Primary Assistant Headteacher
Ark Academy Primary
Wembley, London
- Expired
- Salary:
- Ark Salary Range L5 – L9 (Inner London) £50,903 - £55,410
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 17 May 2018
Job overview
Primary Assistant Headteacher
Start date: September 2018
Salary: Ark L5 – L9 (Inner London) £50,903 - £55,410
Location: Wembley, London
Nearest Tube station: Wembley Park (Jubilee & Metropolitan)
Deadline: 9am Friday 18 May 2018
Interviews: ASAP thereafter
Ofsted: Outstanding (2010)
Visits to our school are warmly encouraged; to arrange, please call 0208 385 4371.
It’s an exciting time to join Ark Academy. Our staff are striving to maintain our outstanding reputation achieved in our last Ofsted inspection.
Our school is a two-form primary school that is part of an all-through primary and secondary academy. Our mission is that all children will be able to go to university or have the career of their choice. We are a supportive environment where expectations of staff and pupils are very high.
We passionately believe in improving the quality of teaching in our school and this role is a crucial part of that. We want our strongest teachers to lead from the front, driving school improvement from the perspective of highly effective classroom delivery. The role is a challenging one but we can offer excellent training, development and support.
We are looking for great teachers that are passionate about improving their teaching, developing their careers and – most importantly – having a real impact on young children’s lives. This role will allow more experienced teachers to continue to hone their craft in the classroom as well as be a leader, coach and mentor to the teachers in their team.
Key responsibilities:
- Class teaching
- Leadership of a core subject in the school
- Leadership of a phase team: Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2 or Upper key stage 2
- Full role in the Senior Leadership Team
The ideal candidate will be:
- an individual with the commitment to driving standards and ensuring every child is challenged to achieve their maximum potential
- a teacher with experience of raising attainment of all pupils in a challenging classroom environment
- a professional who is able to work in partnership with parents and other stakeholders
- an excellent communicator who enjoys working as part of a team.
As a member of Ark Academy you will receive extensive professional development geared towards excellence. We don’t do ‘training for the sake of training.’ Weekly sessions designed by those who understand the context of the school, are ensured to cater for our teachers’ every need.
In addition, the school provides continual support and career progression. Numerous comprehensive training programmes are available to our staff from NQTs to aspiring middle and senior leaders.
Our successful behaviour policies treat student behaviour not as the responsibility of individual teachers, but of the entire school. This ensures as a teacher at Ark Academy, your time is never wasted dealing with discipline. Our students know what is expected of them, allowing both students and teachers to focus on learning.
As a teacher at Ark Academy, you will be part of Ark, an international charity and one of the UK's most successful multi-academy trusts, with a network of 35 schools in 4 locations across the country. Benefits of being part of the Ark network include:
- A salary 2.5% higher than the main scale teacher salaries
- Twice as many training days as standard and network-wide events with Ark colleagues, held by the best minds in education
Click here to find out more about the benefits of work for Ark Academy.
Visit our website for more information on the school. If you would like any further information or wish to discuss this role, please contact Denise McKenna, Recruitment Manager 020 8385 4370, or d.mckenna@arkacademy.org
Please submit your application online by visiting https://goo.gl/bVwMNv . The deadline for applications is 9am on Friday 18 May 2018. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis so early applications are encouraged.
Deadline: 9am on Friday 18 May 2018.
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 21 May 2018
Start date: September 2018
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our academies. In order to meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process. This process is outlined here, but can be provided in more detail if requested. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check
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About Ark Academy Primary
About Ark Academy
Ark Academy is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational all-through academy for 3 to 18-year-olds in Wembley, London. It opened its primary school in September 2008 and its secondary school in September 2010. Ark Academy is recently rated as one of the top 100 non-selective state schools in England.
The school motto - ‘Civitas' - is at our core and will be seen everywhere around the school. We pride ourselves for being first and foremost citizens and this is what binds us together. The academy believes in high aspirations, high motivation and high achievement for all. We want our students to grow into rounded, confident, ambitious young people who aspire to high achievement and will make a mark on the world, and our staff to be striving to constantly deliver the best possible education and experience to all our pupils. We provide our staff with the tools and support they need to instil a strong learning culture in their classrooms. We hold staff development of the utmost importance. In order to deliver the best training and network events, we offer twice as many training days as standard.
We maintain a happy, respectful and orderly environment throughout the academy.We believe that we share the responsibility for developing and nurturing the personal qualities of every pupil and we will teach pupils to be responsible for their actions and their effect on others. We emphasise the importance of good behaviour. Our values programme, meal times, manners and behaviour expectations are important parts of our education programme. Good behaviour is praised and unacceptable behaviour dealt with immediately. Children are encouraged to accept responsibility for their actions or behaviour. The Ark Academy Behaviour and Ethos policy creates the conditions for outstanding learning and the encouragement and development of our students into rounded citizens. With 'civitas' - citizenship - the cornerstone of our ethos, our students will be fully aware of their impact on society and potential to be active citizens shaping and leading their community.
Curriculum
Ark Academy has high expectations of all its pupils. We believe every child can realise their potential given the right encouragement, teaching and support. We do everything possible to ensure that every child achieves year level expectations, every year.
English and mathematics are the foundation for all other subjects and are critical to success at school and in life.We focus on developing strong readers and communicators who love to use their skills and children who are confident working with numbers in everyday life. Our curriculum is structured to ensure that all children master essential knowledge in these core subjects. Where pupils need extra support it will be provided to ensure that every child can reach and exceed national standards.
Our driving principles are: Excellence, Citizenship, Participation and Persistence.
Ofsted
In their first full inspection of Ark Academy, Ofsted inspectors have rated the academy as an outstanding school with outstanding capacity for sustained further improvement. Ofsted’s main conclusion was that:
“The new school has quickly established high expectations and secured impressive progress in the short period since opening. Pupils make outstanding progress in their studies. They greatly enjoy coming to school and attendance is high. Pupils behave well and they respond enthusiastically to the growing team of dedicated staff. Relationships between adults and pupils are very positive and help to promote above average attainment.”
Read more about Ofsted's observations or see the the full report.
The Ark network
Ark Academy is part of Ark, an international charity transforming lives through education. Ark has 38 schools across the UK in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. Ark exists to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. Ark schools are all non-selective and in areas where they can make the biggest difference.
Read more about Ark: http://arkonline.org/
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