Head of History
Copley Academy
Tameside
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR2d (£3570)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Summer term 2022
- Apply by:
- 9 February 2022
Job overview
Stalybridge, Greater Manchester
Copley Academy is part of Great Academies Education Trust
Age Range: 11-16 NOR: 630
Head of Department for History
MPS/UPS + TLR 2d £3570 Permanent
Start Date Easter – 25th April 2022
Copley Academy is a rapidly improving school. Our December 2021 Ofsted report describes the “great strides” that leaders have made and praises the “high aspirations” for students and the “broad and ambitious” curriculum. Most importantly, the report also says that students are “happy and proud” to attend the Academy.
We are looking to appoint an exceptional candidate to lead our History department through the next exciting phase of our development
Working closely with colleagues in the department and across the academy, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead curriculum planning, teaching and learning at KS3 and KS4, embedding challenge for all and ensuring all students make exceptional progress. There will also be the opportunity to grow as a leader through a dedicated CPD package, that will equip the post holder for further future progression.
The successful candidate will have:
• Outstanding teaching and interpersonal skills
• A strong academic background with the ability to teach to GCSE
• A demonstrable track record in leading student progress
• Evidence of impact using quality first teaching
• Evidence of ambition and a commitment to continuing professional development
• The desire to maximise the performance of all students and the very best progress for all
The post is suitable for an experienced Head of Department or a successful teacher/ leader who has a proven track record, seeking an opportunity to work in a professional and highly purposeful environment within a culture where we want all our students to succeed.
Great Academies Education Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and the successful candidate will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please visit our website www.copleyacademy.org.uk for an online application pack or you can apply through the TES online apply facility. Alternatively, please contact the Academy on 0161 338 6684.
Please return your completed application form to mail@copleyacademy.org.uk post to Copley Academy, Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, SK15 3RR.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 9th February 2022 at 4pm
Interviews will be held on: Week commencing 14th February 2022
Attached documents
About Copley Academy
We have been officially rated as a GOOD school by Ofsted (June 2024). You can read the report by clicking here.
Our Aims
The Copley aims, produced and developed by our staff, are meant to be practical and constructive. They are aims to be used. Our aims are referred to constantly in planning for our future. They demonstrate our belief that a school should actively promote positive moral values in everything it does.
The aims attempt to describe how life at Copley should be lived by all the people who work here - children and adults. This emphasis on the quality of everyday experience at Copley is the necessary foundation for achievement - in public examinations and in the development of responsible and active young people.
At Copley we believe in:
The right of everyone to be happy.
The need for everyone to respect each other.
The need for everyone to have self-respect.
The right of everyone to learn and develop.
The need for everyone to help each other.
We try hard to put them in to practice.
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