Deputy Curriculum Leader of English

Sandbach CW11 3NT, UK

On-Site

Expires: Expiring in less than 2 weeks

Teaching

Job Description – DCL English (with the potential for a whole school responsibility)
Job Title: DCL English
Accountable to: Curriculum Leader of English

Job Purpose:
To contribute to raising standards of student achievement in English by teaching a timetable of lessons and supporting the Curriculum Leader in the achievement of whole school and department goals as stated in the department’s strategic plan.
Job Description – Deputy Curriculum Leader English
Qualified teacher of English with experience or the desire to work in leadership
The current conditions of employment of school teachers as laid down by the Department for Education.

The Post
Due to the promotion of the current post holder, we are pleased to offer a rare opportunity to work alongside a forward‑thinking and highly supportive Curriculum Leader to lead a successful and dedicated English department. Our team is committed to securing excellent outcomes for all pupils, and this role offers a valuable opportunity to help shape and advance that vision. As a school, we are committed to supporting every member of staff to realise their full potential and to develop as leaders within our community and beyond.
This is an exciting post and as such the postholder will be expected to make significant contributions and have key responsibilities within the English Curriculum Area. They will support and when appropriate deputise for the Curriculum Leader in ensuring that the breath within the Curriculum Area is designed to promote students’ knowledge and skills through academic, creative, expressive, technical, moral and spiritual development.
The postholder will deputise the English department and lead on a Key Stage dependent on their area of expertise. The postholder will directly line manage some staff within the English Curriculum Area and will report to the English Curriculum Leader.
For the right candidate, there is also the potential to take a lead role in whole‑school literacy, offering the chance to further develop leadership skills beyond the English curriculum area and supporting meaningful career development.

Core Purpose
•To be responsible and accountable for pupil achievement and outcomes within a significant part of the Curriculum Area and hold responsibility for a Key Stage.
▪To ensure that all Curriculum Area members have the highest possible expectations of their pupils and help create a culture of high aspirations across the team.
•To work closely with the Curriculum Leader and support them in driving the Curriculum Area forward.
•Support, develop and implement the vision, ethos and policies of the school across the Curriculum Area and which reflect the school’s commitment to high achievement, positive behaviour and attitudes to learning.
•To support the Curriculum Leader in monitoring, evaluating and reviewing the performance of the Curriculum to promote good practice and raise standards which will improve outcomes for pupils.
•To support the Curriculum Leader in monitoring and analysing data within a significant part of the Curriculum Area and will use this analysis to implement effective strategies and intervention to raise pupil achievement.
•To support the Curriculum Leader to ensure teachers give careful consideration to planning and sequencing knowledge-rich programmes of study across all key stages with particular focus of the Key Stage of your responsibility. There is a foundation of metacognition and retrieval in its delivery.
•To support effective working practices with Pastoral Leads and relevant support staff across the Curriculum to ensure the best outcomes for pupils.
•To support effective partnerships and communication with parents across the Curriculum Area to ensure the best outcomes for pupils.
•In collaboration with the Curriculum Leader to assist in the effective and efficient management and organisation of learning and financial resources.
•In collaboration with the Curriculum Leader use accommodation to create an effective and stimulating environment for teaching and learning within the Curriculum Area
•To help ensure that there is a safe working and learning environment in which risks are properly assessed.
•To deputise for the Curriculum Leader.
Strategic Leadership and Development
•Contribute to the self-evaluation and strategic development planning of the whole school and the Curriculum Area Growth plan as well as action plans to tackle any areas of underachievement.
•To contribute to and support the vision for the Curriculum Area to help drive it forward.
•To potential contribute to and support the vision for Literacy across the school to help drive it forward.

Leading Staff
•To lead, support and challenge staff in achieving school and Curriculum Area priorities and targets and delegate responsibilities for appropriate aspects of work. To challenge any staff underperformance to secure improvements within the Curriculum Area.
•To consider and take responsibility for professional development. In addition to supporting and encouraging the professional development of staff within a significant part of the Curriculum Area (a Key Stage), in line with whole school policy and practice. Contribute to training and development activities within the Curriculum Area and ensure actions are closely aligned with the school’s evidence-based strategy and practice in developing teaching and learning and pedagogy.
▪To establish clear expectations and constructive working relationships
within the Curriculum Area, including through team working and mutual support, coaching, devolving responsibilities and delegating tasks, as appropriate; evaluating progress and developing an acceptance of accountability.
•To directly line manage some members of the Curriculum Area and the Literacy team through the appraisal process.

Leading Teaching and Learning
•To lead teaching and learning across the Curriculum by example through being an excellent classroom practitioner themselves.
•To be responsible and accountable for the quality of teaching and learning within a significant part of the Curriculum Area (a Key Stage).
•To support the evaluating of learning and teaching within the Curriculum Area in the context of the school and use this analysis to identify effective practice and areas for improvement and take action to improve further the quality of teaching and learning.
•To support and implement clear practices for assessing, recording and reporting on pupil achievement in line with school policy and to use this information to recognise achievement and to assist pupils in setting targets for further improvement within a significant part of the Curriculum Area (History and Politics)

Other
To undertake any reasonable duty at the request and discretion of the Headteacher.

For further information regarding this role, please contact OfficeAdmin@sandbachhigh.co.uk.