Lead Practitioner: English - Sutton, United Kingdom - Harris Federation

Harris Federation

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Sutton, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Summary
Join us in providing outstanding teaching and learning experiences for our pupils. We are looking for a qualified, experienced teacher to join Harris Academy Sutton as Lead Practitioner of English.

About Us
We believe that a happy and settled staff body helps drive the very best performance from our students. We are committed to a high-quality professional development programme and can draw on expertise from across the Harris Federation.

As a HASU member of staff at any level you will receive the training and support that you need to carry out your role effectively and develop at a pace that suits you.

We are committed to ensuring that our staff have the right level of balance between work and home life.

Our policies and procedures are aimed at allowing our teaching staff to spend as much time as possible planning and delivering lessons.

We work in an award-winning building with excellent facilities. Our thriving staff association ensures all new members of staff soon feel part of the HASU community.

We run a broad and diverse curriculum to a fully comprehensive intake of students.

Our focus on the core value of Integrity means that our behaviour is excellent, with staff supported by a strong and highly visible Academy Leadership Group.

Detentions are run centrally, allowing teaching staff to do what they do best:
plan and teach amazing lessons.

Attendance and engagement with learning is high, and centrally planned tutor time resources ensure that our tutors can engage with students whilst delivering high-quality experiences.

We are located in Sutton, with good public transport and road links. Central London (Clapham, Victoria) is 25 minutes away.

We are on the Surrey border so journeys do not take long in fact journeys from Kent only take just over 30 minutes by car.

We have safe and secure onsite parking with electric charging points.

Main Areas of Responsibility

The general expectations of this role are:

To collaborate as a member of the Lead Practitioner Team in order to build and realise the shared vision of excellence and high standards for all students.
To account for students' performance in line with Academy procedures.
To provide the Governing Body with relevant and accurate information relating to the Faculty's performance and development.
To contribute actively towards the formulation of all Academy policies and procedures, ensuring their consistent implementation.
To ensure high quality teaching and learning in the Faculty or across the Academy.
To participate in duties at lunch, break, before, during and after school the Academy day.
To ensure that behaviour in the Faculty is exemplary.
To ensure that Schemes of Learning and Independent Work books are of a high quality.

Qualifications & Experience

Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree, and, ideally, be able to show evidence of ongoing professional development
Demonstrate outstanding teaching practice and excellent behaviour management
Have experience of lesson observations and giving robust feedback
Have experience of improvement planning and of implementing a range of strategies to raise student achievement, with evidence of success
Be able to contribute to improving on the quality of learning and teaching and curriculum
Have a proven track record of excellent results at KS3 and 4, and, ideally, experience of teaching to KS
Have experience of high quality pupil tracking and feedback practices
Ideally, have experience of working with governors and of working in more than one school

Next Steps

Professional Development & Benefits
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, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits.

Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

Equal Opportunities

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected.

We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.

Job Reference:
HF05301-HASU