Leader of Performing Arts (Drama Specialist)
Bruntcliffe Academy
Leeds
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR2B (£4,398)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 9 May 2017
Job overview
Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, Bruntcliffe Academy will ensure that students receive an outstanding education that focuses on aspiration, high expectations and personalisation. Together these non-negotiable values will instil in young people a self-belief that enables students to access the highest standard of higher educational provision and employment. We believe that poverty and deprivation should in no way limit either the quality of a young person’s educational experience or the levels of achievement to which those students are able to rise.
We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic and inspirational Leader of Performing Arts with a specialism in Drama to join Bruntcliffe Academy from September 2017, ensuring that it becomes a truly outstanding establishment.
From September 2015, Bruntcliffe Academy has become part of the GORSE Academies Trust which is led by Sir John Townsley. The Trust is a vibrant and forward thinking teaching community which places all students, and in particular those who come from the most challenging backgrounds, at the centre of its work. The Trust has two outstanding secondary schools, The Morley Academy and The Farnley Academy, an 11-16 Free School - The Ruth Gorse Academy, and the largest Post-16 Free School in the country, Elliott Hudson College. Hillcrest Academy (Ofsted Outstanding), Ryecroft Academy and Morley Newlands Academy are the primary schools within the Trust. The Trust also includes two Teaching Schools, providing leadership development and initial teacher training and the opportunity to be involved in innovative and exciting teaching and learning opportunities.
The successful candidate will benefit from a comprehensive Induction Programme. We promise to:
- Challenge you
- Inspire you
- Develop you
- Value you
- Support you
- Reward you
An application pack is available to download direct from our website at www.tgat.org.uk/jobs or by email to recruitment@bruntcliffe.leeds.sch.uk
For further information about the Academy, please visit our website http://www.bruntcliffe.leeds.sch.uk
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 10th May 2017 1pm
Interviews are expected to take place on w/b 15th May 2017.
Bruntcliffe Academy is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, and applicants will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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About Bruntcliffe Academy
- Bruntcliffe Academy
- Bruntcliffe Lane, Morley, Leeds
- West Yorkshire
- LS27 0LZ
- United Kingdom
Bruntcliffe Academy is an increasingly popular 11-16 comprehensive school with approximately 1000 students on roll. The school is situated in Morley which is on the outskirts of the thriving city of Leeds, with a very good motorway access to all areas of the north of England and beyond.
The school joined the highly successful GORSE Academies Trust which has a national reputation for its excellence in 2015. Since this time, the academy has been on an upward trajectory in all aspects of its work. Bruntcliffe Academy in 2018 received a Good judgement from Ofsted, with Outstanding grades for Teaching and Learning, Leadership and Management and also Personal Development. Student outcomes have increased significantly and in 2019 student outcomes were placed in the top 13% of schools nationally.
A collection of like-minded individuals, members of staff all choose to work at Bruntcliffe Academy because they believe in making a difference to young people’s lives. Members of staff work collaboratively across the academy as well as in Partnership with colleagues from across The GORSE Academies Trust to develop new and innovative approaches around teaching that will inspire students and cultivate a lifelong love of learning.
Bruntcliffe Academy is typified by students who enjoy learning; you will find the students to be polite, well-mannered and respectful at all times mirroring our high expectations of them. Bruntcliffe Academy believes that every day matters when positively shaping student’s futures. We invest heavily in student experience as we believe that
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