About Us
At Harris Academy Morden, we pride ourselves on the inclusive approach and caring environment we have developed. Ofsted 2018 noted, ‘A very strong sense of community is evident throughout the school’.
Staff well-being is at the heart of our academy. We have a sensible marking policy, organised marking sessions to give staff time to mark, and a two-week October half-term holiday.
According to Ofsted 2018, ‘There is a low turnover of staff and their morale is high’. The Academy is traditional in our approach to discipline and has very high expectations for student behaviour. Ofsted stated, ‘The behaviour of pupils is outstanding’.
Year 11 GCSE results consistently place the Academy in the highest percentile in the country. Ofsted remarked, ‘Pupils achieve exceptional outcomes in public examinations. Current pupils are making outstanding progress’.
Harris Academy Morden is located favourably for public transport with good local access to bus, tram, and train links to mainline rail and the underground network.
Main Areas of Responsibility
The purpose of your role will be:
- To be accountable for student progress and development in the subject area across KS3, KS4, and post 16, including meeting student achievement targets for subject areas agreed by the Principal and the Governing Body.
- To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area by continuously developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
- To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant, and differentiated curriculum for students in the subject area, in accordance with the academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.
- To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all staff in the subject area.
- To ensure the agreed tutor programme is implemented and that tutors are effective in their role.
- To ensure effective behaviour for learning is evident throughout the faculty.
- To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial, and physical resources across the subject area.
- To lead development for literacy through the WORD strategy within subject areas, to raise standards of literacy across the Academy.
Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:
- Operational and strategic planning (including rigorous self-evaluation and review of subject area performance, formulating the subject and faculty improvement plans, and leading the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment, and teaching strategies).
- Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high-quality, and cost-effective curriculum and leading development of the subject and its delivery.
- Staff development (including recruiting, building, and managing an effective team of motivated staff).
- Student outcomes (including ensuring the effective operation of target setting, monitoring, and evaluation systems and the input and maintenance of accurate student data).
- Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students).
- Teaching, including acting as an outstanding role model.
Qualifications & Experience
We would like to hear from you if you:
- Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a good, relevant undergraduate degree.
- Are an excellent teacher with a minimum of two years' teaching experience.
- Have proven success in raising achievement.
- Have experience of leading others, ensuring high-quality performance.
- Have successful experience in the implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and review processes to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
- Demonstrate a high level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement.
- Have recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development.
- Have experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, other managers, students, and parents.
- Understand creative whole school strategies for improving literacy and numeracy and the importance of this in raising achievement.
- Have some successful experience of leading on cross-subject initiatives that have contributed to raising achievement.
- Have experience of embedding innovative strategies for Assessment for Learning and Learning to Learn.
- Have recent and relevant experience of managing and implementing change successfully at subject leader level.
- Are willing to use coaching as a model for ensuring ongoing professional development.
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
Professional Development & Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
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