Learning Leader of History
Consett Academy
Consett, County Durham
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPR - UPR + TLR 2b (£4,447 pa)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 7 March 2018
Job overview
New College Durham Academies Trust comprises of two large Academies, Consett Academy and North Durham Academy, located some six miles apart in North West Durham. New College Durham, is our lead sponsor and both Academies are located in multi million pound new builds, offering unrivalled state of the art facilities for our students and communities in Consett and Stanley.
This is an exciting time to join us. Whilst the agenda is challenging, for the right individual this presents an unrivalled opportunity to make a real difference and a lasting contribution to our journey in becoming outstanding providers of education. We are committed to lifelong learning and can provide a bespoke CPD package to support your professional development.
Learning Leader – History MPR/UPR + TLR 2b (£4,447 pa)
Consett Academy are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic History teacher to drive forward sustained improvement in this crucial subject. With excellent curriculum knowledge, you should consistently model excellent practice and have students’ progress at the forefront of your teaching.
To maximise the potential of our students, you should be able to demonstrate previous experience of teaching A level History, with a track record of proven success at GCSE and A level. Whilst leadership experience is desirable, it is not essential, as first and foremost we need a consistently good or outstanding practitioner.
Additionally, the successful candidate will:
• Lead on standards and student outcomes for History
• Develop and sustain high quality teaching and learning throughout the subject area
• Ensure that the curriculum offering within the nominated Key Stage meets the needs of the students
• Lead on all aspects of the subject, keeping up to date with new and relevant information
• Lead good pedagogy practice, sharing it within the Humanities team and wider Directorate
• Ensure that the quality of lesson plans, the use of assessment and homework set are of the highest quality
• Ensure appropriate standards of behaviour are established and maintained
• Ensure that all aspects of student achievement are monitored and evaluated and this information is used to inform priorities and targets for improvement.
As an inspirational practitioner you will also have the opportunity to enthuse and share your expertise across the Trust, making full use of the superb facilities available to us in a state of the art new build campus.
To download an application pack, including job description, person specification and application form, please visit our website: http://www.consett-academy.org.uk/22/vacancies or email a request to HR@ncdat.org.uk
We value diversity and welcome applications from all representatives of the community. Completed applications should be emailed to: HR@ncdat.org.uk no later than Midnight Wednesday 7th March 2018.
Please do not attach copies of CV's/qualification certificates. Only the information detailed on the application form will be used as part of the short-listing process. Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
Applicants should assume they have been unsuccessful if we have not contacted them within 28 days of the post-closing.
Consett Academy is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and will undertake the appropriate employment checks to meet this commitment.
Attached documents
About Consett Academy
About Us
Connect Multi-Academy Trust is an ambitious Multi Academy Trust based in North Durham. The trust currently has 3 large secondary schools and 5 primary schools.
Our schools are at the heart of their local communities and strive to deliver on our founding principles of Inclusion, Progression and Excellence which supports a central vision of ‘Students First’.
The principle of inclusion provides opportunities for students of all abilities, aspirations and backgrounds and involving staff, governors, students and the wider community in determining the direction of our Trust. Our curriculums are broad and challenging, with the academic success of students at the heart of what we do.
To encourage progression, our schools provides effective advice and guidance. This enables learners to make informed and appropriate decisions for future study and employment, encouraging them to take on new challenges and reach higher levels of achievement.
The focus on excellence underpins all we do whether in learning areas, working in the community or governing and leading our schools.
The Trust recognises that safeguarding our children and young people is core to all our activities, and we expect all staff, volunteers and wider stakeholders to share this commitment.
Our Aims are:
· To ensure our schools are centres of excellence with a focus on the nurture and achievement of all their members;
· To promote mutual support, encouragement and benefit between our academies;
· To develop, as the core foundation of academic achievement, a strong culture of professional development amongst our staff;
· To celebrate and maintain the unique identity of communities we serve with each school at the heart of its community;
· To recognise and enable all those who often remain invisible, through ethnic or cultural disadvantage, or through disability or poverty to achieve their full potential.
Welcome
It is an honour to welcome you to Consett Academy and to be able to share the success of our students with you. Whilst we strive to ensure that all students achieve their very best academically, we are convinced that it is crucial to offer students the opportunity to develop and grow into confident, resilient and exceptional young people.
In order to achieve this we aim for our students to develop moral integrity and become responsible global citizens who demonstrate tolerance and a strong sense of responsibility towards each other and to those beyond their immediate community.
The journey students embark upon at Consett Academy brings change, challenge and opportunity: the response to which goes a long way to determining the student’s quality of life upon leaving school. We strongly uphold that any success is due to the hard work and determination of students, staff and parents working collaboratively.
Consett Academy inspires excellence by its very nature, and we seek to fulfil the potential of all those involved in our unique and remarkable educational community.
Our Vision is to be ‘An inspirational learning hub that allows all students and colleagues to achieve all that they can; has an ethos that ignites a passion for learning, discovery and creativity and nurtures a moral code and self worth that stays with our young people all their lives’.
As an Academy our key priority is to drive up standards and transform the lives and aspirations of our students. We aim to be the first choice place of learning for students of all abilities living in Consett and the surrounding area. We are a self – evaluating Academy focused on continuous improvement in all areas. We put our ‘Students First’ in all that we do.
Tom Urwin,
Head Teacher
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