Curriculum Leader:MFL

Oasis Academy Leesbrook

Academy

Leesbrook

Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community

Oasis Academy LeesbrookOA Oldham: Middleton Road Campus

Middleton Road, Oldham, OL8, 4JZ

T: 0161 290 4004

Dear Candidate,

A warm welcome, and thank you for your interest in working at Oasis Academy Leesbrook.

I am extremely proud to lead our new academy. This is a truly exciting time to join the Leesbrook family, as we build the foundations of a school that will serve thousands of future leaders. Our motto ‘lnspiring Learners, Creating Leaders’ sums up our vision perfectly; we want to provide exceptional education to our young people, ensuring our students lead happy and successful lives, being model citizens and future local, national and global leaders.

Oasis Academy Leesbrook will be a fully inclusive academy where all students are welcomed, regardless of starting point, need or complexity. We want our students to be hard-working, determined and successful, taking pride in all they do and celebrating their own, and their peers’ achievements. Their excellence will develop within the classroom and beyond, with a strong cultural enrichment programme. We prepare our students to be leaders who the community look upon with pride and admiration as they develop and lead our school to excellence.

Our academy will serve a diverse community, full of potential. A high percentage of our students are likely to be in receipt of Pupil Premium funding. This is an excellent opportunity to really develop and build on the work already started across Oldham, and especially within the Oasis family of schools locally, working together to provide an outstanding provision and facility for all.

There will be a relentless focus on teaching and learning to ensure that our students receive the best education possible. There will also be a strong focus on high challenge, high expectations and enrichment opportunities. We are developing the next generation of medical professionals, teachers, business people, engineers, scientists and many more occupations that are yet to be invented! Therefore, it is important that the offer we provide is the very best to ensure that our students can compete for any career and be successful locally, nationally and globally. This requires every single member of staff in the academy to be committed to achieving this for all. In exchange, staff will be supported at every stage of their career with a comprehensive programme of CPD and a strong focus on staff-wellbeing, and support and happiness.

Finding the right Curriculum Leaders is very important, as these roles will be crucial to the development of the academy. The successful candidates will need to be completely committed to our school vision and the Oasis ethos and values. As is the nature of opening a school, there is a requirement for the successful candidate to be flexible and dedicated to helping ensure that our academy is exceptional, right from the start. This is a truly wonderful opportunity to develop the academy right from the foundations and be part of a forward-facing, community driven team.

Interested candidates are welcome to contact the Academy should they wish to visit prior to making an application. I look forward to receiving your application.

Very best wishes

Sarah LiveseyPrincipal, Oasis Academy Leesbrook

Academy

Leesbrook

Community

Learning

For over a decade Oasis Community Learning has been helping children and young people reach and realise their potential.

Born out of the Oasis global charity, previously established in 1985 by Rev. Steve Chalke MBE, our first Academy opened in 2007. It was Steve’s vision to open a school that was inclusive of all and provided opportunity for the whole community. Since then we have grown as a family into 49 Academies spread across the UK, each connected to a community Hub. We are proud to be one of the largest Multi-Academy Trusts in the UK.

We work in some of the most socially disadvantaged areas, but believe passionately

in each of the communities we are based in. We know them to be places of great potential and are committed to their continual positive transformation.

This is made possible by the outstanding people who work for us - leaders with vision, determination and drive to raise standards. In fact we are securing better education across the group and closing the gap for our disadvantaged students each day through exceptional teaching and support. Since 2014 our sustained improvement has seen the percentage of Ofsted inspected Academies attaining ‘Good’ or better rise from 30% to 81%.

About Oasis

49 Academies

29, 000 Students Over 5000 Staff

The over-arching vision of Oasis is for community - a place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their potential. As well as delivering first-class, innovative education, Oasis seeks to build ‘Hubs’ in the areas it works; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and community.

Oasis Community Learning’s vision is to create‘Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community.’

The complex responsibilities of education are understood through the lens of Character, Competence and Community. These principles are intentionally developed and embedded in all of our Academies.

