Progress Leader/Year Team Leader

Progress Leader/Year Team Leader - TLR 2.2

Required from April or September 2018

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, inspirational and highly motivated professional to lead one of our Year groups at one of the highest performing schools in Tamworth and North Warwickshire.  The role is suitable for an experienced colleague or a professional in the early stages of their career; professional development and support specific to the role can be provided.  The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a group of approximately 140 students and 6 tutors.  

The successful applicant will:

• Be an excellent and innovative practitioner, committed to teaching, with a passion for learning and teaching, preferably in one of the core subjects of English, Mathematics or Science.

• Be an energetic Progress Leader who is able to inspire and motivate students to achieve their very best.

• Have an ability to support, motivate and develop a team of tutors.

• Be a committed, highly competent, energised, reflective and resilient individual.

• Possess the skills and determination to make a profound difference to the lives of our students by sharing our belief in the highest standards of academic achievement in an inclusive setting.

• Be an aspirational and innovative addition to our strong pastoral team.

• Be a dedicated professional with ideas to further enhance our pastoral provision, including alternative provision and behaviour intervention.

• Be a colleague who is a positive team player and willing to contribute to the whole life of the school

If you are successful in your application, you will have excellent developmental opportunities to

• Support the Assistant Headteacher (Behaviour and Welfare) in delivering ongoing excellent provision in this key area and play a key role in the strategic development of pastoral provision.

• Contribute to the development of a strong and effective pastoral structure that demonstrates best practice in enhancing progress and developing excellence in student attitudes, behaviour and safeguarding provision.

• Work with other Leaders to ensure that aspirational progress targets are achieved across the school.

We pride ourselves on:

• Our success and drive in helping students achieve their full potential across all subjects.

• Being an oversubscribed and popular school with specialist status, located close to the M42 and M6, in easy reach of Birmingham, Staffordshire, South Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

• Being a highly innovative, driven, inspirational and ambitious organisation with a clear vision for achieving success.

• Being part of the Castle Phoenix Trust and its associated teaching school.  This facilitates an opportunity to play to your strengths and provide excellent collaboration between colleagues and leaders, access to effective CPD and the chance to develop leadership skills

• Providing opportunities for progression.

• Our strong commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition, and a range of benefits which include cycle to work and childcare voucher schemes, free parking, an employee discount scheme, an Ipad or laptop and access to the on-site swimming pool.

Recruitment Evening: We are holding a recruitment event on Thursday 1 February 2018 from 5.00 pm until 6.30 pm where you can find out more about working at Kingsbury School and Castle Phoenix Trust.  Please see attached banner and log onto our website to register your place http://www.castlephoenix.org.uk/castle-phoenix-trust-recruitment-day-book-your-place/  If this opportunity excites you, we would love to meet you at the recruitment evening.

Additional Opportunities

Scholarships

We are currently introducing Scholarships for aspiring lead learning practitioners.  Up to £2000 scholarship bursary will be available over two years.  The Scholarship is to enable the preparation of inspirational resources, lead on aspects of intervention, sharing of good practice and development of a ‘leadership of learning’ challenge. There will also be a £1000 ‘golden ticket’ for training and development with the Castle Phoenix Teaching School Alliance and Leadership Academy

We are committed to effective learning, teaching, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff & volunteers to share this commitment.

Application forms available direct from the school, from the school website www.kingsburyschool.co.uk or from HumanResources@caludoncastle.co.uk.  Application forms are to be returned to HumanResources@caludoncastle.co.uk.

Closing date: Monday 5th February 2018 at 12pm

Interview date: Week beginning 12th February 2018