Lead Practitioner: Primary Specialist - Strong Foundations

Thank you for your interest in the position of Strong Foundations Teacher. We hope this information pack provides a clear insight into our school and inspires you to consider joining our dedicated, collaborative and forward-thinking team. We are seeking an exceptional Primary specialist to help lead and further develop our newly established Strong Foundations provision at Woodcote High School.

What does the role involve?

The successful candidate will design and deliver a bespoke curriculum, lead evidence-informed interventions, and support colleagues in developing expertise in line with whole school priorities. You will also help to establish robust systems for assessing and tracking impact, ensuring that our work leads to sustained improvement in student outcomes. This is a unique and transformational role, focused on strengthening the four pillars identified in the Ofsted Inspection Framework: Reading, Writing, Oracy, and Early Numeracy. Working alongside existing literacy and inclusion expertise, this role will play a key part in enhancing and extending our whole-school approach to foundational skills. Our students arrive at secondary school with varying levels of foundational knowledge, and many face barriers linked to SEND and disadvantage. Reading remains the single most powerful predictor of academic success, and we are committed to ensuring that every student receives the expert, systematic support
they need to thrive.

Who are we looking for?

The job description and person specification shown in the application pack will give you a good indication of what we are looking for, including the skills and experience that would make for our ideal candidate.

About Woodcote High School

At Woodcote High School, our purpose is excellence. We are robust in the delivery of lessons ensuring that we enthuse a thirst for knowledge and develop confident, critical thinkers who embrace challenge. In creating an exceptional learning environment, we will meet the needs of all our students, supporting them in their journey to reach their full potential. We want to ensure that our students live by our ASPIRE values of Ambition, Self-reliance, Perseverance, Inquisitiveness, Respect and Enthusiasm for life. We have developed our curriculum to be not only academically rigorous, but to foster a culture of success in our students.

About The Collegiate Trust

The Collegiate Trust is a dynamic place to work with a clear purpose: to improve the life chances of young people by delivering an exceptional education for all in a nurturing learning environment which leads them to excellent academic outcomes and happy and successful futures. Our culture of ambition, focussed clearly on our people and their learning, leads to the high academic standards and the enviable reputation that The Collegiate Trust is known for. Since 2015, our Trust has been growing and, today, we are a family of 9 schools with c.7000 pupils and c.1000 colleagues in our team. We know that our greatest resource is each other and so, as an employer, we continually strive to do our best by our staff, with a focus on wellbeing, professional learning and success.

Please note that we reserve the right to interview candidates before the closing date, so early applications are strongly advised.

At Woodcote High School, our purpose is excellence. We are robust in the delivery of lessons ensuring that we enthuse a thirst for knowledge and develop confident, critical thinkers who embrace challenge. In creating an exceptional learning environment, we will meet the needs of all our students, supporting them in their journey to reach their full potential. We want to ensure that our students live by our ASPIRE values of Ambition, Self-reliance, Perseverance, Inquisitiveness, Respect and Enthusiasm for life. We have developed our curriculum to be not only academically rigorous, but to foster a culture of success in our students.

About The Collegiate Trust

The Collegiate Trust is a dynamic place to work with a clear purpose: to improve the life chances of young people by delivering an exceptional education for all in a nurturing learning environment which leads them to excellent academic outcomes and happy and successful futures. Our culture of ambition, focussed clearly on our people and their learning, leads to the high academic standards and the enviable reputation that The Collegiate Trust is known for. Since 2015, our Trust has been growing and, today, we are a family of 9 schools with c.7000 pupils and c.1000 colleagues in our team. We know that our greatest resource is each other and so, as an employer, we continually strive to do our best by our staff, with a focus on wellbeing, professional learning and success.

Please note that we reserve the right to interview candidates before the closing date, so early applications are strongly advised.