Together, Oasis staff aspire to:• Create safe, stimulating learning

environments• Increase progress and attainment to above

national averages• Provide teaching quality which secures good

and accelerated progress for all students

Oasis’ Vision

The Oasis EthosOur ethos is a part of everything we do. At Oasis we look to employ people who not only share in our vision but are champions of our ethos.

A passion to include everyone

A desire to treat everyone equally, respecting differences

A commitment to healthy and open relationships

A sense of perseverance to keep going for the long haul

A deep sense of hope that things can change and be transformed

Oasis Academy Leesbrook is a brand new Secondary Academy which will open its doors to students in September 2018. Starting our journey in our temporary home on Middleton Road, Oldham - a state of the art, purpose built building - we will be based here for two years. After this, in September 2020, we will move over to our brand new building, currently at the design stage, and due to be located just off Lees Road, Oldham. We will open with approximately 150 Year 7 students and 60 Year 8 students. This will increase year-upon-year as we reach our full capacity of 1500 students across the year groups.

Our academy will serve a diverse, close-knit local community. Members of which are highly supportive of and interested in the academy. Parents are eager to contribute to development and have been keen to get involved at every stage. During consultation, there was overwhelming support for the new academy to be established.

We have also received support from the local primary schools and Local Authority. In addition, we have had many partnership offers from

local businesses who are keen to get involved, coaching and mentoring the students when the school opens.

Oasis Academy Leesbrook will be a school where all young people will receive a personalised educational experience. Students’ academic skills, habits and personalities will be developed allowing them to successfully progress to work or further education, whilst making a positive contribution to our community.

As part of the Oasis Ethos, Oasis Academy Leesbrook is driven by a passion to transform the lives of its students. Therefore the Academy pledges to develop its students academically, creatively, socially, physically, emotionally and morally, whilst helping them build the confidence to flourish through independence and leadership. Oasis students deserve the best, therefore our staff will aim to create a safe stimulating environment for learning with strong achievement targets in place.

Welcome to Oasis Academy Leesbrook

Inspiring learners,

creating leaders

Our curriculum, or planned activities to develop growth and learning as well as enriching beyond the classroom, includes a rich experience here students will study both national curriculum ‘traditional’ subjects along with a discreet curriculum that develops the attitudes and values that we expect from everybody within the Academy.

The curriculum is designed to meet the individual needs of our students and preparethem for their future education and careers. It provides both challenge and support and is fully inclusive to meet the needs of all the students. Our curriculum is designed to prepare students for jobs that aren’t even invented yet. Therefore it is progressive and will constantly adapt to

ensure that students are best equipped for the future.

We have exceptionally high expectations of students and planning will be based on the prior attainment of students, along with their individual progress at various points throughout the year.

There will be a strong focus on reading, writing and mathematics to ensure that students are able to access the curriculum fully. There will be support for students who have English as an additional language, along with a comprehensive programme of development and challenge for the most able readers, writers andmathematicians.

In addition to ensuring our young people recieve the highest quality academic curriculum, there will be a strong focus on building ‘cultural capital’. This will be embedded into lessons through a thematic link (each half term) along with a strong focus in assemblies and after school activities . Each student will complete a ‘Leesbrook Passport’ of activities of cultural enrichment.

Our focus areas will be: Music, Art, Literature and Drama, Sport, STEM and Politics.

Each student will be placed in a house entitled with one of the key areas of enrichment notedabove and will develop their leadership skills by leading and arranging activities, visits and tripsassociated with an aspect of their house area as part of the ‘House Half Term Leadership’programme. Every single student at Oasis Academy Leesbrook will visit either Cambridgeor Oxford University as part of their academic and cultural enrichment.

Our Curriculum

Cultural Enrichment

Regional SupportOasis Community Learning understands that each Academy is unique.

As part of the Oasis family of academies in the North, you will enjoy the support and challenge of your peers and your line manager, who will provide bespoke challenge and support allocated on a needs basis. You can expect high-quality, ongoing professional development. We share accountability and a determination to enable improvement within our Academies.

