Head of Maths
Ark William Parker Academy
Hastings, East Sussex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Outside London Ark MPS (£23,486 - £34,328) / UPS (£36,823 - £39,596) plus TLR
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 23 April 2018
Job overview
Come and join a team to really make a difference……
Giving you the support and training you need to make an impact. We are excited to receive applications from candidates with or without leadership experience. Do you dare for greatness?
Ark William Parker is an all boys’ school with a strong history in the local community and a bright future ahead. We are working hard to give all our pupils an excellent education and are looking for a committed Head of Maths to join us at this exciting stage in our academy improvement journey. As the head of department, you will develop and lead an exciting curriculum which enables the highest level of pupil progress and attainment. There will also be potential opportunity to teach at KS5.
Ideal candidates will:
- be an outstanding practitioner, with a strong commitment to the highest standards for teaching and learning
- have a commitment to our academy improvement process
- the potential to be an exceptional leader, and a growth mindset
- have a proven track record of raising attainment in a challenging classroom environment
- have a resilient character and a strong personal drive
- understand the difference that a great education can make to pupils
Ark William Parker is looking for strong middle leaders who seek the opportunity to be part of school transformation and, in doing so, gain advancement to senior leadership positions within William Parker or other network schools.
We offer opportunities to take leadership of a whole school project alongside your middle leadership role, Support with the NPQSL or other agreed leadership training and associate membership of the senior leadership team as a professional development opportunity, alongside other benefits.
We regularly review our practices to ensure that teachers can concentrate on teaching and pupils on learning. This includes a rigorous behaviour policy where every member of the school community takes responsibility for their actions.
Support and professional development is a priority at Ark William Parker. We have coaching and collaboration which means that your practice is constantly developed, alongside weekly training sessions that are tailored to you.
As a teacher at Ark William Parker Academy, you will be part of Ark, an international charity and one of the UK's most successful multi-academy trusts, with a network of 35 schools in 4 locations across the country. Benefits of being part of the Ark network include:
- A salary 2.5% higher than the main scale teacher salaries
- Twice as many training days as standard and network-wide events with Ark colleagues, held by the best minds in education
Visit our website for more information on the school. For an informal, confidential discussion, please contact our Resources Manager, Amanda Ransom on 01424 448237 or hr@arkwilliamparker.org.
Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Closing Date: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Interviews: Friday 4th May 2018
Attached documents
About Ark William Parker Academy
Ark William Parker Academy is an all-boys' secondary school in Hastings. The school joined the Ark network in September 2013, along with its sister school, Ark Helenswood Academy. The two schools have a joint sixth form - Ark 6th Form East Sussex.
Ark William Parker is a church school with a Christian ethos and is proud to be a part of the network of church schools in the Chichester Diocese. The school’s rich history and many traditions are based on Christian values and our church school status is very important to us.
With a strong history and a bright future – working at Ark William Parker is about more than being part of a school, it is about being part of a community. At Ark William Parker, professional development and progression is built into the very fabric of the staff body – the school gives extensive and meaningful support to staff members who wish to gain further professional qualifications such as the NPQSL. As well as twice as many training days as standard, staff also have access to one dedicated CPD session per week and further staff training every Wednesday. Strong line management and a culture of coaching and collaboration means that staff are constantly supported and developed
As a school, our focus is always on the best possible outcomes for our young people. That is why we are constantly reviewing our practices to ensure that teachers can concentrate on teaching and students on learning. This includes a rigorous behaviour policy that encourages every member of the school community to take responsibility for their actions.
Support with workload is built into everything we do. We run a four period day, instead of five allowing us to really offer our young people real depth in their subjects, whilst cutting down on administration for teachers – meaning you plan 20 lessons per week, not 25. The structure of our school day is designed to try and cut down on the amount of work teachers do at home and provide flexibility where possible.
Curriculum
All young people need an excellent command of English and Mathematics to ensure their success in all areas of the curriculum. To support this we dedicate extra time to these two areas: giving students additional support for literacy and numeracy where required.
In Key Stage 3 students will study core subjects in depth to allow students to secure firm foundations in English and Mathematics, so that they find the rest of the curriculum far easier to access. To fully support our students’ achievement in Mathematics, we follow the English and Mathematics Mastery Curriculum, a highly-effective curriculum and teaching approach endorsed by Ofsted.
Read our latest Ofsted report here.
We're looking for strong middle leaders to join our school. Find out more about unique and exciting opportunities at our school and get in touch now for more information - Middle leadership programme at Ark William Parker Academy.pdf
The Ark network
Ark William Parker Academy is part of Ark, an international charity transforming lives through education. Ark has 38 schools across the UK in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. Ark exists to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. Ark schools are all non-selective and in areas where they can make the biggest difference.
Read more about Ark: http://arkonline.org/
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