Cross Site - Learning Resource Centre Director (Full time, Part Year)
Christ the King Sixth Forms: Aquinas
Lewisham
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Actual salary range: £30,800 to £36,207 for 36 hours per week, 200 days per year
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 27 August 2024
Job overview
Christ the King Sixth Forms is a family of three highly successful Catholic sixth forms located in southeast London and Kent. Recently rated Good with Outstanding features by Ofsted. CTK offers exceptional, expert teaching in a welcoming, friendly atmosphere, each CTK sixth form creates an environment where high achievement is promoted and attained. The Learning Resource Centres play a fundamental role in this success.
This post is based at our CTK St Mary’s site in Sidcup and will lead the strategic development of Learning Resources Centres across the Sixth Forms ensuring the digital resource & library service is innovative and meets students’ needs. Our LRCs provide a popular learning environment for students to complete their independent study and the LRC Team provide a welcoming and purposeful space for students to work in.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Learning Resource Centre Director to join our ambitious team, working with 16-19 year olds who study a range of academic and vocational courses. Almost 90% of CTK students progress onto university each academic year.
This will include managing the LRC at the St Mary’s site, as well as leading the strategic responsibility across our three CTK sites. You will ensure the LRC team provide a high quality, professional service to all students all staff. The successful candidate will be highly organised, have excellent communication and IT skills and enjoy working with students to ensure the LRC is a highly focused and productive learning environment.
We offer a wide range of competitive benefits, including private healthcare, season ticket loans, ride to work scheme, free on-site parking, free eye tests, free on-site gym, professional development and training, and generous employer pension contributions.
Join us to be inspired, be extraordinary, and be the best you can be.
For an application form and further details, please visit the vacancies page of our website https://www.ctk.ac.uk/vacancies/
Closing Date: Tuesday 27th August 2024 (10am)
Early applications welcome
Christ the King Sixth Forms is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check will be undertaken for the successful applicant along with appropriate child protection screening, as per safer recruitment guidelines.
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About Christ the King Sixth Forms: Aquinas
- Christ the King Sixth Forms: Aquinas
- Sprules Way, Brockley
- London
- SE4 2NL
- United Kingdom
Welcome to Christ the King Sixth Forms
Established in 1992, Christ the King is a group of Catholic sixth forms in the South London area, dedicated to the education and development of the whole person.
Offering exceptional, expert teaching in a welcoming, friendly atmosphere, each CTK sixth form creates an environment where high achievement is promoted and attained.
Our students aim high and enjoy being part of our community. This means receiving extensive pastoral support, connecting with our successful alumni, and studying a bespoke graduate programme to becoming confident, ambitious young people. CTK vision All young people at Christ the King Sixth Forms are:
• Encouraged to be ambitious and high achieving
• Challenged to be resilient, confident, creative and courageous.
• Educated to be articulate, curious, reflective and capable.
• Supported to develop the virtues of loyalty, respect, care and commitment.
• Inspired to live principled, moral and dignified lives.
The CTK Graces Our Character Education Programme, is the articulation of our mission and the distinctive vision we have for every student who studies at Christ the King Sixth Forms.
The CTK Graces signify the character traits that we ensure our students develop – so that they model the expectations, habits and behaviours inherent in a scholarly approach to learning. These are:
• G – Grit
• R – Respect
• A – Awareness
• C – Curiosity
• E – Endeavour
• S – Self-control
In doing this we enrich our communities and challenge our students to live a good life in all its fullness.
Our motto is: Ut Vitam Habeant - That they may have life in all its fullness. John 10:10
OUR SIXTH FORMS
CTK Aquinas – Brockley
Be extraordinary with CTK Aquinas, a selective sixth form centre for excellence in Brockley. Our high-achieving students are academic, independent learners striving for success. They will aim to study at the UK’s most prestigious universities and aspire to secure the most coveted jobs. www.ctkaquinas.ac.uk
CTK Emmanuel – Blackheath
Be the best you can be with CTK Emmanuel, a professional sixth form centre for excellence in advanced BTEC qualifications. Our students are ambitious and motivated, earning places at top universities and pursuing their dream careers. www.ctkemmanuel.ac.uk
CTK St Mary’s – Sidcup
Be inspired with CTK St Mary’s, a sixth form centre for excellence offering A Level and advanced BTEC qualifications. Our students are aspirational and motivated to study hard and realise their full potential, with their sights set on gaining a place at top universities. www.ctkstmarys.ac.uk
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
We are an active learning community and our approach to professional development is firmly rooted in our culture of success. It goes beyond routine CPD and is centred around an innovative vision and framework with a wide portfolio of approaches including the following:
Mentoring
Through our mentoring programmes, you will have the chance to build relationships with colleagues at every stage of their careers.
Staff Study Bursaries
We award a number of bursaries to both teaching and support staff each year to assist with course fees for master’s degrees or further study.
Staff Research Bursaries
We have developed our own research programmes to inform and contribute to our understanding of how teaching and learning can be improved. You can undertake a small-scale action research project to reflect on teaching practice bringing evidence-informed best practice pedagogy to the classroom and to our work.
Subject Networks
Working with colleagues across our sixth forms strengthens the professional communication between teachers across our three sites. We currently have some 15 networks attended by over 150 staff.
All Staff Conferences
We run an annual conference for all staff each year, with contributions from guest speakers of national and international prowess. Recent topics include: Breaking Down Barriers to Success – Prioritising Progress for all Students, Transforming Teaching and Learning, Character Building and How Do We Create Successful Learners?
BENEFITS OF WORKING AT CTK
We look for talented individuals who share our vision and want to be part of our unique family. In becoming part of our community, you will benefit from:
- A supportive and caring community
- Healthcare
- Season ticket loans
- The Evans Ride to Work cycles scheme
- Convenient on-site parking facilities
- DAS counselling services
- Staff discount scheme
- Free eye tests
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Free on-site gym at all sites
- Professional development and training which is second to none and offers a range of bursaries
- Membership of a pension scheme (TPS and LGPS) plus generous employer contributions
- On-site canteen
- Staff well-being forum
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