Director of Learning

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspiring Director of Learning - Business, Economics & Finance, starting from September 2024.

As Director of Learning, you will lead the development in ensuring the highest of standards across the department to ensure the Quality of Education within the business and IT faculty is of the highest level ensuring excellent outcomes for our young people. This is a fantastic role where you will have a direct impact in developing the business and IT department to make it even better and grow our talented team to secure the very best outcomes for students at our academy.

We are keen to hear from you if:

You are passionate about your subjectYou have the ability and drive to make a positive impact on students' progress and outcomesYou have the drive to transform our learning and are dedicated to raising standards even further for all studentsIn return we are offering:A supportive and professional environment to be a part of and full embed yourself into from day oneThe opportunity to teach at Key stage 3, 4 and Post 16 A Level and IB diploma groupsThe chance to join and be part of an academy that has a strong, dynamic leadership team whose aim is to achieve excellence for allA team of talented staff at all stages of their career, covering the specialisms assigned to this role Well motivated and receptive learners across our academy This is a permanent opportunity offering leadership scale commensurate with experience. Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2023, our Trust comprises 31 geographically organised academies (15 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating 20,000 students, and employing 3,000 talented staff. The Trust is establishing four 'clusters' of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region's biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.

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