Head of English
Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
Stockton-on-Tees
- Expired
- Salary:
- L7-11
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required from September 2017
- Apply by:
- 10 March 2017
Job overview
Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth aims to give children a first-class education and an excellent start in life. Having recently joined the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, we are rapidly improving the school and ensuring a strong emphasis on raising standards, securing academic achievement and raising aspiration. You can help us deliver this transformation and become part of an enthusiastic team building a bright future for its community in the market town of Stockton-on-Tees.
We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and highly effective Head of English to lead a thriving Department. This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated and inspiring subject specialist with exceptional communication and management skills to lead our dedicated and well-qualified team. An excellent knowledge and understanding of the subject is essential. You must possess the skills and determination to make a significant difference to the lives of our students.
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 Outwood Grange Family of Schools offers:
- the opportunity to work and progress across the Family of Schools;
- the chance to apply for leadership roles in the Deeps working across the whole Academy;
- the support and expertise of our Directors of English working across the Family of Schools;
- a full and detailed programme of support and development for all, and
- a further comprehensive programme of professional development provided through the Outwood Institute of Education.
If you care about the success of your students and colleagues, and have the energy and determination to make that success a reality, we would welcome your application.
We welcome any requests from candidates wishing to visit the Academy.
For further information and to apply, please go to: www.outwood.com >Vacancies. Alternatively, you can contact the Acting Business Manager directly by email: s.harrington@bishopsgarth.outwood.com or telephone: 01642 586262.
Closing date: Midday on Friday, 10 March 2017.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.
Attached documents
About Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
- Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
- Harrowgate Lane, Bishopsgarth
- Stockton-on-Tees
- TS19 8TF
- United Kingdom
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Head of School: Jason Rhodes
We are an 11-16, Ofsted Good rated academy based in the market town of Stockton-on-Tees, in vibrant County Durham and have been a part of the Outwood family of schools since 2016.
We are proud that Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth is rated Good by Ofsted and are delighted that in its report, Ofsted noted ‘the school is being rapidly transformed through the highly effective actions of leaders and the trust’.
As part of this transformation, we aim to innovate with a knowledge-rich curriculum, designed to personalise learning for every student, helping them to reach their potential.
We serve the local community and aim to give its children an excellent start in life by giving them a first-class education. As a smaller school we know all our students, their strengths and how to get the very best out of them.
We have won numerous awards as a school and we have been accredited with the prestigious IQM Award, in addition to being an IQM Centre of Excellence, which highlights that inclusion at all levels is of paramount importance to us. We are also proud to have been awarded Silver Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.
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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