WHY WORK FOR THE VALE ACADEMY?
Why join The Vale Academy?
1. Fantastic Students: The Vale Academy is home to some of the most wonderful students you'll ever meet. Our students are kind, caring, and eager to learn. They make the school a joyous place to be.
2. Hardworking Teachers: Our teachers are dedicated, knowledgeable and passionate about their work. They go above and beyond to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, tailored to their individual needs.
3. Supportive Parents: Our parents are actively involved in their children's education and work closely with our teachers to ensure that their children receive the best possible education. We value our parent's support and work together to create a strong, supportive community.
4. Safe and Nurturing Environment: We believe that a child's learning environment plays an essential role in their success. Our school is a safe, nurturing environment where children feel comfortable to learn, grow, and explore.
5. Opportunities for leadership progression: As part of The Shared Learning Trust, we place value in our own colleagues and empower them to reach their full potential. We offer a range of training opportunities, include NPQ qualifications, coaching and mentoring and Masters qualifications, and encourage those who want to progress into leadership roles.
Overall, The Vale Academy is a school that is dedicated to providing an outstanding education to every child. Our lovely students, hardworking teachers, and supportive parents create a community that is committed to excellence in all areas of education.
VISION AND VALUES
Strive, achieve, believe!
At The Shared Learning Trust we provide opportunities for all our students and adults to be aspirational and develop a passion and excitement for learning. Working with our communities, we ensure all students are able to achieve beyond their targets to reach the success they deserve. Our students develop a strong self-belief so that they flourish and develop into well-rounded, self-respecting young people.
Our commitment to our vision can be seen through:
Our vision is to produce young people who are aspirational, have developed self-belief and who achieve more that than they ever thought was possible.
WE RECRUIT PEOPLE FOR ATTITUDE AND TRAIN FOR SKILLS
We aim to recruit people who have the right attitude. If you have a love for teaching and are passionate about seeing children succeed, we can help you do the rest. We can offer custom-made support packages that focus on the quality of teaching and learning, curriculum development and all aspects of Leadership and Management. Whether you would like help with planning, preparing and delivering outstanding lessons, building your confidence within the classroom or developing your behaviour management strategies, we have all the CPD and training you need (please see below for further details about our CPD).
We aim to recruit staff who:
WELCOME TO THE VALE ACADEMY FROM HEADTEACHER
Thank you for your interest in becoming part of The Vale Academy’s learning community.
I am really proud of our academy and the staff work extremely hard to make learning fun and exciting. We work as a very close team and strive to involve parents as much as possible in the learning of their children. I am extremely honoured to be the Headteacher of The Vale Academy and I believe that when children move on from our academy at the end of Year 6 they will leave with the following idea:
‘I believe and I have the confidence to succeed.’
At The Vale Academy we aim to provide a broad and balanced education for all the children within a happy, stimulating and healthy environment and we want each child to achieve the best he or she can. We have excellent teachers, learning support assistants, office staff and site managers who all work collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes for all children. There is a real warmth and friendliness among the staff here that you will experience for yourself when visiting the academy.
The academic standards achieved by our children over the past three years are continually improving. Our results in Reception, Year 1 phonics and Year 2 were excellent and are above the national average. Year 6 SATs results were top in the county in Maths. Reading, Writing and Maths combined were 73.9%
Our Governing Body plays an essential role in the development and success of the academy. Children belong to four different communities: Valour, Achievement, Learning and Excellence. The communities compete for House points through various sporting and non-sporting events. Children have a strong sense of belonging to a community and enjoy the competitive side of being involved in a house team.
By the time children leave us at the end of Year 6, they are responsible, independent young people and we are very proud of them.
I am conscious that this may be your first contact with our Academy Trust and first impressions are very important. I hope what you read, coupled with anything else you discover about us, inspires you to apply for this post.
OFSTED AT THE VALE ACADEMY
Leadership and Management: ‘GOOD’
Behaviour and Safety of Students: ‘OUTSTANDING’
Quality of Teaching: ‘GOOD’
Achievement of Pupils: ‘GOOD’
THE TRUST
The Shared Learning Trust is a stand-alone multi academy trust which runs a family of schools based in Bedfordshire:
Our Academies are supported in their work by our Teaching School, based at The Chalk Hills Academy. The structure of our family of schools means that we can be with a child every step of the way, from teaching them to tie their shoe laces right through to congratulating them on their university place or their first job.
Our Trust is vibrant and friendly, supported by 3 state-of-the-art buildings. It is a learning environment where all students have the opportunity to be high achievers, make good friends, contribute to their community and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
CPD & TRAINING: OUR TEACHING TRUST (We invest in you!)
All four Academies at The Shared Learning Trust are a part of our Teaching Trust. We aim to offer exceptional teacher training and high quality professional development programmes to new and experienced staff to support them in excelling in their career.
Our programmes are facilitated by experienced school leaders, who have exemplary records in leadership and improving outcomes for their students. We are able to cater for specific requests and can offer custom-made support packages that focus on the quality of teaching and learning, curriculum development and aspects of Leadership and Management.
We currently offer 'The National Award for Middle Leaders', 'The Outstanding Teacher Programme', 'The Improving Teacher Programme' and 'The National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership'. As The Vale Academy is part of a Multi-Academy Trust, there are fantastic opportunities to climb the career ladder. The Shared Learning Trust are a firm believer in helping all staff reach their full potential and developing their career within our Academies. If you are willing and wanting, we will do all we can to put you on the relevant courses and give you the right opportunities so you can keep achieving more in your career. If there isn't a current opportunity at The Vale Academy for promotion, there will be opportunities to move to one of our partner Academies.
TEACHER TESTIMONIALS
"Being an NQT was never going to be easy but thanks to the love and support I have received at The Vale Academy, it has made my year so much easier. I have always been reassured to never be afraid to ask for anything and learnt that help can come in numerous forms, either from one of the very experienced teachers at the school or an experienced LSA, everyone is happy to help. I am yet to hear of a school that welcomes staff input so much and ensures that the focal point of training provided tackles areas the team wish to develop. I personally have been given the chance to attend numerous courses outside of school and also had time off timetable to further my development as a teacher. We have a team full of great characters which guarantees the staff room is always buzzing and all of our social events are lots of fun! The school itself has a caring and family feel to it with plenty of opportunities for my children to learn both within the classroom and outside. I am positive I speak for all my colleagues when I say that we are a lucky bunch to have the privilege of working at The Vale Academy, an amazing school that is headed in one direction; up!"
- Tayeb Rohman, Teacher
"The Vale Academy is a friendly, vibrant place to work, where children and their learning are always placed first. I was given my final year teaching placement at The Vale Academy a few years ago. All of the staff were so helpful and friendly and guided me well through the last part of my teacher training. After this I accepted a job at The Vale and have loved the experiences I have had here. The school promotes creative learning and encourages all staff to think out of the box and provide the children with excellent learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom. I have been given lots of brilliant opportunities whilst working at the school and the support from everyone has been amazing. If I need help or guidance with anything I know all I need to do is just ask. The school offers chances to develop skills and attend CPD and other training courses all the time and clearly has a high regard for our professional development. I have had the pleasure of working in a fun and enthusiastic team who always know how to make the best out of a situation and will always pull together when needed."
- Danielle Chowdhary, Teacher
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