Learning Support Assistant

A Welcome Message from our founding Headteacher.

I am incredibly honoured to have been appointed the first Head teacher at Q3 Academy Langley.  Along with my dedicated and committed team of staff – at every level of the organisation - we ensure that all students feel safe and excited as they embark on their secondary education with us.  Our tailored, focused and rigorous transitionary curriculum ensures that all students achieve their potential and feel at home at secondary school straight away. We have exceptional teachers and have grown as a team since we first embarked on our journey together, opening in September 2016.  Our innovative timetable with a three period day and including the bespoke Horizon, Innov8 and Cloud 9 curriculum, Family Lunch and Breakfast, Company system, Heads of Year and our weekly Enrichment offers unique opportunities for young people, in an area of socio-economic disadvantage; this sets us apart from other schools, both locally and nationally.

In May 2019, we received glowing feedback from our first Ofsted inspection. As well as highlighting our outstanding behaviour, pastoral and leadership systems, the lead inspector expressed that Q3 Academy Langley was ‘not a normal school.’ More recently our December 2024 inspection highlighted that the ‘school continues to flourish and grow” and ‘evidence suggests it has improved significantly” since 2019. Our outward-facing approach has led us to be at the forefront of educational innovation – our focus on being ‘warm but strict’, and putting knowledge at the heart of our curriculum has led Schools Week to dub us ‘the Michaela of the Midlands’. Additionally, our attendance and persistent absence figures have been amongst the very best in the entire country – this is particularly impressive when considering the socio-economic context of the Academy (IDACI ‘Deprived’) and the broad cultural mix of our cohort.

Q3 Academy Langley has always placed the progress and holistic development of children at its heart: we were only the fourth school in country to be recognised as a ‘School of Character’, and have received a range of national and regional figures providing superlatives at every turn (including a founder member of the Michaela Community School dubbing Langley as ‘the most impressive school I’ve seen’). Our third set of public GCSE results (2024) illustrate that Q3 Academy Langley has represented the zenith for progress, attainment and disadvantage outcomes. As well as being a host-member of the Exemplary Leadership Programme, our forward-thinking attitude towards curriculum, teaching and leadership means that Q3 Langley will be at the forefront of education in the West Midlands, and further beyond, for many years to come.

Our achievements are even more gratifying considering we have been working against the backdrop of construction for our full build, since opening in 2016. As of September 2021, Q3 Academy Langley reached final completion, incorporating the full gamut of specialist teaching provision; this includes two multi-use halls and a highly specified Performing Arts Theatre. Four spectacular productions of Matilda, We Will Rock You, Blood Brothers and most recently Olive Jr have demonstrated that a commitment to the Arts can be celebrated alongside an EBacc curriculum model that challenges the narrative held locally. The combination of our exceptional systems, coupled with our excellent facilities, fills us with confidence for the future.

With all this mind, I am extremely con­fident that staff, students, parents and carers who choose Q3 Academy Langley will feel they have made the right decision from the very start, and be excited to join the Q3 family on this journey together, as the Academy continues to expand its capacity in the coming years. Q3 Academy Langley was the first new school to be built in Sandwell in 10 years, welcoming its first 153 Year 7 students in September 2016. We now have close to 1500 on roll, and are ready to welcome another 300 in September 2025 (representing the fourth time we have expanded our Year 7 cohort to meet demand) with over 900 choice preferences marking us out as the school of choice locally.  Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions or queries - we would encourage, and be delighted, to welcome you for an informal conversation or tour of the site.

Mr Peter Lee - Headteacher

Our Ethos

The letter ‘Q’ represents the Latin word ‘Quaerere’ – meaning ‘seek after’ or ‘search for.’ We see life as a journey, during which we look to improve our knowledge, our aspirations and develop our values. The name Q3 represents three high ideals, which we mean to follow in everything we do.

· To seek for that which is good

· To seek for that which is right

· To seek for that which is true

Our ethos obviously has an important role to play – it will be crucial in helping shape an understanding of appropriate behaviour, meaningful relationships and family values; it will be the cornerstone of a commitment to care, compassion and contribution.  It is our aim to encourage students to build firm foundations for their lives where respect, trust, determination, responsibility, care and creativity will be valued as drivers for educational success.

Job overview

Why you should work with us?

Your dedication & commitment is not only recognised, but highly rewarded;

·      Opportunities for rapid progression across a growing Academy Trust;

·      Complimentary tea and coffee;

·      Access to our Employee Assistant Programme;

·      Fun & interesting weekly staff incentives (weekly prizes, surprises and rewards following the previous week);

·      Free parking;

·      Complimentary breakfast and lunch (Family Breakfast and Family Lunch is shared with students, who serve one another);

·      Consideration will be given to Flexible working/Part-time hours where possible;

·      The opportunity to work with a kind, collaborative and fun team of colleagues.

Q3 Academy Langley opened its doors in September 2016, becoming the first brand-new secondary education provider in Sandwell in a decade. We are looking to add to our fantastic team of dedicated, hard-working colleagues, who contribute to a wonderful culture of work. Now in 2025 we are one of the leading schools both locally, regionally and nationally. Every week we welcome colleagues from the length-and-breadth of the country to see how we are changing the narrative for education here in Sandwell and being a wider system leader.

Our curriculum model is focused primarily on the EBacc subjects, forming our Core. Additionally, we have a project-based, cross-curricular provision (Horizon, Innov8 and Cloud 9) that develops student learning both academically and holistically. Because of this innovative model, there is a minimal strain in terms of lesson planning, leaving time to hone learning and the art of teaching.

In May 2019, we received glowing feedback from our first Ofsted inspection. As well as highlighting our outstanding behaviour, pastoral and leadership systems, the lead inspector expressed that Q3 Academy Langley was ‘not a normal school.’ In December 2024 we received an ungraded inspection that noted the school ‘continues to flourish and grow.’ Our outward-facing approach has led us to be at the forefront of educational innovation – our focus on being ‘warm but strict’, and putting knowledge at the heart of our curriculum has led Schools Week to dub us ‘the Michaela of the Midlands’.

Additionally, our attendance and persistent absence figures have been amongst the very best in the entire country – this is particularly impressive when considering the socio-economic context of the Academy (IDACI ‘Deprived’) and the broad cultural mix of our cohort. The work of We are in Beta highlighted that for the last three years we are in the top 100 schools in the country for disadvantage progress outcomes – only 26 schools nationally have achieved this feat!

At Q3 Academy Langley, we have the absolute highest expectations of behaviour and politeness from our students, and have several procedures that support and reinforce these ideals. We expect the successful candidate to comply with such procedures, understanding that when an Academy rows together, students can learn in a safe and consistent environment. In July 2018, we were delighted to have been one of the first schools nationally to have been awarded the prestigious Schools of Character award, reflecting our commitment to developing young people beyond the classroom. This is only one of a raft of external accreditation that we have received demonstrating an inclusive learning environment for staff and students alike.

Q3 Academy Langley is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.