Address
SalaryHours per week: Full time Ark Boulton Academy
Golden Hillock Road
Birmingham
B11 2QG
Telephone number: 0121 773 8156 Job start date: April 2024 or earlier if possible.
Exciting opportunity for an inspiring leader to join a dedicated community at Ark Boulton.
About the role:
We are looking for a passionate and knowledgeable leader to join our excellent MFL department.
You will develop and manage the effective delivery of our KS3/4 curriculum, overseeing assessment and progress tracking.
You will be responsible for leading a dedicated team of MFL teachers, providing guidance and support and ensuring that as a team, you are committed to raising achievement.
Considering making a move to Birmingham? We are able to offer relocation allowances of up to £5,000 to support you with the process. Get in touch to find out more.
Our ideal candidate will have:
Effective leadership and management style that encourages participation.
Passion, energy, resilience and optimism to lead the department, make a difference and overcome barrier.
Vision aligned with Ark and Ark Boulton’s high aspirations and expectation.
Motivation to continually improve standards and achieve excellence.
About our school:
Ark Boulton Academy is a seven-form entry secondary school in the heart of Sparkhill. Our approach is summed up in the African proverb - “It takes a whole community to bring up a child”. We work together to ensure that each of our children can overcome barriers to learning, catch up where needed and achieve at the highest levels by working harder, behaving better and making faster progress than children in other schools and academies. We support our students to develop a lifelong love of learning; a sense of personal and civic pride and the confidence to not just navigate the modern world, but to shape it. At Ark Boulton, our staff are a valuable and integral part of our community and are given the room to grow and develop in an encouraging, challenging and rewarding environment. They are our role-models and ambassadors on a professional and public level. They reflect the virtues we promote which include courage, self-discipline, commitment, and honesty. Therefore, staff wellbeing is at the heart of what we do at the academy and we will help you to be the very best that you can be, throughout your entire career. We offer: Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning, soup for lunch and lunch for those on duty. We have parking available, a gym on site and a well-equipped staff room including a pool table. Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research led and based on the needs of our local context. For instance, at present we do not use traditional book marking across the school. On Fridays, children finish at 2pm, giving time and space for professional development amongst staff. Staff voice is important to us; we like to listen to our staff. We are always seeking feedback and input from our staff.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective.
Please visit our website and submit your application. Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response so early application is strongly advised. If you wish to discuss this opportunity or for any questions on the relocation policy, please contact Amal Hersi on: a.hersi@arkboulton.org.
Closing date: 15 January 2024, 10:00am. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
