About this role
Our trust teaching and learning senior leader will join a team of secondary instructional experts to rapidly improve the quality of teaching across our trust.
Rooted in the understanding of our trust's instruction principles and research-informed instruction, the post-holder will support the strategic leadership of teaching across our trust by building leader and teacher knowledge of effective instruction (rooted in evidence-informed practice), modelling classroom rigour and best practice, upskilling through instructional coaching and the planning and delivery of high-impact PD.
The post-holder will work across academies and phases, supporting ETCs through to trust leaders, ensuring that instructional principles are understood, enacted with fidelity and translated into consistently strong classroom practice.
The role will involve travel across our trust (Bradford, Leeds, Greater Manchester and Liverpool). The base location can be flexible for the right candidate.
Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?
Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Greater Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.
We are values driven: we work hard on the things that matter, with humility; we are good and kind; we are motivated by mastery, autonomy and purpose. We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years. We have launched a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back. We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive. We have an innovative approach to central operations which allows educators to focus on teaching and learning. We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload. We offer hybrid working arrangements and free on-site parking. We have a wealth of benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (private health, lifestyle benefits and discounts).
Within our communities, we work together to establish joyful, rigorous, high performing schools which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every students to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.
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