Head of Literacy

2 months ago

Southampton, United Kingdom Weston Secondary School Full time

**Job Description: Head of Literacy**

**Responsible to **Head of English

**Line Management **No LM responsibilities

**Type Teaching**/ Non-teaching/ Support

**TLR **2.7 £5021

**Pay scale **MPS/UPS

**Liaising with **Staff, Teaching Assistants, Heads of Department, Parents/ Carers

**Start date **September 2023 or earlier

**Part time/ Full Time **Full time, Permanent

We are a flexible working school and so, if you are looking for a

part time position, please still get in touch.

**WSS word cloud**

Below are some of the values staff shared as key traits of WSS employees. These traits are

integral to achieving the very best for our young people

**Key Purpose**
- To ensure that all students rapidly improve their literacy and oracy levels across the

whole school.
- To lead on literacy development across all phases of the school, rapidly improving

our reading provision and outcomes for students:

- Developing a literacy curriculum vision including non-negotiables of delivery in

accordingly.
- Ensure opportunities to develop communication skills of oracy and writing are in

place across all curriculum areas.
- To develop a whole school approach to improving oracy
- Lead a waved bespoke intervention package of literacy catch up across all

phases.
- Ensure that all aspects of literacy are accurately assessed and data is used

diagnostically to improve outcomes for students.
- Lead our work using ‘Lexia’ and the NGRT testing system
- Work with teachers to ensure they are tracking literacy progress on a regular basis

and it is used to inform planning and interventions.
- Ensure literacy data is reported on a regular basis to Senior Leaders and Governors

and lead on any external assessments
- Lead on reporting to Parents around literacy and reading progress.
- Work closely with the Teaching and Learning Lead to devise and deliver

appropriate staff CPD to support literacy development.
- Work closely with the Curriculum lead to map and sequence the literacy

curriculum; ensuring that tiers of vocabulary are clear foci points and that there is

consistency of approach to literacy across the school to support students
- Develop a love of reading across all phases demonstrating growing numbers of

Students reading for pleasure.
- Embed the Tutor Time Reading programme ensuring quality assurance; that this

programme actively supports the reading improvement; reflects the diversity of our

community and also enhances the cultural capital of our students.
- Oversee the development of a new school library, working with external agencies

to ensure that libraries and book corners have appropriate texts which are

accessed consistently across all phases.

**Duties and responsibilities: Teaching**

As a classroom teacher, you are expected to:

- plan, prepare and present lessons in accordance with WSS Guidelines;
- teach, according to the educational needs of all students assigned to deploying

strategies within the WSS Graduated Response to Teaching, Learning and

Expectations (GRTLE);
- mark and record assessments completed by students, ensuring all underperforming

work is challenged in line with school guidance;
- set and mark homework for KS4 on a regular basis in accordance with school policy;
- assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of students

by using appropriate baseline data;
- assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use this assessment to

improve aspects of teaching.

**Duties and responsibilities: Leading and managing staff**
- Provide support to staff regarding teaching and learning, resources, and planning for

Literacy
- Monitor teaching and learning by visiting lessons, scrutinising books, and talking with

students to assess how well Literacy is being implemented and how well it is delivered

across the school
- Provide feedback to staff based on the above observations to identify training needs

and provide continuing professional development (CPD) in Literacy
- Coach and model team teaching
- Support teachers to make accurate assessments, manage internal and external

moderation, and complete external moderation exercises
- Contribute to timetabling and manage setting students into attainment groups

**Duties and responsibilities: Efficient and effective deployment of resource**

Our students deserve the best. It is of significant importance at WSS that all staff:

- create and maintain a safe, welcoming environment and take care of the learning

environment, ensuring classroom displays are stimulating, of high quality, and inspire

curiosity in students;
- prepare appropriate resources for remote learning to ensure the curriculum can be

delivered to students learning from home due to coronavirus for example.

**Responsibilities of all school staff**

At an appropriate level, according to the job role, grade and training received, all

employees in the school are expected to:

- support the attitudes, beliefs and values alongside the v

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