There is a fantastic opportunity to work very closely with Oasis Academy Oldham, our other local and oversubscribed Secondary Academy. Through strong partnerships between the Academies, you will be able to share best practice, ideas and resources whilst building a strong community presence.

Oasis subscribes to the widely held view that the factors that create disadvantages for children and young people need to be tackled in order to improve their life chances. The Oasis response is the creation of Oasis Hubs.

Developing and running Hubs is all about delivering the purpose of Oasis. Its vision is for community, a place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their God-given potential. To this end Oasis staff are committed to working in an inclusive, integrated, empowering and comprehensive way so that all people experience wholeness and fullness of life. They want to see local communities that are characterised by trust, safety, cohesion, mutual support, vibrancy, health and opportunity, and have increasing capacity to address their own issues. Oasis want those who are excluded brought back into the community and to find wholeness and fullness within life.

The Academy is part of the Oasis Hub Oldham, a very active Hub offering a range of services to benefit the community. Sharing the Hub space with Oasis Academy Limeside and Oasis Academy Oldham, all ages within the community benefit from a multitude of programmes specially designed to help everyone reach their potential and feel included. The programmes run at the Hub include Chef School, Adult learning, EAL projects, Police Cadets and Health & Wellbeing. They have also recently started working on a new project to help tackle homelessness and set up a memorial gardens for the community. Through close connections within Hollinwood, the Hub is also involved in a job club, foodbank, community farm, time bank and credit union.

Oasis Hubs

Job purpose:

To carry out the professional duties of a teacher as circumstances may require under the reasonable direction of the Principal.

To be a key member of the middle management team and play an integral role in the development of the school. Ensuring the effective leadership and management of the school, in particular to implementing and overseeing a new school curriculum; delivering high quality lessons and to inspiring and enabling children to achieve great things. You will also take a key role in leading on performance management and oversee Literacy across the school.

To ensure high quality curriculum provision and effective teaching and learning within the curriculum area and to carry out the professional duties of a qualified teacher in accordance with the current DFS Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document

To perform, in accordance with any directions which may reasonably be given to them by the Principal from time to time, such particular duties as may reasonably be assigned.

Specific Responsibilities:

A. TEACHING:• Having regard to the curriculum for the school, and with

a view to promoting the development of the abilities and aptitudes of the pupils in any class or group assigned

• Planning and preparing courses and lessons; • Teaching, according to their educational needs, the pupils

assigned to them, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in school and elsewhere;

• Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils.

B. OTHER ACTIVITIES:• Promoting the general progress and well-being of

individual pupils and of any class or group of pupils assigned

• Providing guidance and advice to pupils on educational

Post: Curriculum Leader: MFL

Responsible to: Principal/ Assistant Principal

Salary: MPS 1-6 (U1-3 as appropriate) plus TLR2

Location:Oasis Academy Leesbrook, Oldham

Working Hours: Full Time

Job DescriptionAcademy

Leesbrook

and social matters and on their further education and future careers, including information about sources of more expert advice on specific questions; making relevant records and reports.

• Making records of and reports on the personal and social needs of pupils.

• Communicating and consulting with the parents of pupils.

• Communicating and co-operating with persons or bodies outside the school.

• Participating in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above.

ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTS:• Providing or contributing to oral and written

assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils.

EDUCATIONAL METHODS:• Advising and co-operating with the Principal

and other teachers (or any one or more of them) on the preparation and development of courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment and pastoral arrangements.

EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS:• Participating in arrangements for

preparing pupils for external assessments, assessing pupils for the purposes of such assessments and recording and reporting such assessments; and participating in arrangements for pupils presentation for, and conducting, such assessments.

C. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCEAPPRAISAL:• Participating in arrangements made

in accordance with the agreed school performance management procedures the appraisal of his performance and that of other teachers.

REVIEW, INDUCTION, FURTHER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT:• Reviewing from time to time his methods of

teaching and programmes of work. • Participating in arrangements for his further

training and professional development as a

teacher including undertaking training and professional development which aim to meet needs identified in appraisal objectives or in appraisal statements.

• In the case of a teacher serving an induction period, participating in arrangements for his supervision and training.

