Assistant Director of Science - Croydon, United Kingdom - The Collegiate Trust

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Academy Riddlesdown Collegiate, Croydon***
Post Assistant Director of Science (Physics & 2i/c)***
Required September 2023***
Salary Minimum £50k (for a high quality and suitably experienced

Closing Date Tuesday 2nd May 2023 (at 9.00am)

Interviews tbc

**Welcome
Dear Applicant****Thank you for your interest in the post of _Assistant_ _Director of Science (Physics)._ I hope that this information pack will
help you to learn more about our fantastic school and that you will be excited about the prospect of developing your
career with us.

Riddlesdown Collegiate_ is an
outstanding school (OFSTED, May 2016) with a clear vision to deliver successful outcomes

and positive futures for all of our students. They are bright, well-motivated and a pleasure to work with, whilst our
staff are talented, hard-working and ambitious for themselves and others. Our superb facilities enable us to provide
the very best learning environment and learning experiences for our students and it is the combination of these factors
that leads to the high academic standards and enviable reputation that _The Collegiate Trust_ is known for. I am very
proud of what we do and what we have achieved at the Collegiate and, as a _World Class School_, I hold the highest
aspirations for what we will do and achieve in the future. You might like to watch our Welcome, College VI and
Teaching at Our School videos.

As the _Assistant_ _Director of Science (Physics)_ you will share responsibility with the Director of Science for the
development of teaching and learning and the standards achieved in Physics across the Collegiate. This will require
effective professional leadership of a team of staff to ensure that all students enjoy a rich learning experience and
make or exceed expected progress. The person specification identifies the experience, skills and attributes we are
seeking, but in short we are looking for: an outstanding classroom practitioner with the ability to develop teaching and
learning within the Science Department and across the Collegiate, a confident role model with the ability to motivate
and influence, an individual with strategic and emotional intelligence and an ambitious leader. This is an exciting and
very fulfilling post, providing excellent preparation for further promotion and, naturally, there will be high quality
support and opportunities for further professional learning and development in the role.

within it. Our VALUES underpin the way in which we work and describe our high expectations and our emphasis on
positive relationships across the Collegiate. Our motto, _"Learners of today, Leaders of tomorrow"_, applies as much to

staff as it does to students and it gives an indication of the significance we place on nurturing talent and leadership.

I
and outline our requirements for all colleagues who work with us.

a statement of no more than two sides of A4, identifying clearly how you meet the person specification. If you have
any further questions about this post, I would be pleased to speak with you; please feel free to telephone me at the
Collegiate.

Yours sincerely

Mrs K Turner
Principal

Key Information
We operate a "small schools" model - one school made

up of a number of smaller learning communities, which

we call Colleges, each with their own staff and facilities.

Each College is led by its own Headteacher (who is an

Assistant Principal) and has its own team of

approximately 25 teachers and non-teachers, covering

most curriculum areas. Students join one of the Colleges

in Year 7 and remain there for five years before

transferring to College VI, our specialist post-16

provision. In addition, the Creative and Performing Arts

(CPA) College delivers specialist education to students

across the Collegiate in Art, Drama, Design Technology,

Media, Music and Physical Education whilst the MacKay

College co-ordinates inclusion services to students with

additional needs. Small teams, working with just 400

students each, allow us to provide even better pastoral care to all students, as well as engage with learners

and their families in more effective partnerships. They also provide teaching across the curriculum and

learning teams focusing on personalised approaches and best serving the needs of the individual students in

their care.

Information about _The Collegiate Trust
- **Our Trust works in the Crawley and Croydon areas with a clear vision to deliver _exceptional education for all_.

Such an education achieves excellent outcomes in pupil progress and attainment, a rich creative, cultural

and physical learning experience, and great personal and social development for all pupils. We achieve this

by working with and developing strong teams of staff in each school, under the direction of the Principal of

the school and the _Local Governing Body_ (LGB)

The Trust has grown out of _Riddlesdown Collegiate_, an
outstanding (OFSTED, May 2016) secondary