Lead Practitioner of English
St Matthew's RC High School
Manchester
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale L5 (£43,023) – L9 (£47,492)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required to start April 2017 or sooner if possible
- Apply by:
- 2 December 2016
Job overview
The governors seek to appoint an outstanding practitioner to join this highly motivated and hardworking department as Lead Practitioner.
St Matthew’s RC High School is seeking to appoint an outstanding practitioner to assist in raising standards in Teaching and Learning in the English department. This is a new role and has arisen due to the expansion of the current management structure within English after the recent appointment of our Director of Learning. Working as the Lead Practitioner – English, you will be able to quickly ascertain strengths and areas for development, in teaching and learning, across the department and be equipped to lead and support other members of staff to enable them to grow as practitioners. You will also be an outstanding practitioner who favours pedagogical innovation and takes meticulous risks, within the classroom, to ensure rapid progress for students. Although this role is primarily to lead on aspects of Teaching and Learning improvement, there will also be an opportunity for successful candidates to work alongside the Director of Learning in other key aspects of departmental leadership such as: data management; intervention coordination; quality assurance and lesson observations to provide the successful candidate with the pragmatic experience required for departmental leadership.
If you are intrigued by the prospect of the role and would excel within a thriving environment such as St. Matthew’s RC High School, please do not hesitate to contact Mr M Hewitt, Director of Learning, to discuss the role in more specific detail.
St Matthew’s RC High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to Enhanced Disclosure procedures.
Further details and an application form are available from our website at www.smrchs.com
Completed applications should be returned to Mrs Espley, PA to Headteacher, at contact@smrchs.com by the closing date of date Friday 2nd December, at 3.00 p.m.
Interviews will take place w/c Monday 5 December 2016.
Attached documents
About St Matthew's RC High School
- St Matthew's RC High School
- Nuthurst Road, Moston, Manchester
- Lancashire
- M40 0EW
- United Kingdom
St Matthew’s RC High School is a large 11-16 voluntary aided Catholic comprehensive school in North Manchester with an intake of 240 pupils each year.
We are proud to be a Catholic school and we place at the centre of all we do the Person of Christ and the tradition and teachings of the Church. Our school mission statement can be summed up very neatly in three words ‘Pray, Achieve and Care’ and these simple, but powerful words lie at the heart of all we do as a school community.
Our school is diverse and lively with a rich tradition of working closely with the community we serve and excellent relations with our partner primary schools and parishes. The strong, long standing links with partner primary schools and sixth form colleges, allow us to work well in supporting our pupils through key transitional points in their education.
As a school we are committed to engaging in the ongoing pursuit of excellence in all aspects of provision and the delivery of first class learning opportunities for all our pupils. The staff and Governors of the school are firmly committed to improving standards. We offer a wide curriculum choice that ensures that the vast majority of our pupils move successfully into further education, training or employment after year 11.
We are passionate about the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom and investment in staff development is paramount. We have a strong programme of training and development for all staff. We were awarded CPD mark accreditation in recognition of our staff development programme.
St Matthew’s is a member of the Manchester Catholic Education Partnership (MANCEP) and so has strong curriculum and pastoral links with the other Manchester Catholic High schools and Sixth form colleges. There is a joint training day each year, normally based on curriculum areas. We also have curriculum and pastoral links with a number of schools throughout Greater Manchester.
Our staff, both teaching and non teaching, is extremely professional, hardworking and very supportive of each other. There is a good balance of staff who have worked for many years at the school and others who have joined us more recently. Staff are actively encouraged to maintain a healthy work / life balance. A notable feature of the school is the number of former pupils who are now members of staff.
St. Matthew’s benefits from a modern school building with excellent equipment and facilities to support pupil learning and development during the school day and beyond. The school environment, curriculum and extra-curricular activities supports, fosters and inspires pupils to make every effort to achieve success at the highest level and provides opportunities for them to make a valuable contribution to the local, national and global community.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.