Head of English
Outwood Academy Acklam
Middlesbrough
- Expired
- Salary:
- L7 - L11
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 27 March 2023
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher of English looking for promotion or a new challenge in an Outstanding Trust? - Come and join our team at Outwood Academy Acklam, Middlesbrough!
Outwood Grange Academies Trust seeks applications from outstanding applicants with integrity, imagination and energy for this rewarding role.
This post is a key appointment in terms of enhancing and ensuring positive life chances for our students through success and achievement in this key area.
The person we are seeking to appoint will be dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated in making use of the state-of-the-art facilities our fantastic Academy buildings can offer, in order to develop the life chances of our young people through inspirational and successful English teaching.
If you are such a person we would be delighted to hear from you, and you would be very welcome to visit the Academy at any time.
If you would like to discuss the role with our Principal, Mr Skidmore, please contact his PA, Rebecca Galloway on r.galloway@acklam.outwood.com. For further information regarding the application process please contract Abbey Davies, HR Assistant, on a.davies@acklam.outwood.com
For more information and to apply online, please go to: www.outwood.com > Careers.
Closing date: Midday on 27 March 2023.
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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
About Outwood Academy Acklam
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Principal: Graham Skidmore
Outwood Academy Acklam became part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust in 2013 and strives to be an exemplar of best practice for schools across the North East of England. Outwood Academy Acklam is rated Good by Ofsted with Outstanding leadership and we are delighted to be based in the friendly North East town of Middlesbrough.
We are proud that in its report, Ofsted noted that ‘Staff morale is extremely high’ at the academy and that our staff ‘are proud to work at Outwood Academy Acklam’, and highlighted that our staff ‘say that senior leaders listen to and value their opinions.’
We are innovators with a knowledge-rich curriculum, designed to personalise learning for every student, helping them to reach their potential.
Our objective is to create well-rounded and successful citizens who deeply embrace British Values: respect for democracy and the rule of law, passion for individual liberty, a commitment to mutual respect, and tolerance for differing faiths and beliefs.
We aim to create an environment where every student leaves with an enquiring and open mind, ready to deal with all of life's challenges and engage with a diverse, thrilling and constantly changing world.
We have won numerous awards as a school and we are proud to have been awarded Gold Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award and Inclusion Centre of Excellence by IQM.
The Outwood Family of Schools pride ourselves on fully supporting colleagues within the Family both professionally and personally.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
As a founding Trust of the National Institute of Education (NIoT), we will actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education and NIoT to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all teaching staff receiving a minimum of two hours of CPD each week.
We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including family friendly policies, enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period, funded CPD for qualifications up to and including Masters level plus other exclusive benefits including a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.
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