Learning Director - English

Kingsthorpe College

Learning Director – English 

TLR 1b (£10,873)

(Start Date: April/September 2019)

Do you believe that everything is possible?

If so, Kingsthorpe College has an opportunity just for you.

Are you a passionate, reflective, and determined leader who wishes to work with a forward-looking and ambitious English department at an oversubscribed and high performing school?

Are you someone who enjoys being challenged and is not afraid to offer challenge?  Are you looking to join a school which is committed to developing innovative approaches to learning and teaching, and leadership and talent management?

Are you someone who does the right thing even when no-one is watching?

We are seeking to appoint an innovative and solution-focused Learning Director to lead all aspects of the English faculty. The successful candidate will be leading a very hardworking team that builds excellent relationships with students. The department is in a position where there is a need to reshape and refine the curriculum in order to translate our intent of excellence into everyday practice that leads to exemplary outcomes.  We are fully staffed with English specialists and are looking to recruit a forward-thinking leader who is well placed to develop and enhance the quality of teaching practice to support better outcomes, particularly the most-able students, and contribute to the flourishing English language and literature offers at Key Stage 5.

We are looking to appoint a Learning Director with a deep pedagogical understanding of the subject who will be supported and given the autonomy to make decisions in relation to assessment and the curriculum that allow all students to make excellent progress. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a solution-focused approach and will also need to have the essential leadership skills required to support the faculty through a period of transition. In return, we can offer the successful applicant the opportunity to work with a team of practitioners who are open to new ideas and are willing to take risks with their own teaching practice. We will also offer a bespoke leadership development programme which will be tailored to the post holder’s personal ambitions and needs, and will directly prepare them for senior leadership.

Kingsthorpe College is an oversubscribed 11-18 Academy with 1296 students on roll (200+ students Post 16). This is an exciting time for the College and the Trust as we go from strength to strength - OFSTED Good 2015; Section 8 OFSTED Inspections in September 2016 and June 2018 confirming the school remains Good; invited to become a Leading Edge school from April 2017 in recognition of our high performance.

At KC, we don’t value what we measure, we measure what we value.  For us, this is team work.

If you would like to join our team as the Learning Director of English, we would love to hear from you.

Application forms and further details can be downloaded from www.kingsthorpecollege.org.uk

For an informal visit to the College prior to application, please contact recruitment@kingsthorpecollege.org.uk or phone to speak to the Deputy Headteacher, Ben Baines.

The closing date for applications is Monday 4th February at 9am.

Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 11th February 2019. 

Please note that we will be reviewing applications as and when they are received from applicants so candidates may be called in for interview prior to this date.

Kingsthorpe College, Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton NN2 7HR Tel: 01604 716106 / email: recruitment@kingsthorpecollege.org.uk 

Kingsthorpe College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.