Lead Practitioner, Teaching & Learning
The Quest Academy
Croydon
- £44,128 - £56,154 per year
- New
- Salary:
- TCT 4 - 14 + TLR D
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2026
- Apply by:
- 14 May 2026
Job overview
We are seeking an exceptional practitioner to join our established team of Lead Practitioners at The Quest Academy, with the scope and ability to drive rapid, meaningful improvements in pedagogical practice across the school.
This is a transformational role, designed for an outstanding classroom practitioner who is passionate about the craft of teaching and committed to raising the quality of education for every student. Our Lead Practitioners provide training, coaching, and modelling for colleagues — translating evidence-informed practice into everyday classroom reality.
You may be an experienced teacher with a strong track record in delivering and refining high-quality instruction. You may have a particular interest in curriculum design, assessment, oracy, or inclusive pedagogy. Whatever your current role, this position offers an exciting opportunity to extend your impact beyond your own classroom and help shape the culture of teaching and learning across a dynamic and ambitious secondary school.
In this role, you will work alongside the Deputy Principal: Quality of Education and the Central Trust Team to engage in — and help shape — the school's Teaching and Learning strategy. You will model exemplary practice, lead professional development, support colleagues through coaching and structured observation cycles, and contribute to the school's evidence-informed approach to continuous improvement.
With a strong focus on collaboration, research-informed practice, and student-centred approaches, the Lead Practitioner for Teaching and Learning will build positive professional relationships across the school community to ensure that every learner benefits from the highest quality teaching every day.
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About The Quest Academy
At The Quest Academy we maintain a calm and positive learning environment where students are focused and engaged.
We believe in providing the broadest and richest educational experience, with a highly developed cultural curriculum offer including numerous trips and visits, a wide range of clubs and societies, sports fixtures and a thriving Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme.
All staff are provided with the necessary tools and conditions to flourish. These tools are wide ranging and include essentials such as robust behaviour systems which ensure disruption free learning, no requirement for book marking, modern facilities and the support of Subject Team Leaders and the Collegiate Trust Education Team.
Further to this, all teachers benefit from our innovative Professional Development Programme which consists of:
· Regular, weekly CPD (2 x 45 minute slots on a Monday)
· 1 hour every fortnight of additional non-contact time specifically to implement pedagogical improvement (for example observing colleagues, engaging in reading etc.)
· 1-1 coaching for all teachers
· An Appraisal system driven by staff engagement with pedagogical development through your Professional Development Journal and bespoke Inquiry Question
· NPQs and Masters programmes available to all staff.
We are also very fortunate to occupy a stunning 17-million-pound building with extensive grounds which we moved into in 2014. We have also invested in nearly one million pounds of cutting-edge IT equipment to support all aspects of Academy life.
The Academy is committed to ensuring that each student succeeds academically and personally. Our motto, Learning Changes Lives reflects our belief in the importance of our work. We are committed to making sure that every student makes outstanding progress. We have high expectations of every student, offer the best quality teaching and insist on the highest standards of behaviour and respect.
Strong moral values underpin the ethos of The Quest Academy. We welcome students from a wide range of backgrounds and expect all families to value and support the moral values at the heart of all aspects of life at the Academy. We foster understanding, tolerance and mutual respect whilst producing confident, capable and respectful young people. At all times, we aim to create an environment that nurtures and develops:
· Integrity
· Kindness
· Compassion
· Courage
· Respect
· Generosity
· Tolerance
· A life-long love of learning
These values make the Academy a positive and inclusive community in which all students feel safe, valued and part of the family.
Quest6, our Sixth Form, provides a positive, rich and innovative learning environment where every student can achieve excellence in all that they do, in the classroom and beyond it. We offer a wide range of enrichment activities to extend learning in a range of contexts and promote leadership, teamwork, reflection, confidence and high self-esteem.
You can find out more information about The Quest Academy on our website:
The Quest Academy | Part of The Collegiate Trust
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