Assistant Principal - Teaching and Learning / Curriculum

Have you had a significant impact at middle leadership, leading initiatives and developing staff through CPD?Do you want to be part of a leadership team where you will help make a lasting impact on our students, many of whom are disadvantaged, and rapidly accelerate their progress?Ernulf Academy is looking for an experienced leader with a passion for improving the quality of teaching across the academy with a focus on staff development. Intellectual preparation sists at the heart of professional development together with fostering a culture of ‘home-grown’ talent to continue the academy’s journey to excellence.This is an excellent opportunity for an existing or aspiring senior leader with a track record of whole-school impact. The position is a great match for someone who shares the Trust’s vision for educational excellence and has the focus to drive rapid, transformational improvement.We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge, ’the best that has been thought and said’ and an ‘entitlement curriculum’ for all. We believe in explicit instruction and have been greatly influenced by Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion’, Rosenshine and recent developments in cognitive science. We believe that the creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful, where there is ‘purpose not power’, ensuring impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning, underpins everything.We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives.We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all of our students have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative.At Astrea, our commitment is to inspire beyond measure. This core commitment drives everything that we do. Education is also about much more than just attainment. To deliver this, we focus on encouraging and nurturing our REACH values: Resilience, Empathy, Aspiration, ContributionandHappinessin all of our children and young people. We call these theAstrea Dispositions.We value our staff highly, and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour.What we offer:Highly effective support and various progression opportunitiesA knowledge rich curriculum, built on ‘powerful knowledge’A traditional Teaching and Learning approach built around Rosenshine and Teach Like a ChampionCollaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resourcesExcellent support from the Astrea Trust Central teamDisruption-free learning and a ‘warm/strict’ behaviour systemCentralised systems including detentions, homeworkNo formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ instructional coaching, helping colleagues to continuously developExcellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea Cambridgeshire region.What we are looking for:The successful candidate will be:An inspirational classroom practitioner, who has a background in Teach Like a Champion pedagogy or a similar evidence-based approach to delivering the highest quality lessonsA highly effective and inspiring leader, who is able to motivate and encourage colleagues to the shared visionAligned to our values and mission with a passion for Core Routines, Deliberate Practice and a Behaviour CurriculumSomeone who is driven to raise the expectation and consistency of behaviour standards across the academy.Interested in applying?If this is something you’re interested in, looking for a new challenge, have a passion for education or maybe all of the above, take a look at the Applicant Brief to find out more about the role to apply.We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academy to fully appreciate our excellent learning environment. Please contact the Principal, Mark Neesam for any further information prior to application: ##### closing date for all applications is Sunday 12 May2024.Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.If you are joining us from another school, academy or trust we recognise your continuous service date with confirmation from your current employer.This can be discussed in more detail at interview.
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