Positive Behaviour Leader

Academy: Leeds East Academy

Job Title: Positive Behaviour Leader

Grade: C3 £23,886 - £25,463 - TTO+ 10 Days  pro rata, actual £20,862 - £22,239 (salary dependant on experience)

Accountable to: Assistant Principal for Behaviour and Safety

Leeds East Academy is the most improved school in Yorkshire and the 4th most improved school in the country, celebrating remarkable GCSE results with an outstanding Progress 8 improvement of +1.09. Housed within a state-of-the-art new school building, Leeds East Academy is now the premier choice of school for families in the local area. Leeds East Academy is also a highly desirable and dynamic world-class establishment for ambitious education professionals, who will be joining one of the most productive, supportive and talented leadership teams in the country.

Role:

The Positive Behaviour Leader will support the implementation of the Academy strategic priorities, focusing predominantly on the promotion of positive student behaviour as directed by the Assistant Principal for Behaviour and Safety. The successful candidate will support the pastoral care, personal development and safeguarding of students to ensure positive behaviours are of the highest standard. You will seek to help students by liaising with colleagues, parents and external agencies, working closely to ensure that students feel challenged and engaged.  

Main duties and Responsibilities:

• Work proactively with the substantive Year Manager to ensure maximum support for students at risk of disaffection and to facilitate early intervention within the assigned year group.
• Use whole academy student tracking information to have an oversight of the pastoral progress of all students in the year group, plan for future interventions under the direction of the Assistant Principal for Behaviour and Safety and set measurable improvement targets against specific Key Performance Indicators.  
• Be jointly responsible for the implementation of positive and pro-active disciplinary measures within the year groups.
• Assist in managing the Rewards and Sanctions arrangements within the assigned year group, taking a proactive approach to the promotion of positive behaviour.
• Help facilitate the smooth admission and departure of students to or from the academy. This includes the re-integration of pupils back into mainstream lessons following prolonged periods of absence or internal/external exclusion.
• Share and support the corporate responsibility for the efficient running of Seclusion and Internal Exclusion and any other pastoral duties as designated by Assistant Principal for Behaviour and Safety and SLT. 
• In conjunction with the Education Welfare and Community Liaison Officer, monitor and respond to poor attendance, truancy and absconding. Develop relationships with parents and plan interventions to engage with academy attendance expectations. This might include home visits to establish and maintain relationships with parents. 

Part of The White Rose Academies Trust - the most rapidly improved family of schools in the region - Leeds East Academy is accelerating on a thrilling journey, which will ultimately see the school, its staff and its students, secure an Ofsted rating of outstanding by 2020.

We're securing our 2020 vision for Outstanding by growing our family of exceptional education professionals; dedicated specialists and passionate leaders with the shared the goal of transforming future prospects for the next generation of West Yorkshire.

We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society

The White Rose Academies Trust is a local Trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students.

The Trust employs over 370 outstanding professionals who are committed to unlocking the potential of the next generation.

We benefit hugely from our sponsor, Leeds City College Group, which is one of the largest and most successful FE/HE College Groups in the UK.   Our sponsor provides leadership and operational support and advice to all our Academies.  They also share our vision of creating a truly Outstanding Trust.

As a Trust, we also work very closely with the Outstanding GORSE Academies Trust through our membership of the GORSE SCITT and via accessing the Stephen Longfellow Academy Provision.

Closing Date: 28th November 2018 12 Noon

Shortlisting Date: 28th/ 29th November 2018

Interview Date: W/C 3rd December 2018

Start Date: ASAP

For more information, please visit our website at www.leedseastacademy.org.uk .  

To apply, please click the apply button and complete the application form and return by email by the closing date of the 28th November 2018 at 12 Noon.