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Lead Practitioners KS1 and KS2
Required for: September 2016 (or earlier) Salary Range: Lead practioner scale
The HEARTS Academy Trust seeks applications from outstanding applicants with integrity, creativity, stamina and promise for these rewarding roles.
We are seeking to appoint lead practitioners in English and Maths to promote and enhance the quality of teaching and learning across all key stages, including the use of intervention. These are newly created posts to promote and ensure that all students are given the opportunity to achieve their full potential by raising aspirations and achievement within English or mathematics with particular reference to targeted cohorts.
HEARTS Academy Trust is a small, growing Academy Trust committed to achieving great outcomes for all of its students but in particular the most vulnerable. It has established high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. We are a Teaching School with a large alliance of schools in our partnership and a School Direct lead school.
These are unique roles and a real opportunity to join an energetic, bright and determined team at the early stages of development working across the family of schools to raise achievement. The successful candidates will work across two of our academies based in Rochford or Basildon.
The people we are seeking to appoint will be dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated in developing the life chances of our young people through inspirational and successful mathematics and English teaching.
Application packs can be downloaded from www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk.
Closing date: 12 noon on Friday 22nd April 2016.
Shortlisting : Monday 25th April
Interviews: Tuesday 3rd May
Information about the School
The Wickford Church of England School is a small, friendly school, close to good transport links. Our school is a place where children can thrive in a safe and nurturing environment. The school provides education for children from the ages of 2-7 in the local area. As a team, we aim to create a respectful, caring and secure place for children to explore, learn and be happy together.
As a distinctively Christian school, spirituality is at the heart of all we do and we are supported in doing this by the close links we have with the Wickford and Runwell Diocese. HEARTS is an acronym inspired by our vision of Happiness, self-Esteem, Achievement, Respect and Responsibility, Trust, Service and Spirituality for all pupils.
The Wickford Church of England School is part of the HEARTS Academy Trust, a trust of local schools that has the values of happiness, achievement, self-esteem, respect & responsibility, truth, spirituality & service. The trust is truly innovative and rewards outstanding staff for outstanding outcomes. The school calendar consists of 184 contact time with pupils, 5 non-pupil days and the equivalent of 6 days of high quality continuous professional development.
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview. A copy of the trusts Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/policies
We can offer you:
an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including trust-wide twilights throughout the year
a two-week October half-term
supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils
a highly effective learning environment
a responsive and involved leadership team
the HEARTS four-day face-to-face teaching week model whereby all teachers in the trust receive 20% non-contact time. This goes above and beyond the national entitlement of 10% PPA.
a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values
access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk