
About Spencer Academies Trust
- Spencer Academies Trust
- Arthur Mee Road, Stapleford
- Nottingham
- NG9 7EW
- United Kingdom
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