English/Literacy Lead

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Job Title:     English/Literacy Lead

Location:      Bramfield House School, Halesworth

Salary:        £45,000 per annum

Hours:         40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 

Contract:     Permanent, Term Time only

Must be UK based.

Due to growth in service, we are recruiting for an experienced Assistant Headteacher – Quality of Curriculum Delivery to join our fantastic team at Bramfield House in Halesworth, Suffolk.

About the role

The successful applicant will be delivering inclusive, responsive, and innovative teaching and learning within the curriculum area of English and Literacy. You will constantly strive to produce outstanding/good teaching and learning, always, to ensure that all learners succeed. Under the reasonable direction of the Head teacher and Senior Leadership Team, carry out the professional duties of a school Teacher as set out in the current School policies.

You will be leading literacy across the school and the strategy around reading, writing and oracy across all the key stages and you will be instrumental in the development of a literacy culture at Bramfield House School.

You will have responsibility for the strategy within the school to improve literacy, including the monitoring and strategy of exam boards used and qualifications attained. This includes both entry level and GCSE pathways. You will have strategic oversight of all interventions and schemes being used for Literacy development including the monitoring of the impact to ensure they are implemented effectively.

You will have a key role in the middle leadership team with substantial whole school budgeting responsibility.

You will oversee the English team as well as the supporting staff who deliver the literacy interventions. You will work alongside the SENCO to put in place interventions to raise standards of literacy for all with the support of the curriculum leader.

You will be delivering whole school training on English and Literacy strategies and will be held accountable for and hold others accountable for the development of your subject area across the school.

You will teach in accordance with the ethos, organisation, and policies of the school as a fully committed member of the teaching team and as detailed in the specific duties and core standards below.

Essential

• Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent.
• A committed conviction that every pupil can achieve and reach their potential.
• The belief that all pupils deserve a life of choice and opportunity.
• Ability to be adaptable in a fast-paced and emotionally charged environment.
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils.
• Ability to support colleagues in developing their practice in relation to the subjects you lead.
• Excellent classroom practitioner.
• Excellent team player.
• Ability to work successfully with pupils with challenging behaviour.
• High expectations of others.
• Resilience.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Willing to undertake training.

About us

Bramfield House School is an independent residential special educational needs school for boys aged 7 – 16 years who have social, emotional, mental health, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviours, located in rural Suffolk. The school has a committed and innovative multidisciplinary team, extensive site and excellent facilities to support both learning and extra-curricular activities; we are in a great position to provide our pupils with the best education and care possible.

This opportunity is in Halesworth which is within commutable distance of Lowestoft, Diss and surrounding areas.

Acorn Education & Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Acorn Education & Care? 

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.

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