D. SCHOOL ORGANISATIONDISCIPLINE, HEALTH AND SAFETY:• Maintaining good order and discipline

among the pupils and safeguarding their health and safety both when they are authorised to be on the school premises and when they are engaged in authorised school activities elsewhere.

STAFF MEETINGS:• Participating in meetings at the school which

relate to the curriculum for the school or the administration or organisation of the school, including pastoral arrangements.

COVER:• Supervising and so far as practicable

teaching any pupils whose teacher is not available to teach them. (except in the case of a teacher employed wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing such cover, no teacher shall be required to provide such cover for more than 38 hours in any school year)

E. MANAGEMENT:• Contributing to the selection for appointment

and professional development of other teachers and support staff, including the induction and assessment of new teachers and teachers serving induction periods.

• Assisting the Principal in carrying out threshold assessments of other teachers for whom he has management responsibility.

• Working closely with other members of the SLT and curriculum leaders to raise the quality of learning and teaching across the school, pupil progress and standards. Ensuring that the curriculum is planned and delivered across their own phase for all children to make the required progress and to lead, develop and monitor the effective transition of pupils between phases, including the transition to secondary school , where appropriate.

• • Taking such part as may be required of

them in the review, development and management of activities relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions of the school, having particular accountability for their own phase.

• Ensuring that parents are well informed about the curriculum, targets, children’s progress and attainment.

F. ADMINISTRATION:• Participating in administrative and

organisational tasks related to such duties as are described above, including the direction or supervision of persons providing support for the teachers in the school, (a teacher is not expected to undertake routine administrative tasks that do not call for the exercise of a teacher’s professional skill and judgement nor those tasks specified in the workforce agreement).

• Attending assemblies, registering the attendance of pupils and supervising pupils, whether these duties are to be performed before, during or after school sessions.

G. PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS• Consistent performance to the qualified

teacher standards.• Consistent performance to the induction

standards.• Commitment to work towards the vision for

the school.• Agreement to work within the values of the

school.• Commitment to co-operate in delivering the

objectives for the school as set out in the management plan.

• Commitment to continue with own personal and professional development.

• Agreement to work within all school policies and procedures.

H. SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN• Oasis Community Learning is committed

to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

OTHER:

• The post holder may be expected to undertake the role of an Academic Mentor to a group of up to 20 learning. In this role you will be expected to:• Recognise and understand the

aspirations and needs of each member of the group

• Establish a trusting relationship with each member of the group and their family so that information may be shared, aspirations realised and needs met

• Meet regularly with each member of the group to discuss their progress towards achieving targets set

• Recognise, acknowledge and celebrate success

• Where reasons for underachievement are related to particular learning difficulties, to ensure an appropriate member of staff is alerted and deployed to offer help

• To keep appropriate records

This job description is not your contract of employment, or any part of it. It has been prepared only for the purpose of Academy organisation and may change either as your contract changes or as the organisation of the Academy is changed. Nothing will be changed without consultation. This document must not be altered once it has been signed but it will be reviewed annually as part of the performance management process or as appropriate.

Oasis Community Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including an enhanced CRB check.

The above responsibilities are subject to the general duties and responsibilities contained in the Statement of Conditions of Employment.

The duties of this post may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or level of responsibility entailed.

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Curriculum Leader: MFL

Person Specification

Essential DesirableQualifications

and Professional Development

• Qualified Teacher Status• Right to work in the UK• A degree in relevant or related subject• Evidence of a commitment to own professional development

• Masters degree• Recent relevant in-service

training in the subject area/management and leadership

Experience

• A keen interest in developing the teaching of the subject• Evidence of high achievement in teaching across the Key Stages• The development of Schemes of Work across the Key Stages• Working effectively as a Form Tutor • Effective use of Assessment for Learning to engage students as

partners in their learning• Evidence of good classroom practice• Able to establish a happy, challenging and effective learning

environment• Able to develop positive relationships with staff, governors, parents,

visitors and friends of the school• Ability to exercise initiative

• Professional development/ mentoring of colleagues

• Currently holding a significant position of responsibility

• Teach two or more languages

Knowledge, skills and

Understanding

• Use of assessment and attainment information to improve practice and raise standards

