Ark Boulton Academy
Lead Practitioner of Science
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Salary: Ark Lead Practitioner scale LP1-LP5 (£47,882 - £52,842)
Start date: January 2025 or earlier if possible
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Closing date: Wednesday 10th July 2024 at 9am
Exciting opportunity for an inspiring leader to join a dedicated community at Ark Boulton.
About the role:
We are looking for a passionate and knowledgeable leader to join our excellent Science department.
As Lead Practitioner, you will develop and manage the effective delivery of our KS3/4 curriculum, overseeing assessment and progress tracking. You will be responsible for leading a dedicated team of Science teachers, providing guidance and support and ensuring that as a team, you are committed to raising achievement. You will also demonstrate high quality teaching that ensures all students achieve results in line with, or better than, key stage and other value-added predictions.
Considering making a move to Birmingham? We are able to offer relocation allowances of up to £5,000 to support you with the process. Get in touch to find out more.
Our ideal candidate will have:
· Vision aligned with Ark and Ark Boulton’s high aspirations and expectations
· Motivation to continually improve standards and achieve excellence
· Genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every student
· High expectations for accountability and consistency
· Effective and systematic behaviour management
· Evidence being an excellent classroom practitioner.
View the full job description and person specification here.
About our school:
Ark Boulton Academy is a seven-form entry secondary school in the heart of Sparkhill. Our approach is summed up in the African proverb - “It takes a whole community to bring up a child”. We work together to ensure that each of our children can overcome barriers to learning, catch up where needed and achieve at the highest levels by working harder, behaving better and making faster progress than children in other schools and academies. We support our students to develop a lifelong love of learning; a sense of personal and civic pride and the confidence to not just navigate the modern world, but to shape it.
At Ark Boulton, our staff are a valuable and integral part of our community and are given the room to grow and develop in an encouraging, challenging and rewarding environment. They are our role-models and ambassadors on a professional and public level. They reflect the virtues we promote which include courage, self-discipline, commitment, and honesty. Therefore, staff wellbeing is at the heart of what we do at the academy and we will help you to be the very best that you can be, throughout your entire career.
By becoming a member of our school family, you will embrace multiple opportunities for personal and professional development, not just within the school, but from the internationally renowned Ark family of schools we are a part of. Through Ark, our staff can share best practice and receive training from some of the most talented individuals in the country.
Find out more about us by visiting www.arkboulton.org.
We offer:
· Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning, soup for lunch and lunch for those on duty. We have parking available, a gym on site and a well-equipped staff room including a pool table.
· Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research led and based on the needs of our local context. For instance, at present we do not use traditional book marking across the school.
· On Fridays, children finish at 1.20pm, giving time and space for professional development amongst staff.
· Staff voice is important to us; we like to listen to our staff. We are always seeking feedback and input from our staff.
Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.
How to apply:
Please visit www.arkboulton.org/vacancies and submit your application. Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response so early application is strongly advised.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity or for any questions on the relocation policy, please contact Amal Hersi on a.hersi@arkboulton.org.
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Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.