Student Support Champion
Q3 Academy Langley
Q3 Academy Langley, Moat Road, B68 8ED
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 6 SCP 18 – 22, Actual Salary: £24,725 – £26,620 (FTE: £27,344 - £29,493)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 11 June 2023
Job overview
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. Our first set of published GCSE results in 2022 changed the narrative in terms of what can be achieved when a school adopts an approach that is ‘not normal’ (Ofsted 2019) and pioneers a different way of delivering education. The pastoral system sits at the heart of everything we do and that is why this post is such a crucial one in our next stage of development. The successful person appointed to this role will lead, inspire and drive a mini-school in effect from the start of the day with Family Breakfast all the way through (including Family Lunch) to our intervention and extra-curricular provision at the end of the school day.
Our Academy ethos stems from the Latin ‘Quarere’, meaning ‘to seek’. We stand for three high ideals – to seek that which is good, that which is right, and that which is true. If you share our belief that these ideals are a tremendous foundation on which to build young people’s educational experience, with the hope that our students will feel delighted coming to the Academy, then you share our vision.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Student Support Champion to join our already fantastic team of dedicated, efficient and hardworking colleagues, who contribute to a wonderful culture of work and play a key role day-to-day management and leadership of student progress, behaviour and attendance.
The ideal candidate will be an ambitious professional with experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders, including external agencies responsible for the health, safety and wellbeing of all students and/or has experience of working in the behaviour management within a school setting.
If you are determined to make a difference to the life chances of young people by raising standards, expectations and achievement we would like to hear from you.
Why you should work with us?
Your dedication & commitment is not only recognised, but highly rewarded;
· Opportunities for rapid progression across a growing Academies 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.
Application process
Please click 'Apply Now' and once fully completed, submit your application. Alternatively you can access all our vacancies via the TES website (www.TES.com) or you can request an application pack from the academy by emailing RBeardsworth@q3langley.org.uk.
On our journey we are building a Diverse and Inclusive Community. We are aspiring to promote our Inclusivity, via Curriculum and Employee engagement. Together, we want to break down barriers, enjoy each individual and celebrate the value they bring to our Trust Family.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment all offers of employment are subject to an online check, Enhanced DBS check and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
To access the Mercian Trust’s General Privacy Notice please access the website: https://www.themerciantrust.org/about/our-policies/Privacy%20Notice%20General%20-%20Approved%20Janaury%202021.pdf
In line with our recruitment procedures, if you have not heard from the academy within 28 days of the closing date, then your application has been unsuccessful. We do not provide feedback to candidates at this stage of the process.
If you wish to speak about this role further please contact our HR Advisor, Rebecca Beardsworth by emailing RBeardsworth@q3langley.org.uk.
Attached documents
About Q3 Academy Langley
About Q3 Academy Langley
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.’ 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 second set of public GCSE results (2023) 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. Three spectacular productions of Matilda, We Will Rock You and Blood Brothers 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 2024 (representing the third time we have expanded our Year 7 cohort to meet demand) with over 400 first 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.
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