• An understanding of the Literacy Strategy• Use of strategies to promote good student relationships and high

attainment in an inclusive environment• Vision for the teaching of the subject• Secure knowledge of Programmes of Study for the subject at KS3 and

KS4• An understanding of Health and Safety regulations affecting the

curriculum area

• Strategies to enhance teaching and learning of ICT within the subject area

• An understanding of education within a Multicultural/Multi-faith city

Personal Skills and

Commitments

• An enthusiastic and effective leader and manager • Ability to use and promote a wide range of teaching methodologies• Excellent communication and presentation skills• Competent user of ICT • Competent co-ordinator and motivator• Ability to plan and resource effective interventions to meet curricular

objectives• Ability to assess the performance of others and respond appropriately• Ability to form and promote positive relationships with staff, students,

parents, the local community and outside agencies• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal

boundaries with children and young people• Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and

attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and

young people. • Willingness to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS

checks.• Motivation to work with children and young people • Active participation in Academy developments• To leading extra-curricular activities/ educational visits/out-of-hours

learning• To innovative curriculum development and partnership with other

schools and the wider community including business and industry links• Have a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and

behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos.

• Ability to coach, mentor and deliver training to staff

Academy

Leesbrook

Community

Learning

The Oasis Vision for EducationExceptional Education at the Heart of the Community

OASIS’ AIMS:

Transform Lives - Every person matters and everyone is loved and valued.Transform Learning - We have a passion for learning and we want everyone to achieve their full potential.Transform Communities - We are committed to community development and the aim of all our work is to increase community cohesion locally, regionally, nationally and globally.

OASIS PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATIONAs an organisation, with a rooted Christian ethos, our philosophy of education is underpinned by three important Hebrew principles: Inspirational Leadership, Deep Learning and Healthy Communities.

Inspirational Leadership: Rabbi (my teacher; my guide; my role model; a term of respect)Through personal example and strong relationships, all teachers are encouraged to be inspirational role models for their students. In this way, a teacher is not simply a purveyor of ‘knowledge’, dropping it into the minds of those they teach. Instead, they are communicating and bringing knowledge, wisdom and understanding through their words, actions and whole lives, helping students to reflect and think for themselves.

Deep Learning: Yada (to know; to see; to perceive; to understand; to experience; to have a relationship with) Gives students the opportunity to encounter and experience learning personally and relationally. It is never an abstract, theoretical or academic idea simply to be contemplated but, rather, primarily about gaining wisdom – the practical application of knowledge to every area of life. Life is not straightforward; learning from failure and mistakes and being resilient is an important part of it. It is hands-on learning throughout life which can only be obtained through on-going active, intentional engagement with it and with others.

Healthy Communities: Shalom (peace; completeness; nothing missing; nothing broken; well-being, wholeness) Seeks to ensure that every classroom encounter, each piece of curriculum planning, each assessment experience are all shaped, informed and delivered in the light of our desire for wholeness and well-being in the widest sense of the word; for everyone at every level of their lives – academically, vocationally, physically, spiritually, morally, socially, economically, environmentally and culturally.

THE OASIS OFFER

Underpinned by our values and beliefs, all our work is designed to ensure each student receives the very best educational offer. Oasis operates as a national family of Academies across four regions.

The regional teams provide standards leadership and a professional governance service.

The Oasis family of Academies is lead by empowered, and empowering, resilient leaders who through deeply held beliefs and values always strive to make decisions in the best interests of the students and their communities.

Each Oasis Academy has its own identity and purpose and serves the local community by working with it to transform learning aspirations and opportunities.

As a family, Oasis Academies work interdependently, benefiting from sharing best practice and inspirational pedagogy. Leaders and teachers build understanding of what is needed to secure the best possible sustainable outcomes for all learners.

Each Oasis Academy is committed to enabling children and students to become effective, enthusiastic, independent learners committed to life-long development.

Each Oasis Academy is dedicated to the task of working continuously in pursuit of excellence across all aspects of its life and work.