KS3 Pastoral Lead

Salary: TMS/UPS – TLR 2.3 £7,846 per annum

Hours: Full Time – Permanent

The Academy

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to be part of our pastoral team, leading the development of our KS3 students and delivering our competency-based curriculum, with the potential to shape your career with us as the academy grows.

Shireland CBSO Academy is an exciting school which opened to Year 7 in September 2023 and is the first state school in the country to have a partnership with a professional orchestra.  Based in Providence Place, West Bromwich, the Academy will work in partnership with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and serve all of Sandwell and the wider West Midlands.  The Academy is for all students who have a passion or talent for music – they do not necessarily need to already play an instrument.

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is a recognised leader in education and was founded by three-times Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ Shireland Collegiate Academy: Our students study a full, broad and balanced curriculum, seen through the lens of music.  In KS3, students follow the ‘Literacy for Life’ model developed by our Trust over the last 15 years: Students learn via a thematic approach to their studies, spending 17 hours a week in Year 7 with the same teacher, enabling them to smoothly transition from primary to secondary school. In Year 8, students spend 13 hours a week with their L4L teacher as they begin to widen their curriculum participation by accessing discrete subjects.

In September 2024, we will continue to expand by opening our new Sixth Form and welcoming our second cohort of Year 7 students.

Literacy for Life

Literacy for Life is a thematic curriculum taught for 17 hours each week in Year 7, 13 hours in Year 8 and 5 hours in Year 9.  Each teacher is focused on the students in their Literacy for Life class, not just from an academic perspective but also getting to know the students and their families and forming a partnership which will really help students to make progress.

Our programme is delivered in a bespoke technologically rich, new build environment.

We are seeking inspirational teachers and leaders from either secondary or Upper Key Stage 2. Applicants will:

·         Be passionate about improving the lives of students they serve

·         Be confident in teaching across subjects

·         Role model a commitment to excellence

·         Be confident in using pedagogies for thematic/project-based learning

·         Want to collaborate as part of a team

·         Believe they have both a pastoral and academic responsibility

·         Be flexible and adaptable, rising to the challenge of creating a new Academy

·         Have high standards for students and themselves.

In return we will offer:

·                     Excellent career development opportunities and access to a comprehensive programme of CPD

·                     An ICT-rich environment which allows staff to be innovative in harnessing technology for learning

·                     The opportunity to be involved in the development of a new Academy

·                     Employee Health and Wellbeing Package

The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

For an informal discussion please contact our HR Director Melanie Adams on 0121 565 8811. More information about the academy and application forms are available from our Trust website:

https://careers.shirelandcat.net/Department/Teaching

Closing date: Wednesday 24th January 2024

Interviews: Week commencing 29th January 2024 and 5th February 2024