Job Description

Fairfax Academy

Fairfax Road

Sutton Coldfield

Birmingham

B75 7JT

Telephone number: 0121 378 1288

Email address:

Required 1 December 2023

Fairfax is an academy with traditional values, and an ethos built around hard work, high expectations and opportunity. Our aim is to ensure that our students leave the Academy prepared to succeed in the next stages of their careers, education, and training.

We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectation meet endless possibilities.

Applicants will join a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will:

Set high expectations which motivate and challenge students in a productive learning environment.

Promote good outcomes by students, planning well-structured lessons.

Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge.

Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students.

Make accurate and productive use of assessment.

Fulfil wider professional responsibilities with high standards of personal and professional conduct.

In return we will offer you:

Access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT.

Bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College).

Perkbox example benefits:

Discounts at nationwide retailers

Gym discount

Cinema discounts

Employee assistance programme

Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year

A MAT wide focus on staff well-being

This is an exciting time to join us, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team. Over the last few years, there has been a real drive to develop collaborative planning of a well sequenced knowledge rich curriculum in order to ensure our curriculum is inclusive and all students can achieve highly.

This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative, and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong supportive environment.

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