English Lead (Secondary) - Hope Wood Academy
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
21/09/2021
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 04/10/2021 09:00
Hours per week:
Full-time
Job Category:
Schools - Teaching
Employment Location:
Easington
Further Information
The Ascent Academies’ Trust was founded in 2012 and is a family of four special academies in the North East of England, over three different local authorities. We are a collaborative group of academies who work closely with one another in order to achieve the best outcomes for our young people. As a result, our academies have improved year on year and all academies are currently at least Good from an Ofsted rating, with some individual areas rated Outstanding. This is an exciting time to join our Trust as we look to set out our next steps in creating brilliant schools.
We are an ethical Trust whose vision and values are aligned to equality and diversity, collaboration and lifelong learning.
Following an internal promotion of current post holder we are looking to appoint to the following position:
Post: English Lead (Secondary)
Scale: MPS/UPS
Allowance: SEN1 & TLR2a
Days: Full time
Contract term: Permanent
Location: Hope Wood Academy
What we need:
• Outstanding practitioners with obvious professionalism, expertise and enthusiasm
• An organised, digitally competent person, able to formulate and secure school improvement
• A commitment to and a passion for building a brighter future for young people with Special Educational Needs
• Someone who will embrace being part of a family of schools, sharing good practice and collaborating with others across a Trust.
• An enthusiastic and positive approach within the classroom part of the wider school and family of schools
• Commitment to own professional development and to enhance those of others in order that we can respond to the needs of our young people
• Consistently high expectations and aspirations for our young people and yourself
• A commitment to fresh and exciting methods of delivering the curriculum
• A relentless drive to secure the best possible outcomes for all young people in our academies
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Complete commitment to the core values of Ascent
We can offer you:
• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do
• Chance to work with our amazing young people and their families
• Excellent career development and progression opportunities
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Opportunity to work across all ages and abilities within the Trust
• Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working
• Access to a range of subject and SEND specific networks, regionally and nationally
• An exciting and extensive commitment to high quality professional development, identified through a strong appraisal process
• A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff
These are exceptional opportunities to make a difference within a positive and exciting environment. If you share our community’s ethos of diversity and collaboration, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
For an informal discussion about this post please contact Adele Pearson, Head of Hope Wood Academy on Tel: 07415 565542 or email apearson@ascenttrust.org
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people with Special Needs and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore will be subject to a DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Closing Date: Monday 4th October at 9.00am
Interview dates: Monday 18th October 2021
Please note
This job is closed for applications.