Literacy Intervention Lead - Tamworth, United Kingdom - Landau Forte Charitable Trust

Landau Forte Charitable Trust
Landau Forte Charitable Trust
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Tamworth, United Kingdom

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Our opportunity for you
This is an exciting time to join Landau Forte Academy, Amington.

We are a forward thinking 11-16 academy on a mission to provide high quality education for our local community and in May 2022 we were judged GOOD in all areas by Ofsted.

We have high expectations for our students and our academy is built upon our shared values:
ambitious, brave and kind.

We care about our staff and staff wellbeing is integral to our decision making.

We are committed to prioritising the wellbeing of our staff through a wellbeing committee and by committing to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.


Key information
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Hours: Full Time

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Contract: Permanent

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Start date: March/April 2024

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Closing Date: 19th February 2024


What we can offer you

  • A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment
  • The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students
  • Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust
  • A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours
  • Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS)
  • Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health

Person specification

  • Relevant professional experiences linked to the role
  • A genuine passion for driving high standards of Literacy and developing our Literacy offer to enable all pupils to achieve their potential in each of the disciplines
  • A commitment to our school improvement process
  • A growth mindset
  • High standards of professionalism
  • Record of outstanding practice in other educational settings
  • Ability to work constructively as part of a team
  • Ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and to work on own initiative
  • Able to communicate effectively at all levels
  • Has a friendly yet professional approach which demonstrates support and shows mutual respect
  • Takes responsibility and accountability
  • Is committed to the continuous development of self and others by keeping up to date and sharing knowledge, encouraging new ideas, seeking new opportunities and challenges, open to ideas and developing new skills
  • Commitment to developing pedagogy based on recent research

Job description

The main responsibilities of this role are:

  • To work with identified students who would benefit from additional literacy and English intervention to support the development of literacy-based skills, including through our Academy phonics programme.
  • To contribute to the coordination of the reading programmes. analysis of assessment data, as evidence of students' progress and to accurately identify students who need extra help.
  • To organise intervention plans, informed by data, for each student needing help, identifying relevant strategies for reading, writing and speaking.
To develop a mentoring relationship with students needing particular support to achieve the goals defined in the action plan.

  • To model, encourage and promote high standards and engagement in literacy and positive attitudes among our Academy community including through parent liaison.
  • To work closely with the wholeAcademy Literacy Lead, other relevant leaders and class teachers in assisting students to achieve their academic potential.
  • To coordinate the Academy library and facilitate the extracurricular offer.

About The Trust
Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands.

Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte.

Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care.

We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend.


Landau Forte Academy Amington


We are a rapidly improving 11-16 academy under new leadership, with a Progress 8 score which improved dramatically from 2015.

It is a vibrant place to work with committed staff and a student body who's behaviour Ofsted described as 'polite, courteous and respectful'.

Our aim is to continue this arc of improvement. Opportunities for professional development are enhanced by our partnership with the Landau Forte Teaching School Alliance.


Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 19/02/2024
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