What skills and experience we're looking forKey Responsibilities:• Leadership & Collaboration: Work closely with SLT, fac.....
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities:
• Leadership & Collaboration: Work closely with SLT, faculty leads, and teachers to continuously improve teaching strategies and maximize student outcomes across KS3 and KS4.
• Curriculum Development: Lead the planning, sequencing, and implementation of a broad, balanced curriculum in Food, DT, and PSHE, ensuring high engagement and success for all students.
• Teaching & Learning: Support teachers in devising and delivering high-quality, differentiated lessons with clear goals and engaging content, adapting resources as needed to meet diverse student needs.
• Interventions & Support: Diagnose areas for improvement in teaching practice, lead interventions, and monitor their effectiveness to ensure sustained progress over time.
• Pastoral Leadership: Contribute to initiatives that promote both academic and personal development, fostering a supportive learning environment for students.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Maintain positive relationships with parents/carers and external agencies, ensuring effective communication and involvement in student development.
Person Specification:
• Qualifications: Degree in a relevant subject, PGCE with QTS/QTLS or equivalent.
• Experience: Proven success in teaching Food, DT, or PSHE at KS3/KS4 with a record of improving student outcomes.
• Skills: Outstanding classroom practitioner with expertise in creating and delivering innovative, engaging lessons. Strong ability to collaborate, lead, and inspire change across departments.
• Personal Attributes: Passionate about education, adaptable, a team player, and committed to professional growth and high standards.
What the school offers its staff
Background Information
Kingsway Park High School was established in 2010 and joined the Altus Education Partnership in February 2022. We are now a very popular oversubscribed school (1350 students in years 7-11 and 190 staff) located in central Rochdale. We are very proud of the high-quality facilities, resources, and environment that we provide for both staff and students.
At Kingsway Park High School we strive to transform students’ lives. Through our relationships, we endeavour to instil both resilience and an intrinsic motivation to become confident, creative and highly skilled students, capable of meeting tomorrow’s challenges head on. We strive to establish a culture rooted in achievement and progress that encourages our students to grow academically, personally and socially; equipping them with the values of equality, fairness and openness. We pride ourselves on our relentless drive to achieve outstanding, high quality teaching that provides a safe, supportive and encouraging environment for all our students to be able to realise their academic potential in pursuit of educational excellence.
Altus Education Partnership
The Altus Education Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust and was established in April 2017 by the Governing Body of Rochdale Sixth Form College, an outstanding A-Level provider founded in 2010. The college was awarded Outstanding status by Ofsted in 2013 and has developed a national reputation for excellence, having been used in Ofsted case studies for sharing best practice. The development of the Trust stemmed from a commitment to raising aspirations and improving the life chances of young people throughout the borough of Rochdale. In 2019 the Trust was successful in its application to open a new free school, the Edgar Wood Academy, which serves the local community in Middleton and Heywood.
We are committed to supporting all children in their academies to progress to a successful career, life and employment path of their choice.
All our academies will share a collective identity as providers of the highest quality teaching with high expectations of learners, coupled with effective assessment and intervention. Young people in our academies will engage with opportunities to develop their own skills and aptitudes to support their progression, while making valuable contributions to their communities. Leaders, teachers and support staff will take a collaborative approach, sharing best practice at a local, regional and national level, to continuously improve the performance and outcomes of all academies in the Trust.
Altus Education Partnership Values
The values of the Altus Education Partnership will be embedded and visible throughout all the academies. Each will have its own unique identity built around the core Trust values. These are:
• Unrelenting commitment to improve the quality of our provision and enhance the lives of our students.
• Openness in the way we build trust and bring purpose to our work as a Multi Academy Trust.
• Accountability through the rigorous, transparent and forensic analysis of all aspects of our performance.
• Commitment to the principles of inclusion and equality.
• Dedication to the borough of Rochdale and its surrounds.
• Collective responsibility for one another and the results of all our students – ‘if one fails, we all fail’.
• Have achieved their personal academic potential giving them a greater choice in life.
• Have the highest aspirations and developed the self-esteem, confidence, and emotional resilience to exploit their potential.
• Be contributing members of the community and have compassion for others.
• Be able to celebrate their success and that of others.
• Have developed the confidence to overcome barriers to success.
• Be articulate, creative, and prepared for future growth and learning.
• Be happy!
The Ambition is that by the time students leave they will:
Shared Objective for all Staff
"To maximise students' achievements"
• At Altus Education Partnership we do this through engaging our students in their subjects and inspiring them to enjoy their studies in a totally positive atmosphere.
• Our students are challenged to achieve through a culture of high expectations and a belief in their ability.
• Above all, staff at Altus Education Partnership are committed to their students and demonstrate this through their daily conduct and interaction.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
