Ark Acton Academy is on an incredible improvement journey and we are sowing the seeds of greatness for our local community. However, there is still much to do and we are looking for an expert leader of Science who can help drive us forwards. You will share our firm belief in the importance of Science as an academic discipline and you will want to join a school that invests in its staff.
At Ark Acton we have stripped away anything we feel gets in the way of being a great teacher so that we can focus on the main thing. This includes:
• Feedback policies that sit at department level and no marking scrutinies.
• No graded lesson observations
• No report writing
• No parent’s evenings
• Only 2 data points a year
• No ½ termly data metrics to track progress
• Protected Department meeting time built into the timetable
• Two protected co-planning slots a week built into staff loadings to provide space for curricular discussions.
We are heavily committed to staff welfare and development and this includes:
• Weekly staff training and coaching for every teacher
• Curriculum development programme for every Middle Leader
• Close links with Ambition Institute to support career development
• free use of our leisure centre
• access to the school counsellor
We place the curriculum – what we teach – at the heart of the academy and it informs all decisions we make. We are looking for someone who shares our belief in disciplinary thinking and who will help improve and refine our curriculum thinking. In the words of Alex Standish we believe that “school subjects then are a way of inducting children into the intellectual habits of humankind, and hence into a disciplinary conversation about knowing our world” and we are looking for someone who shares this belief to join our team.
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To apply please go to https://arkonline.org/careers . For further information, a confidential discussion or any technical queries please contact Ruth Macmurray, Hr Officer at rmacmurray@arkacton.org
Closing Date: 04/12/2020 (We reserve the right to close the advert early so early application is advised).
Interviews: Week Commencing 14/12/2020
Salary: Competitive
Contract: Full-time hours, permanent contract
Start Date: January 2021
Nearest Tube: Acton Town (5 minutes’ walk away)
We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.