2iC/Aspiring Head of English

The purpose of your role will be:

• To deputise for the Subject Coordinator, assisting in leading the creation and establishment of outstanding provision within the subject area. This to include all programmes, systems and structures taking account of the academy’s values and vision leading to outstanding teaching and learning.


• To be accountable for student progress and development in the subject area across KS3, KS4 and post 16, including meeting student achievement targets for subject areas which are agreed by the Principal and the Governing Body.


• To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area through continuously, developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.


• To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in the subject area, in accordance with the academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.


• To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all staff in the subject area.


• To ensure agreed tutor programme is implemented and that tutors are effective in their role.


• To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across the subject area.


• To lead development for literacy, within subject areas, to raise standards of Literacy across the academy.

Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:

• Operational and strategic planning (including contributing to the subject and faculty improvement plans, and assisting in the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching strategies)


• Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost effective curriculum and leading development of the subject and its delivery


• Staff development (including assisting in recruiting, building and managing an effective team of motivated staff)


• Student outcomes (including assisting the director in ensuring the effective operation of target setting, monitoring and evaluation systems and the input and maintenance of accurate student data)


• Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students)


• Teaching, including acting as an outstanding role model

The successful candidate will:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree


• Have a minimum of one year's teaching experience


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  Have proven success in raising achievement.

  
  


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  Show a high level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement

  
  


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  Have recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development

  
  


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  Show good understanding of creative whole school strategies for improving literacy and numeracy and the importance of this in raising achievement

  
  


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  Have experience of embedding innovative strategies for Assessment for Learning and Learning to Learn.

  
  


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  Be willing to use coaching as a model for ensuring on-going professional development.

  
  


• Have a proven ability to identify and implement strategies to raise standards of Teaching and Learning.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Are you ready to change the world? Harris Science Academy East London is a new, small school with big ambitions. We are in the top 3% of schools nationally for year on year improvement and in the top 20 most improved schools in London. Join us on our mission to help our children become leaders in their chosen field with many leading in science and to become one of the top schools in the UK.
This is no ordinary school. Situated in an eclectic array of buildings next to the renowned Three Mills Studios (location of BBC’s Masterchef) amongst the iconic East London canal network, this is a unique setting to provide a life changing education for the children of East London.

We believe we will succeed in this mission through a relentless focus on the basic functions of a high performing school:

• Unified leadership and alignment behind a powerful mission.


• Exemplary student behaviour.


• A well-taught, unapologetically academic education for all children.


• Regular opportunities for character development.

Every member of our school community is a leader. We believe that leadership does not have to be macho or at the expense of others. Our values of GRACE help us to achieve success in a collegiate and sustainable way:

• Growth – the belief that we can always improve and that feedback from others is essential for our development.


• Responsibility – we own our decisions and recognise when we need to put things right or make a change.


• Ambition – the belief that access to the top grades, the best universities and elite careers are available for our children.


• Compassion – we are kind to others and grateful for what we have.


• Excellence – we prioritise doing the basics well day after day, so we build habits that lead to success.

The school joined the Harris Federation in September 2022. The Harris Federation is the most successful large multi-academy trust in the UK and the only large trust where disadvantaged students secured a positive progress score in 2022. We are hugely proud of the work we do to support the most vulnerable children in the UK. The Federation has made a significant financial investment in the Academy, with upgrades to Sixth Form provision, buildings and IT. The Federation subject consultants provide industry leading support to middle leaders to deliver the best education possible for all children across the Federation.

If you are aligned, driven and committed to doing what works, this is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation undergoing rapid transformation.