This is a leadership post heading the business and vocational subjects faculty at Harris Girls Academy Bromley, with accountability for progress across KS3, KS4 and post-16. The work centres on raising achievement through curriculum design, teaching quality and managing staff, with a literacy remit under the school's WORD strategy. The role includes form tutor duties and requires QTS and at least two years' teaching experience. Visa sponsorship is not available; start is January or Easter.
What the job involves
- Be accountable for student progress and achievement targets across KS3, KS4 and post-16
- Ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area, acting as an outstanding role model
- Deliver a broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum in line with academy aims and policies
- Implement school policies and procedures consistently across the subject area
- Implement the tutor programme and ensure tutors are effective
- Promote effective behaviour for learning throughout the faculty
- Recruit, deploy and manage teaching and support staff, financial resources and physical resources
- Lead literacy development within subject areas through the WORD strategy
- Lead operational and strategic planning, self-evaluation and faculty improvement plans, including syllabuses, schemes of work, marking and assessment
- Oversee target setting, monitoring, evaluation and accurate student data
- Act as form tutor to a selected group of students
Qualifications
- QTS or equivalent
- Good, relevant undergraduate degree
Experience
- At least two years' teaching experience
- Proven success in raising achievement
- Experience of leading others to ensure high-quality performance
- Recent experience of innovative curriculum development
- Successful experience of leading cross-subject initiatives that raised achievement
- Recent experience of managing and implementing change at subject leader level
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent teacher
- High-level ICT skills and use of new technologies to raise achievement
- Understanding of whole-school literacy and numeracy strategies
- Experience of embedding Assessment for Learning and Learning to Learn strategies
- Experience of presenting to wide audiences, including teachers, managers, students and parents
- Experience of implementing monitoring, evaluation and review to improve teaching and learning
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check
- Right to work in the UK
What’s offered
- Harris Allowance, usually £2,000 for Inner London or £1,500 for Outer London
- Annual Loyalty Bonus
- Teachers' Pension Scheme
- Wellbeing Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Teacher professional development via the Harris Institute of Teaching and Leadership
- Career development and progression opportunities
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
