Director of Science
About the job
Do you have the ambition and determination to secure positive outcomes for our young people? Do you want to work in a forward thinking and aspirational academy group that places learning at the heart of everything it does?
Delta Academies Trust is a high performing multi academy trust whose vision is to transform education in the North of England and change lives.
Delta Academies Trust are looking to appoint a Director of Science to join us in May 2025 on a full-time permanent basis. Working alongside our team of experienced Subject Directors, you will be deployed, to support our academies in either Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire or a group of academies in Doncaster, Wakefield and the East Riding.
Your new role
As a Director of Science, you will be part of a team of lead professionals that take responsibility for the quality of individual subject provision, curriculum teaching and assessment for Science across the Trust. You will be jointly accountable for subject performance improvement, attainment and progress in your discreet subject area. You will work across the Trust’s Academies in either Lincolnshire and Nottingham, or Doncaster, Wakefield and East Riding region, with a target group of Academies assigned to you where you will work closely with the Senior Leadership and Subject Leadership Teams to accelerate improvement and raise standards.
Within your role, you will plan and teach high quality lessons, deliver intervention programmes and challenge and support subject teams to achieve stretching targets for student outcomes. You will analyse performance data to ensure that students are appropriately targeted for support and work across the Trust to ensure consistency of subject quality and delivery throughout the network of Academies.
This is an ideal role for an experienced head of science or AP with experience of leading science.
Salary: Leadership scale points L13 – L17 (£66,919 - £73,819).
Through strong and purposeful leadership and high quality teaching, we are confident that we can have a positive impact upon the lives of young people, ensuring that all students achieve their potential regardless of their starting points, realise their aspirations and are well prepared for the next stage of their lives.
Delta Academies Trust is theofficialScience Learning Partner for South Yorkshire, the East Riding and Hull. All directors are trained facilitators and are responsible for delivering CPD, not only across the trust but to over 1100 schools and academies in the region. If you have a passion for STEM education,there is opportunity, withinthis role, to help lead the direction of STEM across the region.
Directors of Science are part of a team of lead professionals that take responsibility for the quality of subject provision, curriculum teaching and assessment. They are jointly accountable for subject performance and improvement. Directors of Science work across Trust academies with a target group of assigned academies in a geographical area where they work closely with the senior leadership and subject leadership teams to accelerate improvement, raise standards, and build capacity. They plan and teach high quality lessons, deliver intervention programmes and challenge and support subject teams to achieve the highest for outcomes for all students. Directors of Science analyse performance data to ensure that students are appropriately targeted for support and work across the Trust to ensure consistency of subject delivery throughout the network of Academies.
It is desirable for the successful candidate to have examiner experience knowledge and understanding of the Ofsted inspection process and be able to take a strategic lead on a day to day basis to respond to the particular needs and context which may range from leading at a strategic level or running a department. Accreditation of AST / SLE status or similar AST / SLE work experience would be an advantage along with strong organisational and highly effective planning skills, applicants with experience of working at Senior Leadership level are encouraged to apply.
