A new, exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established team of expert primary subject/ aspect Directors at Co-op Academies Trust. We are looking for an outstanding practitioner within the primary phase who has a proven track record of securing improvements in pupils’ outcomes within English across the primary age range. This is a crucial role within our School Improvement Strategy, as we continue to expand this team over time. 

The successful candidate will need to know Primary English in detail, including all aspects of the curriculum and assessment, modelling the best practice in English teaching and leadership. Co-op Academies Trust will be committed to developing your leadership skills and this role could be a part of your career path to headship or deputy headship within our Trust. You will already be an expert Primary English teacher and leader who currently teaches. You will be able to demonstrate the positive difference you have made to children’s Primary English outcomes, knowledge and understanding both in your own class and across your school.  

You would be working with all of our primary academies and their English leaders on developing the curriculum and provision, improving outcomes across the Trust. You will also have the opportunity to work alongside our wider Primary Director team and, at times, with our Directors of Secondary English to ensure the very highest standards are achieved across the Trust in this crucial subject area. You will be responsible for raising standards and ensuring all academies have an outstanding Primary English curriculum strategy that aligns fully with Ofsted’s expectations and secures great outcomes for pupils.  

This is an interesting and exciting challenge to improve wider outcomes across the Trust. 

Location: Required to work at all academies across the Trust. This is largely a school-based role, but, where appropriate, some home working is permitted.  

For further details of the post and to download an application, please visit coopacademies.co.uk 

To apply using our recruitment platform, please follow the link on our vacancies page, which can be found at www.coopacademies.co.uk/vacancies

Why us?

All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.

Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.

Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.

Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all of us have equal chances to succeed.

Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.

Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.

Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.

Our Values

Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:

Succeed together

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you! 

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

Benefits include:

Our employee benefits package includes:

• You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores. 
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans

And More! 

For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk

The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.