Lead Practitioner – English
Harborne Academy
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- L1 – L7 (£39,862 - £46,310)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020 (or sooner if possible)
- Apply by:
- 19 September 2019
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, outstanding practitioner to join the English leadership team to secure teaching and learning to outstanding across the department. We are keen to consider applications from ambitious and successful English teachers looking to fast track their career with three or more years teaching experience and a track-record of high achievement and innovative practice.
You must have a love for English, enthusiasm, excellent teaching skills, the ability to work collaboratively with more senior team members as well as strong coaching skills and a keen desire share ideas and improve standards to make a real difference.
You will need the drive to raise aspiration and enthusiasm across KS3 and KS4.
Harborne Academy can offer:
- Excellent professional development opportunities
- A friendly and supportive learning environment
- Well behaved and self-motivated students who want to learn
- Excellent student/staff relationships
- A strong leadership team
- A team ethos
For more information about working at Harborne Academy, please visit our website https://microsites.hays.co.uk/jobs/harborne-academy/index.htm
For more information and to apply, please contact Paul Hunt at Hays Education
T: 0121 236 4476
M: 07921 583 731
E: harborneacademy@hays.com
Closing date: midday on Friday 20th September 2019
Harborne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure will be requested in the event of an individual being offered the position.
About Harborne Academy
Headteacher's Message
I am extremely honoured to be the Headteacher at Harborne Academy. Having been here as the Deputy Headteacher since 2017 and now as the Headteacher I have been part of an amazing team of staff, students, parents and governors who all work tirelessly to ensure that Harborne Academy is a positive, welcoming and successful place for students and staff.
Harborne Academy students have access to brilliant teaching and a wealth of fantastic extracurricular experiences from the moment they start in Year 7 to when they leave us in Year 11, ready to start the next chapter of their education. We are enormously proud of our past students many of whom come back and share their new lives with us.
It is my belief that as educators we have the best job in the world and we have a responsibility to ensure that the students in our care are not only safe, happy and learning at school, but are equipped to leave here and face the challenges of the modern world. To be proud of where they come from, to be able to voice their opinions, while listening and accepting that others may be different, to be respectful, courteous and curious.
We place literacy and a love of reading at the heart of our curriculum and have a fantastic library and cosy reading room to support our students to read in a comfortable environment. We make sure that students are nurtured to reach their full academic potential with support for those who need it and we offer an ambitious and challenging curriculum to stretch our students and ensure high aspirations. We are lucky to have the University of Birmingham on our doorstep and we take full advantage of the opportunities they can offer our students through mentoring and lectures to stretch our most able students.
The academy values the arts and invests within these faculties through their facilities, equipment and staffing. One of our investments is in the Hippodrome Education Network (HEN) which allows us to provide our students exposure to professional workshops, as well as live action shows at the theatre, and a cultural capital that can rival any other. As a result, the Performing Arts faculty is going from strength to strength and students’ talents are showcased in a variety of performances throughout the year, including a musical extravaganza in the summer term. The Creative Arts faculty is not left behind with our new kiln allowing us to offer our very popular pottery lessons. Students can also now enjoy 3D Design in the curriculum and have access to a laser cutter and 3D printer within the Design Technology department.
Alongside all of this, there are state-of-the-art facilities available including a gym, sports hall, 3G pitch, which are regularly used by all students for lessons and enrichment sessions.
Enrichment forms the fabric of academy life and is well-embedded within our calendar with events including ‘Arts Week’, ‘STEM Fortnight’, and our Humanities Department celebrates a variety of events across the year. Our programme of careers education is embedded from Year 7. You can keep up to speed with all of our activities by following our social media accounts.
We have very high expectations at Harborne Academy and it is my aim to ensure that we work in partnership with our parents and carers to ensure the very best possible outcomes for every child. If there is anything that we can do to support, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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