Job Role: Lead Learning Manager
School: Outwood Academy Hindley
Salary: £33, £36, Actual Salary)
Working Pattern: Permanent role, 37 hrs per week - Monday to Friday, Term Time plus 10 days.
Start Date: As soon As Possible
About the role:
Outwood Academy Hindley are looking to appoint a Lead Learning Manager. This role includes managing our team of 5 Learning Managers who each look after the pastoral and academic progress of a year group in school. The Lead Learning Manager will communicate clear purpose and vision to ensure students have the support they require to maximise their attainment. They will also take a strategic and operational lead for the welfare and safeguarding of our children and young people.
The role of Lead Learning Manager is a key one in the academy and the successful applicant will take a strategic and operational role in ensuring that positive behaviour and attitude is promoted across the academy and that students are following our Positive Behaviour for Learning and Life policy. They will also ensure the highest standards of safeguarding and pupil welfare. Working under the guidance of the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team, the Lead Learning Manager will act as a trusted point of contact for families, coordinate multi-agency support, and contribute to a strong culture of safeguarding, attendance and inclusion across the school.
The successful candidate will act as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, ensuring that safeguarding training remains current and effective across the academy. They will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead to manage safeguarding concerns and referrals, including referring cases of suspected abuse or neglect to children's social care and supporting staff throughout the referral process. Where appropriate, they will make referrals to Channel, the Disclosure and Barring Service or the police, and will attend and contribute to multi-agency meetings and strategy discussions. The role also requires the maintenance of detailed, accurate and secure safeguarding records in line with academy policy and statutory guidance.
The Lead Learning Manager will also ensure that there are strong safeguarding procedures in place for vulnerable students accessing Alternative Provision with other providers. We seek applications from outstanding applicants with integrity, imagination and energy for this rewarding role.
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Welcome from the Principal:
As Principal of Outwood Academy Hindley, I am excited to advertise this role in our Academy which was judged to be 'Good' in all areas by Ofsted. The report recognised our 'culture of care' and the welcoming environment that you would be joining if you were a member of staff here. There was also recognition of the 'strong emphasis on staff development'. If you are passionate about education and improving your practice, you are guaranteed to be given excellent CPD opportunities.
The working pattern for this role is Monday to Thursday, 8:00am until 4:00pm and Fridays 8:00am until 3:30pm.
Your personal statement should directly address your skills and experiences to date that are linked to this role as well as your vision for how you would approach the job if successful
We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success, a positive climate for learning, and increased student attainment, achievement and social and emotional development.
Want to know more?
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role please contact Matthew Haughton at
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - WHAT DO WE OFFER AS AN EMPLOYER?
Outwood Grange Academies Trust supports colleagues by funding an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level. We also offer:
Your starting salary with annual increments plus inflation linked increases. The starting salary within the grade advertised will be dependent upon your experience. You will also receive:
* A comprehensive induction and training process
* Automatic enrolment into an increasingly rare and valuable defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates
* Flexible family friendly policies from day one
* Enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period
* Holidays: A minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service)
* A range of working patterns are available dependant upon the role
Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to:
* Specialist information on a wide range of work-life issues
* Emotional support and counselling for a wide range of personal and work issues
* Legal guidance
* Financial guidance and debt counselling
* Child and dependent care support and advice
* Support for managers
We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing strategy and menopause policy along with menopause champions based in our academies. Other benefits include:
* Free onsite parking
* Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing
* Access to various discount sites
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
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Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is an education charity and not-for-profit sponsor of primary, junior and secondary academies. We are a dynamic organisation, recognised nationally as one of the highest performing family of schools in the North of England, and we currently sponsor over 40 schools.
Our educational blueprint has been developed through leading and supporting schools over many years.
We have used this successful blueprint to sponsor academies and have a transformational effect on children's life chances within very quick timescales.
We feel strongly that academies should enhance the education provision of the community they serve, in addition to driving up standards and playing a central role in regeneration. This is because we believe that improving the life chances of young people is essential to developing a strong local and national economy.
We are now comprised of over 40 schools who work together to ensure that all children, irrespective of their starting point, receive an excellent education. We pride ourselves on meeting the needs of children in our care, including the most vulnerable or challenging.