Literacy Lead

**Full Job Description**:
**_At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy_**

**_ How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?_**

**_ Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent)._**

**_ 4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year - so there’s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG_**

**Location**:Wetheringsett Manor School, Suffolk**

**Salary**:Up to £36,000 per annum**

**Hours**:37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**Contract**:Permanent, Term Time Only**

**UK applicants only.**

Due to growth in service we are recruitng a Literacy Lead to join our team at Wetheringsett Manor.

**About the role**

To secure high quality teaching, effective use of resources and improve standards of learning and achievement for all pupils in consultation with the Headteacher.

In consultation with the deputy headteacher, undertake other identified areas of responsibility as necessary to ensure effective delivery of the school’s curriculum.
- Lead on phonics and literacy strategy across all key stages.
- Contribute to EHCP reviews in consultation with SENCO.
- Implement whole school reading policy.
- Work alongside English teachers and KS2 teachers to ensure all pupils can make desired progress through literacy.

**Knowledge and Understanding**:

- The school’s vision, aims, priorities, targets, curriculum policies and action plans.
- Any statutory curriculum requirements and the requirements for assessment, recording and reporting of pupils’ attainment and progress.
- The characteristics of high-quality teaching and the main strategies for improving and sustaining high standards of teaching, learning and achievement for all pupils.
- Management, including employment law, equal opportunities legislation, personnel, external relations, finance and change.
- The implications of the code of practice of special educational needs for teaching and learning.

Qualifications: QTS

**About the School**

Wetheringsett Manor School is a new independent day SEMH School for up to 42 pupils aged 11-18. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

Wetheringsett Manor School has gone through significant refurbishment and is based in Suffolk, East Anglia and opened to pupils in November 2020. The Manor House is located in 17 acres of parkland with wooded boundaries and sits on the edge of the village of Wetheringsett. The accommodation also provides several other buildings including a converted stable block, a cottage and two industrial units.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

We are part of Acorn Care and Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.

We welcome staff who share our commitment to help pupils experience better days and better lives. Through ongoing development and training, we ensure our staff are well prepared for their jobs and given every opportunity to extend their skills.

**Why join Acorn Education & Care?**

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including**:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
- **_You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy._**

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