Head of Department - Modern Foreign Languages

Leadership, competitive

Bexleyheath Academy is a non-selective comprehensive situated in the heartland of Kent grammar schools. The school is currently in special measures but will not be there for long. The Executive Director for Bexleyheath Academy joined in March 2019 and was previously responsible for the turnaround at Harris Academy Battersea. 

Under his leadership, the school moved from special measures to outstanding and rose from bottom in Wandsworth to become one of the only schools in England to record a Progress 8 score of more than +1 in all three years of the measure. It also won the ‘Evening Standard School of the Year Award’ and was designated as a ‘World-Class’ in 2018. Bexleyheath is at the start of the same journey and is actively seeking passionate and dedicated teachers who will join this fight to ensure that our students go on to lead remarkable lives. We have students from all walks of life and will give each of them, no matter how difficult their start, access to every walk of life. 

As a Head of Department, you will be pivotal in redefining what is possible for the students within our care. You will be excellent in your classroom practice and be able to lead others in their own pursuit of excellence. You will also provide clarity, structure and vision for a group of staff who are committed to making Bexleyheath Academy one of the highest-performing schools in Kent. We are not a competitive school of individual superstars; we are a fiercely determined collective group of staff who will always work together to ensure the best outcomes for the students.  

In terms of the broader school, we recognise that teaching is a demanding career and it is our aim to make sure that staff who have chosen to join the profession are as well supported as they can be. We have a zero tolerance approach to anything that interrupts the learning in a classroom and our central team deals with all behaviour issues, non-completion of homework, phone-calls and detentions to make sure that teachers are as free as possible to do the three things that matter most: mark, plan and teach. 

Any position in education is inevitably laden with values and ideals and we are a school built on a shared ownership of these. We wish to give our students the very best start that we can in life and, through hard work and determination, we hope that these values and ideals start to take shape as something recognisable in the futures that we help build.

Should you wish to find out more about what we do or would like to talk to the Executive Director directly, then please feel free to do so using dmoody@academiesenterprisetrust.org. We are always open to visitors at any point. 

Closing date: Monday 29 April 2019

Academies Enterprise Trust

Academies Enterprise Trust is formed of 62 schools, both primary, secondary and special across the UK.  Our mission is to gather and motivate inspirational people committed to delivering an excellent education that launches children into remarkable lives. Our values are to be unusually brave; discover what’s possible; push the limits and to big-hearted in all of our efforts.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.  All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV’s

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty. 

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