Lead Practitioner

**Ref: SCH-ATCT-0415**3 day(s) remaining**

**Establishment**: Witton Park Academy **Location**: Blackburn **Salary**: £53602 - £59167 **Department**: English **Job Type**: Full Time **Key Stage**: Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4

**Closing Date**: 16/05/2025 09:00 **Interview Date**: w/c 19th May 2025 **Start Date**: September 25

Additional Information

**Contract Type**:Permanent **Contract Term**:TTO - Term time only **Hours per Week**:32.50 **Weeks per Year**:52.000 **Pay Grade**:Leadership | L4 - L8 **Scale Point**:L4 - L8

The Role

**Job Title**: Lead Practioner - English

**Salary**: Leadership Payscale L4 - L8

**Start**: September 2025 or sooner

**Location**: Blackburn

**Contract Type**: Permanent, Full time

**Closing Date**: 9:00 am, 16th May 2025

**Interview**: w.c 19th May 2025

**Join Our Academy and make a Real Difference**

Are you looking to be part of something transformative? Join our academy at an exciting time of growth and change, where you'll play a key role in shaping the life chances of our students and making a meaningful impact in the wider community of our school.

At the heart of our Trust are the values of Achieve, Belong, and Collaborate. We are committed to working together with children at the heart of everything we do. Ensuring every student and colleague realise their full potential, feel a strong sense of belonging, and thrive through strong partnerships and teamwork.

As a valued member of our academy and wider Trust, you will benefit from working within a supportive, forward-thinking environment that encourages innovation, nurtures professional development, and celebrates success.

At Witton Park, our guiding principles are simple yet powerful:

- Children come first and are at the heart of all we do
- All pupils, and staff, are supported to achieve
- How we respond to failure is important; it is how we learn
- 100% attendance by pupils and staff
- Pupil wellbeing: social, emotional and mental is a priority

Positive relationships underpin all of our work
- The mental health and emotional well being of pupils and staff is important
- Effective leadership of people, both pupils and staff, is vital to our success

**We offer**:

- A well resourced school to support teaching and meet the needs of the pupils effectively
- A team of supportive and experienced colleagues
- Learning environments to support the success and motivation of pupils
- Access to a Pension Scheme, Employee support through Simply Health
- A cloud based employee portal that allows employees to access their HR and payroll data

Witton Park is part of the Achievement through Collaboration Multi Academy Trust, a Trust with a purpose We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate. To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right.

Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.

Whether you're taking the next step in your career or looking for a new challenge, this is your opportunity to join a community that is united in purpose and driven by values.

**Achieve more. Belong here. Collaborate with Witton Park Academy and Achievement through Collaboration Trust for change.**

**About the School**

We are extremely proud of our school; the achievements of our pupils, the expertise, the dedication of our staff, our outstanding facilities and our reputation as a centre of excellence. Our ultra-modern school buildings allow our pupils to flourish in facilities for learning that truly does enable us to trail blaze innovative learning - from the bright and attractive classrooms to the fully equipped outside play areas, the facilities allow our pupils to fully explore their talents and to shine in those areas that they most enjoy.

A building, however, is only as good as the people working within; we believe we have some of the best students and teachers in the world. Staff and pupils benefit from the investment we place in their development: as well as playing a key part in supporting other schools through the Achievement through Collaboration Trust, we have a variety of external partners from Google, The Schools, Students and Teacher Network, and with University College London. Partnerships like these create opportunities for all members of our team.

**About the Trust**

Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.

To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right

Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the indi