FE Site Lead in Camberley

Come to work at SCL, have fun, feel inspired and be inspiring!

Every single person who works at SCL is making a difference in our local communities and having a huge impact on children and young people’s lives.

Founded in 1999, SCL is the UK’s largest provider of education and skills training within the sports and active childcare sector working with grassroots Academies through to Premiership Football Clubs such as West Ham Foundation.

SCL have developed and grown a well-established Creative Arts Division since 2024 having some if the leading vocational schools as college campuses within the industry as well as an array of high profile, industry recognised staff to support.

When you join us, you will see that working for us is more than just a job - you will be part of a team who have built a highly successful, fast-growing business.

Main Purpose of Position

Working closely with SCLs Curriculum Managers, Site Leads are responsible for the management of the Study Programme as well as the SCL Teachers positioned at their site.

The Site Lead will have an active role in supporting the consistent delivery of exceptional teaching, learning and assessment which maximises learner progress and enhances each learner’s opportunity for achieving a positive and sustained destination.

They will be responsible for effectively supporting all Teaching staff within their site to ensure that everyone is working together to achieve the best outcome for SCL and our learners.

This will include ensuring quality is managed, safeguarding is effective, service delivery supports the business strategy, goals, and objectives and the site is Health & Safety compliant.

• Quality of Education
• Consistently deliver SCL’s unique ‘Curriculum Intent’, playing a vital role in achieving the following for each individual learner:

We use the ‘Power’ and ‘Principles’ of Creative and Performing Arts to engage individuals into education so that they can:

• Rapidly improve their academic skills, emotional wellbeing, mental toughness, and physical health (‘stand out from the crowd’).
• Enhance their preparation for higher level study and/or work.
• Inspire them to make positive decisions for life.
• Focus on improving Teaching staff’s knowledge and skills to enhance the delivery of the Study Programme.
• Ensure that all learners, including those with SEND and high needs, and disadvantaged learners, get the information, advice, guidance, and support to achieve their next steps and progress to positive destinations.
• Engage effectively with their community, including, where relevant, with parents/carers, employers, local services, and organisations responsible for local and regional economic planning.
• Support in forging relationships within the community/region with organisations to provide meaningful work experience.
• Protect staff and learners from harassment, bullying and discrimination.
• Fulfil the role of Safeguarding Ambassador to ensure an effective culture of safeguarding that enables staff to: identify, help and protect learners who may need early help or who are at risk of neglect, abuse, grooming, exploitation, radicalisation or extremism; help learners to reduce their risk of harm by securing the support they need, or referring in a timely way to those who have the expertise to help; and manage safe recruitment and allegations about adults and learners who may be a risk to other learners and vulnerable adults.
• Effectively lead and manage the team to ensure all Teaching staff achieve and exceed Quality of Education KPI’s.
• Supporting and contributing to the high-quality delivery of each learners’ English and Maths development as well as each learners’ Personal Development Programme, ensuring attendance, participation and progress within these key study programme areas is high.
• Effectively manage any agreed activity or events in line with SCL expectations.
• Ensure learners have up to date information regarding E&M exam dates & venues and are aware of JCQ regulations.
• Manage the health and safety of the site and activities.
• Deliver high quality main aim/ enrichment/ tutorial lessons to learners as part of the Study Programme to actively be part of the learner journey (the amount of teaching time is variable depending on needs of the site and learners).
• People / Team Management
• Monitor, support, inspire and manage Teaching staff’s performance.
• Support E&M specialists in delivery of E&M programmes.
• Support appointed SEND staff/LSC providing support in your site.
• Be responsible for monitoring any training needs as identified by staff on site and ensuring that CPD is attended by staff and any training requirements are communicated to the Curriculum Manager to support staff on site.
• Ensure that company policies are implemented consistently and fairly.
• Be responsible for the day-to-day management of all teaching staff, ensuring high performance and productivity levels are always maintained and targets are met.
• Engage with their staff and are aware and take account of the main pressures on them. Have realistic and constructive way to manage staff, including their workload.
• Monitor staff development action plans to ensure all teachers are engaging with and meeting their own individual improvement areas.
• Control and keep to expenditure budget and make cost savings where appropriate.
• Ensure Appraisals and Performance Management are completed, actioned, and recorded appropriately.
• Ensure all teacher admin is completed accurately and on time.
• Work with other managers within the region/site to ensure the site functions smoothly.
• Management Information
• Undertake internal process reviews and produce recommendations to ensure service delivery is optimised.
• Report to the Curriculum Manager, ensuring operational performance is monitored and where necessary improved.
• Support enrolment activities, ensuring processes are followed to accurately capture and record all data and documentation required to meet the conditions of funding.
• Curriculum
• Monitor and formally review the curriculum, its delivery and effectiveness within your site.
• Implement English and maths strategies to enable learners to have best opportunity to gain E&M qualifications.
• Ensure the continued improvement of achievement rates, high grades, and positive destinations to be inline and above national benchmarks.
• Quality
• Deliver robust and accurate quality assurance activity, and support and be part of observations and deep dive activity, to measure site quality of study programme.
• Ensure all teachers achieve and exceed Quality KPI’s.
• Adhere to compliance requirements of funding bodies and Lead Providers.
• Participate in training as part of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Attend/Lead team meetings to monitor, review and evaluate provision.
• Monitor team quality standards and tracking results within the site.
• Work with the Quality team to ensure the site is prepared for any inspections from our Lead Providers, External Compliance Auditors and/or OFSTED.
• Contribute to the Region’s Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) and ensure actions are met as required.
• Manage own personal development in line with agreed annual performance objectives.
• Liaise with the Curriculum Manager, to maintain detailed analysis of student attendance, progression, and achievement.
• Ensure best practice is shared.
• Projects
• Such other duties as the management may from time to time reasonably require.
• Account Management and Financial Management
• Working closely with Academy Managers and the site, take the lead for learner internal progression (Year 1 to Year 2, Year 14 or HE progression) activity including progression events etc. to ensure your site achieves required/targeted post census learner enrolment numbers.
• Maximise opportunities to increase revenue for the site.
• Health and Safety
• You will act as a point of contact for colleagues who require support and guidance with Health & Safety issues.
• You will identify Health & Safety issues and non-compliances and assist in taking the right action that protects learners, staff and the business.
• Admin
• Adhere to compliance requirements of funding bodies and Lead Providers.
• Familiarise self with SCL policies and procedures.
• Manage site on all programme and general administration requirements.
• Management, reporting and supporting student attendance.
• Management and reporting of student behaviour.
• Learner reports in line with SCL requirements.
• Complete risk assessments and health & safety checklists and action as appropriate.
• General programme administration.
• Report and update HR system with all internal training and qualifications obtained.
• Record absence for team members.
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