Job Description
Job profile for ((name)) Assistant Subject Leader - Chemistry Assistant Subject Leader - Chemistry Paddington Academy02/05/2024 This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the top schools for progress in the country. We are a high performing school and have a relentless focus on high standards in all that we do. We work together to dismantle any barriers to learning and achievement and have a total belief that every student can be successful regardless of their starting point. We ensure that our classrooms are disruption-free so our teachers can focus on the main thing – teaching and learning. We have a strict discipline policy, and the senior team run daily centralised detentions so that consequences are immediate and teacher time is protected. Paddington Academy is a mixed Academy for 1,200 students aged 11-18. The Academy was judged to be outstanding by OFSTED in 2011 and was described by the Education Minister as a ‘jewel in the crown of state education’. Our thriving and oversubscribed academy also has a large Sixth Form with over 300 students, and we have consistently been in the top 10 schools for student progress for the last six years. Paddington Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check. Job details Job details SalaryCompetitive SalaryContractual hours37.5BasisFull TimeRegionLondonJob category/typeChemistryDate posted03/04/2024Job referenceREQ001060Attachments Job description Job description Paddington AcademyPost: Assistant Subject Leader Responsible to: Subject Leader Job PurposeThe main purpose of this post is to provide strong leadership to support the development of the subject area across the Academy. Responsibilities: To set high expectations for standards of teaching and learning and to model excellent practiceTo promote the building and sharing of good practiceTo ensure the consistent application of teaching and learning strategies that meet the needs of all learnersTo ensure the ongoing development and evaluation of appropriate specifications and learning maps and that these are followed by all teachersTo create knowledge organisers and ensure retrieval practice is mapped carefully throughout the curriculumTo lead curriculum masterclasses to support subject knowledge development and subject pedagogyTo monitor and evaluate standards of teaching and learning through classroom observation, sampling pupils’ work and student feedbackTo oversee effective assessment, recording and reporting of pupil progressTo monitor and evaluate standards of attainment through the collection, analysis and reporting of performance dataTo work with the Subject Leader to complete and regularly update the subject development planTo create a stimulating learning environment across your subject area that promotes its identity and its contribution to the whole Academy curriculumTo keep abreast of national developments in your subject area and apply them where relevantTo carry out any other relevant tasks and duties as may occasionally be requiredTo develop an extra-curricular programme supporting student progress and enrichmentTo support the training and development of staff including mentoring trainees Links To report to your line leader and contribute actively to a relevant and coherent learning experience for pupils across the whole curriculum areaTo build and maintain an effective team of staffTo develop cross curricular links Person Specification The successful candidate will have demonstrated the following in their application / interview: Be an outstanding teacherBe committed to continuous improvementHave evidence of supporting or training other colleagues and of working with students beyond those that they teachHave knowledge of current educational issues, legislation and an appreciation of the context of the academyBe a team playerAn unshakable belief that every student deserves the best and can achieve the bestA belief that there are no barriers to success that can’t be dismantledThe ability, time and energy to go the extra mile, no matter whatTo be able to hold people to account in a fair, emotionally intelligent, honest, open but rigorous mannerTo be endlessly positive and optimisticTo be solution focused and never give upTo be charismatic and have the ability to bring out the best in any student or adultTo have a relentless focus on high standards and an eye for detail This document is considered to provide an outline of the areas that this role involves. This document does not preclude the post holder developing systems and structures not specifically mentioned but related to his/her broad areas of responsibility. The roles outlined above are indicative and do not preclude anything else which may be reasonably requested commensurate with the post held and duties undertaken.