Lead Practitioner - Literacy
The Regis School
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
- £53,603 per year
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2025
- Apply by:
- 25 March 2025
Job overview
Required for September 2025
Salary starting from £53,603 (starting salary will be agreed based on experience and current salary)
Full-time, permanent post
Are you passionate about literacy? Are you ready to develop students’ vocabulary and writing across an entire school? Are you inspired to help students develop their oracy skills and to inspire a love for reading?
The Regis School is seeking to appoint an exceptional practitioner, with a proven track record of securing excellence in their subject specialism with a passion for developing student literacy levels. You will be dynamic and dedicated to driving literacy improvement across the school, unlocking the curriculum for all students, building their cultural capital and impacting positively on students’ outcomes. You will have the ability to positively influence colleagues and to develop and shape their practice.
You will have key responsibilities to:
· Develop and implement an impactful whole-school literacy strategy.
· Support and influence staff in embedding literacy across the curriculum, and ensure all teachers are teachers of literacy in their classroom, regardless of their subject specialism.
· Lead literacy interventions that impact positively on attainment and closing gaps, particularly for our most vulnerable students.
· Lead CPD at a whole school that supports staff to use evidence-based strategies in the classroom to support students improve their level of literacy.
· Organise literacy-focused events, initiatives, and staff training.
· Monitor and assess the impact of literacy initiatives on student progress and attainment in the classroom by proactively completing regular learning walks to gauge how well literacy strategies are being effectively woven into teaching practice.
Potential candidates will:
· Be a strong practitioner in your subject specialism with a passion for literacy.
· Have experience in leading literacy initiatives or a proven track record of working across more than one department.
· Have excellent communication and leadership skills.
· Be a lifelong learner, always striving to be a better teacher and leader, who is personally ambitious for what all children can achieve, regardless of their starting points or background.
· Have the ability to engage and inspire both students and staff.
· Possess the qualities to grow into a highly effective leader, such as the ability to influence others, be highly reflective, possess an unwavering work ethic, have high levels of emotional intelligence and professional integrity.
You will be required to think and act strategically within the school’s overall vision; you will need to be self-starting, reflective and highly energetic. You will be expected to model a can-do attitude to staff, pupils and parents, you need to be aspirational, highly responsive and adaptable.
Join us in making literacy a priority and empowering our students with the essential skills for success, securing a future of choice and opportunity for all students.
As a developing or experienced leader, you would have access to excellent leadership development opportunities and support within the school and beyond as part of United Learning. This would include access to specialist expertise in the United Learning subject advisors; the national leadership development programmes; the sharing of best practice from, and in collaboration with, Literacy leads across the United Learning national network; access to a leadership coach on a regular basis and supportive line management from an experienced senior leader.
We have several core benefits which include competitive rates of pay when compared to the maintained sector; access to a generous pension scheme and enhanced parental leave policies. We also offer reduced gym membership to our on-site gym, reduced fees for the on-site nursery, and a laptop. There is a car leasing scheme, and all staff can access ‘Perkbox’ and ‘Westfield’ offering discounts in weekly shopping, high street stores, flights and holidays, we also offer all employees a Health Cash Plan. We are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued and appreciated. We offer more pay, more time, and more support. We offer the best pay in the sector, three extra INSET days for planning, guaranteed personal days, great training for your career, and more. Teach with United Learning for a more rewarding career.
Further information can be viewed at https://www.theregisschool.co.uk/working-for-us/vacancies or please contact Vicky Ovens (vicky.ovens@theregisschool.co.uk with any questions you may have.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Closing date: Tuesday, 26th March 2025
Interviews: Wednesday, 2nd April 2025
The Regis School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all who work at the school to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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About The Regis School
The Regis School is part of United Learning, a unique group of independent and state schools working together to achieve the best in everyone.
Our vision is to provide an excellent education so that all young people are able to make a success of their lives and, if we are to realise this vision, we need to make sure we attract, develop and reward the key ingredient, our high quality, hardworking staff.
The Regis is a school that we all feel proud of and our teachers are passionate about their work. We know that teaching can be a challenging profession, but with the support we offer and a commitment to seeing the best in each other, we work tirelessly to find creative ways to educate. We have access to a Group-wide curriculum, an intranet platform that enables sharing of resources and opportunities for work shadowing and mentorship.
The Regis School is a secondary 11-18 school with over 1600 students on roll. We are an inclusive comprehensive school that aims to achieve the best for every student. This philosophy is reflected in the successful Sixth Form of 160+ students who are offered a broad range of academic and vocational programmes. Over 70% of our students progress to Higher Education each year.
The Regis School has a well-qualified, dedicated supportive and enthusiastic staff team. We have approximately 200 staff, all of whom are committed to providing the best possible education for our students. As one of the biggest employers in Bognor Regis, we emphasise the learning of adults and young people. Staff are involved in further study, research projects and in the training of teachers in partnership with local universities.
The school boasts superb facilities in all subject areas. Each teaching area has audio-video facilities and a range of ICT suites throughout the school provides access to specialist equipment. All teachers have a laptop provided, to support teaching and administration.
The Regis School aspires to be an outstanding centre of learning, serving its community and transforming lives. We seek to equip our students for a changing world through building confidence, encouraging creativity and fostering enquiry to achieve excellence. These qualities will allow our students to flourish as leaders of the future and to take their place as caring, ambitious and responsible citizens in their communities.
Academic achievement is at the heart of what we do, ensuring students leave with the highest qualifications that enable them to be competitive in the global economy. We have a strict behaviour policy that enables teachers to teach in classrooms that are mainly free from disruption. Students who prevent others from learning are given a single warning, then learn elsewhere in the school under the supervision of senior staff.
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