Leadership Development Director

The purpose of your role will be:

• To provide outstanding teaching and learning which meets the needs of all students.
• To support Senior Vice Principal raising standards of teaching and learning across the department and in monitoring progress towards agreed aims.
• To provide specialist Teaching and Learning expertise to assist Academy staff, as appropriate
• To take the strategic lead of an agreed whole school responsibility.
• To support and hold to account other staff in the Academy through teaching and learning programmes.
• To support the Senior Vice Principal in the implementation of agreed whole school policies and initiatives.
• To plan and facilitate professional learning workshops as requested.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree
• Outstanding teaching practice
• Excellent behaviour management
• Experience of lesson observations and giving robust feedback
• Experience of improvement planning
• Experience of implementing a range of strategies to raise student achievement, with evidence of success
• Contribution to impact on the quality of learning and teaching and curriculum
• Proven track record of excellent results at KS3/4
• Experience of high quality pupil tracking and feedback practices.

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, with a large sixth form of nearly 400 students.

The Academy has three consecutive Outstanding judgments by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection in 2014 finding the Academy to be Outstanding in every aspect. We are a consistently high performing school. Our motto, ‘All Can Achieve’ encapsulates our vision that all members of the Academy community are supported and encouraged to achieve their absolute potential. We believe that a well-supported and valued staff body is the key to our success.

We are the ‘Teaching School Hub’ for Croydon and Sutton and we are able to offer all teachers an extensive programme of first class professional development. Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is part of the Harris Federation and this enables us to offer you a comprehensive induction programme and training and development opportunities to support your career development including Masters and other qualifications.