Head of Sixth Form
Future Academies Watford
Hertfordshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR 1a (£8,290)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2022
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2022
Job overview
THE ROLE
In this role, you will lead and inspire our students who enjoy working with a team of dedicated Sixth Form Tutors and a Sixth Form Welfare and Attendance Officer.
We will look to you to provide strong leadership and management, and ensure high quality student intervention which results in high student standards and achievement.
WHO YOU ARE
The successful candidate will have an excellent record of accomplishment in Sixth Form teaching and University preparation.
You will be a talented teacher and dynamic pastoral leader. You will be forward thinking in your approaches to development, change and improvement; we are developing an academic culture where the highest standards are expected of staff and students in line with the Future Academies belief system.
As the successful applicant, you will have:
- A strong academic record with a degree from a leading university in your subject area
- Great passion for your subject with high cultural literacy to deliver sophisticated lessons and continue to raise teaching standards
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- The ambition and determination we expect from all of our staff to continue striving for excellence
- The enthusiasm and energy required to work with the children and young people in our schools
- An unwavering belief in the power of education to change lives, as per our trust’s motto, libertas per cultum (freedom through education). We expect all teachers to share in, and feel empowered by, this concept
WHO WE ARE
Future Academies Watford is set in leafy Hertfordshire, is well connected with many transport links and a short train journey away from the centre of London.
We are part of Future Academies, a Multi-Academy Trust which includes three primary schools and seven secondary schools in and around London and Hertfordshire. We are motivated by a mission of social change and reducing educational inequality. We are unique in our approach to a knowledge-rich curriculum; our school motto is libertas per cultum (freedom through education), and in our strong emphasis on raising young people’s aspirations and outcomes through the teaching of classical and traditional subjects. Our children and young people study a bespoke curriculum developed by researchers at our Curriculum Centre, which places a focus on developing their cultural literacy and their awareness of the forces, words and events that have shaped our society today.
THE BENEFITS
- The chance to make a difference to children’s and young people’s lives. Future Academies is of the belief that all children have the right to enriching education through a knowledge-rich and child-centric approach.
- Fast career progression. Because knowledge and intelligence, rather than length of service, are lauded and rewarded at Future Academies, teachers and support staff can quickly take up great responsibility, adding to their already exceptional experience and knowledge, joining the SLT or writing for the Trust’s Curriculum Centre, where our in-house textbooks are produced.
- Excellent CPD. The Trust is knowledge-centric and encourages CPD at all levels with excellent opportunities for swift career progression, within the Academy and Trust. This includes Leadership Development opportunities.
- Knowledge-rich staff team. You will be working with a supportive leadership team, cohesive staff body, and very purposeful environment with excellent resources. Being part of a Trust of schools enables you to share knowledge across a wider range of educational professionals.
HOW TO APPLY
If you are interested in applying for the post of Head of Sixth Form at Future Academies Watford, please click on the Apply button to complete an online application form.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Closing date: 9am on 31st January 2022
Future Academies reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date.
Future Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Attached documents
About Future Academies Watford
- Future Academies Watford
- Horseshoe Lane, Garston, Watford
- Hertfordshire
- WD25 7HW
- United Kingdom
Your opportunity
As part of Future Academies Watford, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming the lives of children. With regular progression opportunities and excellent CPD for all staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career. Our aim is to help you achieve your ambitions more quickly.
We offer appropriate support and training as well as excellent opportunities for professional development. We are also able to offer additional remuneration for an exceptional candidate, with the possibility of some management responsibility if appropriate.
What we are looking for
We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming the education of our students, and help to create exceptional opportunities for learning for all our young people.
About Future Academies Watford
Future Academies Watford is set in leafy Hertfordshire, is well connected with many transport links and a short train journey away from the centre of London.
We are part of Future Academies, a Multi-Academy Trust which includes three primary schools and seven secondary schools in and around London and Hertfordshire. We are motivated by a mission of social change and reducing educational inequality. We are unique in our approach to a knowledge-rich curriculum; our school motto is libertas per cultum (freedom through education), and in our strong emphasis on raising young people’s aspirations and outcomes through the teaching of classical and traditional subjects.
Why work at Future Academies Watford?
Our staff often refer to their departments and the wider staff as ‘a family’.
We also take workload issues seriously and we believe our Academy does more than any other to help staff maintain a sustainable and joyful life/work balance.
We provide a safe, caring and challenging environment for learning, committed to the development of every student as an individual. We understand that while students have different gifts and talents we have a strong belief that everyone can be Great.
All staff benefit from high quality continuing professional development opportunities and there is a comprehensive Induction programme for NQTs
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. We are fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.
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