Times Educational Supplement - April 06, 2018

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

SECONDARY EDUCATION


6 APRIL 2018Tes 99


ExceptionalschoolattheheartofChapeltown.
Modelled on the outstanding DixonsTrinity
Academy, Bradford.
Dixons Trinity Chapeltown will open with Year 7
in August 2018; it will grow to full capacity as an
all-through school by 2023. The chance to join
Dixons Trinity Chapeltown provides an exciting
and unique opportunity to work with a talented
team in building an outstanding school from
its foundation. Our Secondary Principal, Natalie
Brookshaw, will bring the focused leadership,
vision and values from the outstanding Dixons
Trinity Academy, Bradford, into the heart of Leeds.
Do you do whatever it takes for children to learn?
Do you want to make a lasting impact?
Do you want the autonomy to make it happen?
We are looking for an exceptional Head of Year. The
right candidate will be totally aligned to our values
of hard work, trust and fairness and completely
committed to our mission: the academy will ensure
that all students succeed at university (or a real
alternative), thrive in a top job and have a great life.
Why choose us?


  • Culture of high expectations; teachers can teach
    and students can learn; it is cool to be smart

    • Focus on feedback NOT marking

    • No off-the-shelf strategies; weekly coaching

    • Exceptionally visible SLT

    • Schemes of work fully resourced and ready
      Learn more:
      http://www.dixonstc.com
      Or, call the school on 01274 424350 and speak to
      Natalie Brookshaw, Secondary Principal, to discuss
      the role further.
      The academy is committed to safeguarding and
      promoting the welfare of children and young people
      and expects all staff and volunteers to share this
      commitment. Successful applicants will need to
      undertake a DBS enhanced clearance for the academy.
      More information about the post and a
      downloadable application form, job description and
      person specification can be found on our website:
      http://www.dixonstc.com/join/jobs
      Closing date for applications:Wednesday 2 May
      2018 at6pm
      Interviews/selection:w/c 7 May 2018
      The academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting
      the welfare of children and young people and expects all
      staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful
      applicants will need to undertake a DBS enhanced clearance
      for the academy.




Head of Year
Full Time/Permanent
Salary: MPS + TLR
Start date: 23 August 2018

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers
to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake a DBS enhanced clearance.


Senior Leader Designate
(Dixons 6th Form Academy)
Dates:23 August 2018
Location:Bradford
Contract type:Full time
Contract term:Permanent
Salary:Competitive salary for the right individual
Closing date for applications:Friday 20 April 2018 9:00
Interviews/selection:w/c 23 April 2018
Following our successful Free School bid, the Dixons
Academies Trust is seeking to appoint an inspirational and
experienced individual to develop our new shared Dixons
Sixth Form. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for an
exceptionally talented and ambitious leader to work closely
with an Executive Principal to start up and significantly
contribute to the leadership of a sixth form centre that will
compete with the country’s top performing providers.
Working for the Dixons Trust, you will fully align to our vision
and values and have a strong commitment to doing whatever
it takes to secure the best possible outcomes for our students.
You will be firmly committed to providing an education that
will give the young people of Bradford every opportunity to
confidently apply and secure places at top universities.
Our family of schools is comprised of primary and
secondary, and includes both new start-ups and sponsored
academies. Our diversity is a real strength of our model;
strong collaboration is balanced with the individual
freedom to innovate. We have a solid platform upon which
we continue to build; our Trust will continue to expand
from 4,900 students now to over 8,000 by 2018.
Opening in September 2019, this Free School start-up will
initially offer over 300 places to Dixons Academies students
and (when full) will have a roll of 880 with the potential
for further development and expansion on the site. Many
places will be taken up by students from Dixons City, Kings,

McMillan and Trinity. However, there will be places offered
to other students from across the city who secure the
correct entrance requirements and are fully signed up to
our ethos of high expectations and relentless ambition.
The successful candidate will be an experienced senior leader,
or exceptional middle leader, and have a secure knowledge
of all aspects of working within this sector. They will be
able to demonstrate and evidence an uncompromising
commitment to providing an outstanding education and
have the ability to motivate and inspire staff and students.
An information evening will be held at 5.30pm on Tuesday
17 April at Dixons McMillan Academy. Prospective
applicants will have the opportunity to meet the CEO,
Executive Principal and other Dixons Principals.
Please apply using the Dixons Academies application form
and include a formal letter which addresses the person
specification with particular emphasis on measurable impact.
We are looking for an August start so that the successful
candidate can be involved in all aspects of planning in
readiness for opening in September 2019. When appointed,
the successful candidate will also sit on and contribute to the
leadership team of one our existing academies.
For more information about this vacancy and access to a
downloadable application form, please contact Heather
Brons on 01274 424350 or via email: [email protected]

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff
and volunteersto share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake a DBS enhanced clearance.

