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Deputy Head of English

Deputy Head of English

King Solomon Academy

Westminster

Salary:
ARK MPS (Inner London MPS + 2.5%) + TLR
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2014
Apply by:
15 May 2014

Job overview

Deputy Head of English, Westminster

A unique opportunity to be part of an outstanding academy, which seeks to redefine what is possible for a school serving an inner-city community.

We seek an enthusiastic and talented teacher and leader, ready to guide the curriculum and teaching in the subject which will have the greatest impact on the futures of our pupils. As our frontier cohort enters Year 12 in September 2014, the successful candidate will plan and lead the creation of our A-level curriculum.

King Solomon Academy has a focus of mastery of English in Year 7 and throughout Key Stage 3. English is critical and we devote the time (up to 12 hours a week of English in Year 7) to ensure our pupils make extraordinary progress. As a new start, all through academy, we look forward to September 2014 when our primary pupils will feed into the secondary for the first time. The Deputy Head of English will have a significant role in creating a seamless curriculum path towards academic excellence for our pupils.

King Solomon Academy aims to transform the lives of its pupils, 65% of whom come from the 1% most deprived communities in the country. Our mission is to provide a rigorous education that prepares our pupils for success at university and beyond, irrespective of their starting point. Our teachers do whatever it takes to make this vision a reality. The staff culture of KSA is one of mission aligned teamwork and shared professional development so that as individuals and as a school we can provide the very best education for the children we serve.

In this role you will:

  • Lead nationally groundbreaking English outcomes
  • Develop an already talented team of English teachers even further
  • Be coached in the role to develop the skills and knowledge to be an effective Head of English in the future

For further information please go to www.kingsolomonacademy.org.

To apply please complete our online application form at: https://application.arkschools.net/vacancy/YnZN72Pj by 11am on Thursday 15th May

If you would like any further information or wish to discuss the role, email Zara Khokhar at Zara.Khokhar@arkonline.org  

Closing date: 11am on Thursday 15 May 2014

King Solomon Academy is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services Check. ARK is always happy to receive speculative applications from excellent teachers and support staff.

King Solomon Academy

About King Solomon Academy

King Solomon Academy is an all-through school for 3 - 18 year olds in Lisson Grove.

Pupils and their immense potential are at the heart of the academy. They live and work by the philosophy that there are no excuses and no short cuts to success, and promote excellence in every aspect of academy life.

Aims, Vision and Values

Our mission is to provide our pupils with a rigorous and transformational education which prepares them for success at university and beyond. We ensure that every pupil achieves academic success and has the real option of going to university. We want to make university education something which is accessible, exciting and aspirational. We believe our pupils work hard towards this goal because we make it real for them. We name our classes after well-known university cities and we name each year group by the year in which they will graduate from sixth form. We run residential trips to universities to open their eyes to the opportunties that university study can deliver.

In order to make our dreams for our pupils a reality, we foster values and approaches that transform the lives of our pupils. At the heart of our approach is that we are an all-through school with a thriving nursery provision. We believe in investing in knowing our pupils and their families extremely well, and we prioritise our pupils making extraordinary progress in the early years of their education. This sense of long-term commitment is core to our approach.

We have high expectations for all of our pupils, and believe that with great teaching and a lot of love and care, every child here can fulfil their potential.This both warm and strict approach means pupils feel safe and secure in the school but also confident to contribute to the future of the school and their community.

Long term, we aim to play our part in removing the educational disadvantage currently experienced by those born into economic deprivation our country. We strive to create role models and leaders in our community and through them to create a safer, fairer, and happier society.

Our vision 

High expectations We are climbing the mountain to university

Excellent teaching We love teaching and learning and place it at the heart of all our work.

A rigorous and transformational curriculum Our all-through curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to ensure that our pupils have a journey from nursery to university

Exemplary Character Our focus on high quality relationships creates a powerful culture which ensures that our pupils develop exemplary behaviour and character.

A long-term commitment to every pupil As one of a handful of all-through schools with consistent cohorts of children across primary and secondary, we are able to develop a unique team and family orientated culture which ensures that each of our pupils and families are known and cared for as individuals.

Investment in our team We choose to work at KSA because we know we will work together to address educational inequality.

Efficient and effective organisation We carefully organise the operational and educational activities in our school to maximise our collective impact and make our work sustainable.

Specialisms

Like all Ark academies, King Solomon Academy has a maths specialism.  Proficiency in maths is essential in every sphere of adult life, so we invest in the resources to attract and train the best maths teachers. We aim to produce confident and proficient mathematicians. We will ensure that pupils acquire skills as early as possible. We will help every student to maximise their skills and qualifications and offer those with particular ability the chance to accelerate their achievement in maths and further maths.

King Solomon Academy is a music specialist school.  We chose music as a specialism because it is fun and inspiring and can involve every pupil. We believe that being part of the KSA orchestra will create a great sense of shared identity as well enabling our pupils to benefit from the known academic, intellectual and social advantages of musical training.

Ofsted

King Solomon Academy was inspected by Ofsted in May 2013 and was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. You can read the full report here.

Among the points highlighted by the Inspectors in the academy's first full inspection report since opening, they say:

“King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praise KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence."

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