Post Title:                        Extended Schools Achievement Leader and Sports Coach - Permanent                                                      

Location:                          Ashwood Spencer Academy

Required from:                June 2022

Salary/Pay Range           Scale Grade- NJC 12-15 £18966 - £20127

Hours of work:                Full Time (37 Hours), permanent, Term Time Only

Reporting to:                   Principal

Can you help to give our children the best start possible? 

Ashwood Spencer Academy are looking to recruit a dynamic and committed ‘extended schools achievement leader and sports coach’ who can inspire learning through physical activity, well-being and mindfulness and fully commit to our school ethos.

The successful candidates will be part of a hard working friendly team, and will be working with children who are well behaved and sociable.

Qualities we are looking for:

• Have a sense of humour
• Have a ‘whatever it takes attitude’ to remove barriers to participation in sports
• Promote positive mental health and well-being
• Role model sportsmanship and encourage a love for sports
• Good communicator and can use your own initiative
• Have well developed, positive behaviour management skills
• Patient, inspiring, caring and sensitive towards the needs of vulnerable children

In return, we can offer you:

• A collaborative ethos, working with other schools and colleagues to develop day to day practice
• High quality CPD
• A chance to be part of an exciting journey
• Children who are kind, warm and enthusiastic about their learning
• High quality CPD through our Trust’s two Teaching Schools, Research School and National Maths Hub status
• The support of a high performing and diverse academy Trust, comprising primary, secondary and special education provision
• Rich and varied career development opportunities
• A chance to innovate in order to make a real difference for our Ashwood children

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2500 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.

We currently have 16 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe:

All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.

Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.

We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact head@ashwoodspencer.co.uk

Applications for this post must be submitted on our online application form, which can be found at vacancies.spenceracademiestrust.co.uk/and by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ link.

In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview.

Closing date: Wednesday 4th May 2022 at 12:00 PM

Interviews: Thursday 12th May 2022

Our application closing date may be brought forward, so we encourage you to apply as soon as you can.  Applications must be submitted on our online application form. 

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training. 

Ashwood Spencer Academy, Amber Street, Derby DE24 8FT

Email: head@ashwoodspencer.co.uk      Tel 01332 348356