Lead Practitioner English
Fazakerley High School
Liverpool
- Expired
- Salary:
- £43,355.00 - £47,941.00
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 February 2020
Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting challenge and the chance to develop skills for a future career as a Senior Leader?
Do you have the vision to help develop and grow teaching and learning with a team of enthusiastic and talented staff?
Fazakerley High School is a co-educational secondary school located in the Fazakerley area of Liverpool. It is a community school administered by Liverpool City Council.
The school is currently facing many challenges but the leadership team is totally committed to continual improvement and working towards obtaining an improved Ofsted result, amongst other goals.
At Fazakerley High School, we are ambitious for all our students. It is our fervent belief that the curriculum is central to preparing our young people not only for academic success, but also in creating aspirational, responsible and tolerant citizens for the future.
We believe that a strong school curriculum can help address social disadvantage and has the potential to transform the local community.
The School Improvement Plan 2020-2021 focuses on key areas:
- Robust monitoring of attendance enable pupils and families to take responsibility for school attendance leading to attendance levels above the national average for all groups of pupils.
- A broad and balanced curriculum is developed to ensure we have the right intent, impact and implementation for all pupils at all levels; it is understood by all and ambitiously delivered to ensure all pupils achieve.
- Pupils are proud of Fazakerley High School and can self-regulate their behaviour both in and out of school creating calm and orderly environment. These high standards are supported to ensure exceptional behaviour, high levels of understanding and respect for all.
- High quality CPD and line management enable Middle Leaders to be highly visible, develop a coherent vision and challenge and support staff to meet the highest possible standards in all areas.
We are looking for a candidate to ensure all pupils make good and better progress by ensuring the highest quality learning and leadership of learning across the school with a particular focus on raising attainment and developing teaching in English.
We want to ensure our pupils have unparalleled opportunities to explore these areas in creative and exciting ways, ensuring the rigour of these subjects both in and out of the classroom. Our quality of education is led by a Deputy Head who is committed to driving improvement in innovative and supportive ways ensuring all staff have real opportunities to develop in the profession. The successful candidate will work in the English department and beyond, supporting real deep change and sustainable practice in the school.
Send completed application forms to the Headteacher’s PA, lyn.doyle@fazakerleyhigh.org
Closing date for applications is Friday 21st February 2020
Fazakerley High School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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About Fazakerley High School
Located in Liverpool, Merseyside, Fazakerley High School is a small secondary school with its own sixth form. The school has around 800 pupils aged 11-18 in a co-educational setting, and has maintained its independent sixth form since 2012. The school also has an economically diverse catchment area, a fact reflected in the school’s student intake. The school is able to boast of a range of sports facilities, including its own playing fields, dance studio and a dedicated sports centre.
Headteacher
Miss Heather Duggan
Values and Vision
Fazakerley High School works hard to ensure that its pupils are treated as individuals, and have their personal learning needs met. To this end, the school offers a wide-ranging curriculum, particularly in sixth form, offering a series of different A-level and BTEC courses, as well as some level 2 courses for students looking to add to their qualifications from lower school. Aside from its academic commitments, Fazakerley High School also tries to create a strong sense of community in and around the school, and to encourage the spiritual, moral, cultural and social development of their pupils as well as their academic abilities.
Ofsted
“When students join the school in Year 7, individual starting points are usually well below the national average. However, students achieved broadly average GCSE results in Year 11 in 2012. Although the proportion of students gaining five or more A* to C grades including English and mathematics fell slightly, they were in line with national averages.”
The full report into Fazakerley High School can be found here.
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