Director of Leaning Design & Technology - Full-time

Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet, Swanscombe

• Ref:KCC886-4001-184T
• Posted:07/05/2019
• Pay:L5 - L9, Fringe
• Start Date:Sep 2019
• App Close Date:17/05/2019 at 10:00
• Interviews:TBC

Advert

We are looking for a Director of Learning: Design & Technology for September 2019 and warmly welcome applications from experienced qualified teachers who are passionate about their subject, and are dedicated to enabling students to make excellent progress.

It is a fantastic time to be joining the team. You would join a hardworking and passionate team of staff, in an academy characterised by high aspirations, academic excellence and exemplary behaviour, in a school that has firm discipline and crystal clear rules alongside a strong climate of care, encouragement and reward. Our parents are supportive and ambitious for their children, and our reputation in the locale has grown. The academy is an increasingly popular school in the rapidly growing Ebbsfleet Garden City community.

We want our pupils to leave school as well-rounded, confident young people, with an awareness of the wider world, and a desire and ambition to play an active part in it, all of which is encapsulated in The Ebbsfleet Academy’s motto – Aspire, Excel!

You will have a proven record of raising attainment and accelerating progress, an ability to motivate and inspire, and a clear vision on what can be achieved for our students and your team of committed and dedicated staff. Our new colleague will have an unstinting belief that every young person, whatever their starting point can make and sustain exceptional progress and that our purpose is to change lives.

You will have access to on-going development opportunities and the support of a forward thinking, successful multi-academy trust.

What are we looking for?

• An inspiring and motivational teacher who can enthuse and engage students to achieve their full potential
• A committed individual who wishes to add to the success of the History team by implementing their own ideas and strategies and embrace the very best practice in teaching

In return, WHAT we offer you?

• We practise work life balance
• Our teachers use their time to plan exciting lessons and to discuss the best way to teach a topic
• We don't have unnecessary meetings or unnecessary paperwork
• We expect teachers to enjoy and to relish every minute of their well-earned holiday.
• A range of excellent benefits, CPD, access to professional coaching and mentoring, an employee assistance programme, well-being portal, childcare vouchers and reduced gym membership. 

Visit www.brooklearningtrust.org.uk/vacancies for an application form and job description. Completed application forms should be sent to careers@brooklearningtrust.org.uk by 10am on Friday 17 May 2019

Only applications made using Brook Learning Trust application forms will be considered.  Please use your application to demonstrate how your skills and experience match those detailed in the job description. 

Date for interviews: TBC.

To arrange a school visit, telephone the HR Department on 01580 712754 x 331/332/333

Information about the school

At Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet, our mission is to bring out the best in every student through excellence in teaching and learning, guided by our core values: Be Ready, Work Hard, Be Nice. We are a dynamic and successful 11-18 Academy serving the local community. We have students of all abilities and from a wide variety of backgrounds, all of whom contribute to the richness of our school population. We provide a safe, inclusive, and stimulating environment, offering a rich academic and vocational curriculum tailored to individual needs. Supported by modern facilities and excellent ICT resources, students develop socially, behaviourally, and academically at their own pace. We have high expectations and provide both extension opportunities and targeted support to ensure all students thrive. As a proud community school and member of Leigh Academies Trust, we foster strong partnerships with parents and carers, promote leadership and extracurricular engagement, and equip our students with the skills and confidence to succeed at university or in their chosen careers.

"We are an extremely ambitious school community and believe there are no excuses for not achieving your absolute potential." - Gurjit Kaur Shergill, Principal

Leigh Academies Trust is delighted to announce that Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet has received exceptional feedback following its recent Ofsted inspection on 3rd and 4th December 2024. The inspection confirms that the academy’s performance has improved significantly across all areas since its last inspection, with inspectors planning a return for a graded inspection.

Inspectors praised the academy’s efforts to create a supportive and welcoming environment, with many staff and pupils stating that “the school feels like a family.”

“Pupils are able to talk about what they learn with confidence” “The support that students in the sixth form receive enables them to progress to a range of increasingly ambitious destinations” “New pupils quickly learn the school’s clear behaviour expectations that help everyone to learn” “Pupils benefit from an extensive programme of life-skills and careers education” “Many staff and pupils talked about how the school feels like a family” “Pupils attend happily, safely and with pride"

• Ofsted, 2024

Job Contact Information

• Name:Amanda Lee
• Address:The Ebbsfleet Academy, Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BZ
• Telephone: 01580 712 754
• Email: careers@brooklearningtrust.org.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Job Description
• Letter from CEO