Principal Designate/


Head of School
Application Date:Friday 20 April at 9.00am
Start Date:Thursday 23 August 2018
Location:Bradford
Contract type:Permanent
Contract term:Full time
Salary:Competitive salary for the
right individual
Following our successful Free School bid, the Dixons
Academies Trust is seeking to appoint an inspirational
and experienced individual to lead our new shared
Dixons Sixth Form. This is an exciting and unique
opportunity for an exceptionally talented and ambitious
leader to work closely with an Executive Principal to
start up and lead a sixth form centre that will compete
with the country’s top performing providers.
Working for the Dixons Trust, you will fully align to our
vision and values and have a strong commitment to
doing whatever it takes to secure the best possible
outcomes for our students. You will be firmly committed
to providing an education that will give the young
people of Bradford every opportunity to confidently
apply and secure places at top universities.
Our family of schools is comprised of primary and
secondary, and includes both new start-ups and
sponsored academies. Our diversity is a real strength
of our model; strong collaboration is balanced with
the individual freedom to innovate. We have a solid
platform upon which we continue to build; our Trust
will continue to expand from 4,900 students now to
over 8,000 by 2018.
The successful candidate will be an experienced

senior leader and have a secure knowledge of all
aspects of working within this sector. They will be able
to demonstrate and evidence an uncompromising
commitment to providing an outstanding education
and have the ability to motivate and inspire staff
and students.
An information evening will be held at5.30pmon
Tuesday 17 Aprilat Dixons McMillan Academy.
Prospective applicants will have the opportunity to
meet the CEO, Executive Principal and other
Dixons Principals.
Please apply using the Dixons Academies application
form and include a formal letter which addresses
the person specification with particular emphasis
on measurable impact. We are looking for an August
start so that the successful candidate can be involved
in allaspects of planning in readiness for opening in
September 2019. When appointed, the successful
candidate will also sit on and contribute to the
leadership team of one our existing academies.
For more information about this vacancy and access
to a downloadable application form, please contact
Heather Brons on 01274424350 or via email:
[email protected].

Teacher of Music(Maternity Cover)
Full Time to Part Time


Salary: MPS/UPS - Outer London Teachers’ pay
scales. TLR for a suitably qualified applicant.


Trinity Catholic High School seeks to appoint a
talented and dynamic Teacher of Music to work
within our hugely successful Music Department.
We have an excellent Catholic Ethos with
a strong leadership team. The temporary,
maternity cover, Teacher of Music position is
available as full time from June-July 2018 and
then 0.8FTE from September 2018.
The successful applicant will be able to offer
Music to Key Stage 5 to join a supportive
and highly successful department. Students
follow the Edexcel syllabus at GCSE and
OCR at A Level. The department has a busy
extra-curricular programme and support from
peripatetic music teachers.


Trinity Catholic High School prides itself in
the following:



  • An outstandingly successful and
    oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive
    school with 1673 students on roll.

  • A Specialist Science and PE College and
    holds International School Award status.

  • Judged as outstanding in both the December
    2014 section 48 inspection and then
    again, for the fifth time in succession, as
    outstanding by OFSTED in March 2015.


This post would be suitable for experienced
teachers who feel they can make a significant
and positive contribution to the Music
department and the school as a whole.


Please note, due to high volumes of applications
only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


Please click on the apply button to complete the
application form athttps://www.tes.com/jobs


Closing date for receipt of application forms is
Sunday 15th April 2018.


TrinityCatholicHighSchooliscommittedtosafeguarding
children; successful candidates will be subject to an
enhancedDisclosureandBarringServicecheck.


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