Head of Curriculum Discipline

3 weeks ago


United Kingdom Voyage Education Partnership Full time

Head of Curriculum Discipline (English) (Newsome Academy)

Education Phase: Secondary

Job Role: Teacher

Working Pattern: Full-Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: Tuesday, 7th May 2024

Interview Date: TBC

About us

Newsome Academy is a successful, over subscribed secondary school, set in fabulous countryside in south Huddersfield. We have over 700 students and over 60 awesome teaching and support staff. We are very unique in the fact that we also have two specialist provisions - Hearing Impaired and Physically Impaired. These provisions allow students to be in mainstream lessons whilst getting the specialist support, they need. The Headteacher and the Senior Team are always present around school, whether this be on duty during social times or dropping into lessons to check on the school climate. We promote leadership and this is evidenced through our amazing students and wider staff teams. The school has seen a significant and exciting change and we have celebrated record-breaking results for the past few years. We are also the only school in Kirklees that are celebrating a student securing a Scholarship at Eton College in 2022.

Newsome is one of 8 Academies that for Impact Education Multi-Academy Trust. There are 2 Secondaries, 4 primaries, 1 through school and 1 Alternative Provision, and more are due to join over the coming year. The Trust is on a mission to improve the life chances of children and young people and improve social mobility for the disadvantaged. Our vision is to be a Trust where hearts and minds connect; values-driven partners working collaboratively to ensure education impacts positively on students, families, communities and staff. Impact Academies are aligned to the Trust Mission, Vision and Aims. Our Academies have individual identities which reflect the diverse communities they serve. They have the autonomy to create, explore and learn from different practices and our Headteachers believe that leadership and personal accountability are founded on self-direction and reflection. We believe that collaborative leadership and strong partnership development can lead to significant positive impact on the quality of education through sharing the best collective practice. Our values of Heart, Mind and Connect underpin everything we do and our Core Principles and Aims articulate how we will live these out.

Job Description

Please see Recruitment Pack attached for Job Description.

The Trust have an excellent reward package in place which includes a local government pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement and all employees are able to benefit from the flexible rewards programme which includes:

  • Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
  • Cycle To Work Scheme
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides access to counselling and other referral services.
  • Access to Westfield Health Cash Plans and Private Medical Insurance Services
  • Discounts from a range of retailers

We listen to our colleagues and measure the health of our culture through our partnership with The Happiness Index. We use their employee engagement and happiness platform to gather feedback anonymously and help drive a happier, healthier and higher-performing organisation.

Desired Criteria

Please see Recruitment Pack attached for Person Specification.

Please see Recruitment Pack attached for Person Specification.

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