Salford City Academy
Location
Salford, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Post Title: Lead Practitioner English
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Full Time, permanent.
Salary: United Learning PayScale £48,591- £58,478
Reporting to: Curriculum Leader for English / Assistant Principal Teaching & Learning
Salford City Academy has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Practitioner in English. We wish to appoint an experienced and inspirational teacher who is also an outstanding leader. The Lead Practitioner in English will work alongside the Curriculum Leader and TLR holders to take the English department into the next phase of their development. The role is also an exciting opportunity to develop teaching and learning across wider departments, working as part of the teaching and learning team at SCA.
This post would be suitable for an experienced teacher or current leader ready to take their next step on the career path. The successful candidate must demonstrate excellent subject knowledge and commitment to supporting others in their professional development. This role is vital to our aim of developing classroom practice that fosters students’ curiosity about the world around them, develops students’ love of literature, and equips students with the written and oral skills required for life.
There is no better time to join our academy. We continue to improve year on year, our academy is oversubscribed, enabling us to expand our team significantly and invest heavily in the school building and site. We are committed to supporting flexible working and continue to develop our practice within our team. Please read further information below and watch our ‘Why join us’ video to find out more!
Why choose us?
High achieving school – verified by Ofsted and through our GCSE results.
Salford City Academy is highly ambitious and very successful 11- 16 academy which is part of the United Learning Multi- academy Trust. In February 2022 Ofsted judged the academy to continue to be a good school citing ‘Pupils at Salford City Academy said that they enjoy coming to school to learn. They feel happy and safe at school.’ Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour. Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school. They are polite, courteous and well-mannered. Leaders do not tolerate any derogatory behaviour. Pupils respect each other’s differences.’
Academic results at the academy have improves significantly from 2019. We were delighted to celebrate well above average results in 2022 and this summer we continued to achieve within the top three schools in Salford. Results in Maths and Science place us in the top 20% of all schools in the country.
State of the art facilities
The academy enjoys state of the art facilities and has a committed, high quality teaching team which is focused on engaging and motivating all students. There has been significant investment into the building over the past five years and investment won’t stop into the future. We have a state-of-the-art gymnasium, free for all staff, brand new dining, and catering facilities, vast outside space with a new 3G pitch, newly built music and drama rooms. Our digital strategy ensures students and staff have access to the latest digital and electronic resources with staff having a personal surface pro laptop.
Mission Statement
Our vision is to provide an excellent education for all our students, which brings out the best in all of them and prepares them for success in life. The academy is an exciting place to be, and it is an excellent time to join us.
We are proud members of the Salford community, constantly striving to be the best and bringing out the best in everyone. Tolerance, mutual respect, honesty, and co-operation are fostered in line with our Culture of Excellence. All students and staff strive for excellence and demonstrate this through our Culture of Excellence values -Responsibility, Excellence, Aspiration, Commitment and Teamwork. These underpin every aspect of our curriculum and academy life.
We feel passionately about supporting students to overcome any barriers to learning and promoting diversity and tolerance across the academy. We have an extensive personal development programme ‘Aspire’ which incorporates all aspects of student’s wider development. ‘Pupils make a valuable contribution to the life of the school. This is particularly evident in the work of the prefects. Pupils spoke highly of the rewards programme. Disadvantaged pupils, and those pupils with SEND, engage fully in all aspects of school life.’ Ofsted 2022.
Disruption free learning
We believe passionately that students should learn in a disruption free environment. Our expectations of behaviour are very high, and we believe that all of our students are capable of meeting them. We accept no excuses for disruption to learning or poor behaviour. We have a very clear and well-structured behaviour system which supports this.
Excellent continuous professional development and collaboration
Salford City Academy is committed to professional development; all staff are expected to actively participate in a programme of continuing professional development (CPD). We work collaboratively, share good practice, and have a Trust-wide approach to development. We need to make sure that we have the right people in the right place, doing the job that is needed to build excellent provision for our children and young people. Staff are supported professionally to ensure they can do that and are valued and recognised for their work. We have an extensive professional development programme within the academy, where staff are involved in reflective practice, coaching, weekly deliberate practice and CPD focused on academy, subject and individual priorities.
United Learning schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. Our approaches within the academy support this so that our main focus can be on planning and delivering high quality teaching and learning. For example, a ll behaviour and detentions are managed centrally by the Inclusion Team. This allows teachers the time and capacity to deliver high quality lessons and supports their workload and well-being
Open Events taking place:
Recruitment Open Day for all vacancies – Monday 11th March 2024 (Morning session 10.00am – 12.00am)
Evening session 5.00pm – 5.30pm)
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£48.59k - £58.48k per annum
