Lead Practitioner - Geography or History

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced teacher ready for the next steps or a current Lead Practitioner. The successful candidate will be an experienced teacher looking for their next step in their career, who embrace challenge and value changing lives in an area of high deprivation, a dedicated professional who values align to our commitments to arts, culture and creativity and the world beyond school, a strategic thinker who can turn policy into practice and evidence impact across key school improvement areas, a caring and empathetic leader who cares about enriching the lives of students and supporting and developing colleagues, someone with a high level of commitment to Safeguarding and Staff Wellbeing and someone with a sense of humour who will further enhance our teaching & learning team.

You will be joining a group of 13 successful schools serving approximately 4000 children from nursery through to 19 years of age as part of the Central Regions Schools Trust, founded by the RSA. Gospel Oak School in Tipton (West Midlands) is an oversubscribed and expanding 11-19 school with 1275 students (including Sixth Form). The school is highly aspirational, boasting fantastic facilities for both students and staff.

Job Description

As a Lead Practitioner, you will:

• Lead the strategy through the explicit teaching, support DLS/ADLS and subject teams in identifying timely curriculum opportunities where they can support children to develop key language skills
• Support ALL staff through CPD to make best opportunity to strengthen pupils’/students’ ability in Geography/History including;
• becoming inquisitive learners that can question why/how
• being able to solve problems by applying logical thinking
• Support the Trust in our pursuit of social justice through exceptional schools.

Next steps

If you are excited by this role and believe you have the vision and values to fulfil this challenge, then please contact the HR department on recruitment@crst.org.uk or by calling us on 0121 556 1351. 

A visit to the School and an informal chat with the Principal is welcomed and encouraged prior to making your application.

Closing date: Thursday 11th April 2024 @ 10:00am