Ark Acton has recently joined the network of ARK Schools and is dedicated to supporting the education of all students.
We are recruiting for an outstanding Head of RE to join our school. As Head of the RE department, you will lead, develop and manage the effective delivery of an outstanding curriculum, which enables the highest level of student progress and attainment. You will lead the professional community of RE teachers and promote outstanding teaching and learning and a strong school culture within a nurturing and rigorous environment. The successful candidate will deliver outstanding teaching and learning and achieve excellent results for students.
We offer you the best training and support at every stage of your career. You will receive regular coaching sessions, timetabled CPD each week, as well as staff collaboration across the network.
As a teacher at Ark Acton, you will be part of Ark, an international charity and one of the UK's most successful multi academy trusts, with a network of 39 schools in 4 locations across the country. Benefits of being part of the Ark network include:
• A salary higher than the main scale teacher salaries
• Twice as many training days as standard and network-wide events with Ark colleagues, held by the best minds in education. If you would like to discuss the role, please contact Ruth MacMurray HR Administrator on 020 3110 2400.
Job Description: Head of Religious Education
Reporting to: Head of Faculty / SLT Line Manager
Location: Ark Acton
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time
Salary: Competitive
The Role
As Head of the RE department, you will lead, develop and manage the effective delivery of an outstanding curriculum, which enables the highest level of student progress and attainment. You will lead the professional community of RE teachers and promote outstanding teaching and learning and a strong school culture within a nurturing and rigorous environment.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership and Management
· Lead, develop and line manage the department’s staff, including through the provision of CPD, inset training days, supervising NQTs, ITT students and support staff, etc.
· Monitor, evaluate and continually improve the quality of planning, teaching, and assessment of all members of the RE team
· Manage departmental budget and resources effectively and efficiently
· Lead behaviour management in the department, securing strong routines for learning, consistent with the academy’s policy, and liaising with tutors and parents when necessary
· Develop strong partnerships and ensure regular communication with parents and carers
Improving Teaching & Learning
· Model outstanding teaching and lead collaborative planning and development, including the sharing of resources and best practice within the department
· Be responsible for tracking student progress across the faculty, analysing all relevant data to make data-driven changes to the curriculum design and intervention strategies and using the data to monitor the performance of subject staff
· Be accountable for student progress in RE across the school at all key stages, ensuring that all students achieve results in line with, or better than, value-added predictions
· Monitor the work of the department through rigorous and regular lesson observations, a developed co-planning schedule, work scrutinies, and provide detailed, constructive feedback
· Lead joint practice development across the faculty subject teams, ensuring that outstanding practice is shared with all staff in the faculty and the wider school, and work with other department heads to exploit cross-year and cross-curricular links
· Plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate the curriculum provision and enrichment for all year groups within the department
· Monitor the identification of and provision for students with individual needs, and develop differentiated learning and teaching methods and schemes of learning
· Participate actively throughout the network, by attending relevant meetings, and, as appropriate, delivering network-wide training and initiatives
· Work with colleagues, students and families to develop a strong school community
Other
· Actively promote the safety and welfare of our children and young people
· Ensure compliance with Arks data protection rules and procedures
· Liaise with colleagues and external contacts at all levels of seniority with confidence, tact and diplomacy
· Work with Ark Central and other academies in the Ark network, to establish good practice throughout the network, offering support where required
This job description is not an exhaustive list and you will be expected to carry out any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager.