WHY WORK FOR US?

ABOUT ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS

At Advantage Schools, we aim to provide all children with the highest quality of teaching of an excellent curriculum, which enables them to become highly educated and active participants of society.

We provide sector-leading professional development offer and extensive networking opportunities, and excellent opportunities to develop and grow in a successful and expanding trust.

ABOUT ELSTOW SCHOOL

We are a two-form entry school with a great reputation and good outcomes. We believe that ‘given the right circumstances, all children are capable of extraordinary things’. We are passionate about ensuring the highest quality of education by means of a fully enriched knowledge-based curriculum, training and development for all staff which embodies a high challenge, low threat ethos, and high expectations of behaviour across the school, supported by SLT. 

We focus on academic subjects ensuring that by age 11 our pupils are exceptionally knowledgeable. Our extensive professional learning offer to staff means that we attract and retain some of the best-trained teachers and support staff in the country. We believe in routine and structure so that our pupils learn a lot, and our teachers are able to teach, uninterrupted by distractions.

The school is open and supervised from 7.30am – 6pm, with the teaching day beginning at 8.25am and finishing at 3.30pm.

WELCOME LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in Elstow School, part of Advantage Schools. This is an exciting opportunity to join a brilliant forward-thinking team to accelerate the achievement of pupils in the school.

Our school values of ‘We care, we share, we do our best’ drive what we do every single day to ensure that we give our pupils the best possible education. Elstow School is different. If you are able to visit you will see a silent address in the playground at the start of the day. This is focused on our values where we always remind the pupils to “work hard and be nice”. We have well managed pupil behaviour and a strong focus on pastoral and inclusive practice, making our children content and secure in school. Observations of teaching practice and lesson quality are managed through Instructional Leadership, which moves away from the formal hour-long lesson observations three times a year. Assessment of teaching is triangulated by learning wander feedback, including the class environment, data and evidence in books.

 I began my role as principal in April 2023. My leadership team and I are highly visible, ensuring we are supportive of teachers and maintain currency in our own practice by teaching ourselves. It is the leadership team that address the whole school every morning and ensure the ethos in the school is productive.

Colleagues who visit Elstow love seeing the well managed classes and playgrounds as well as the ‘open door’ philosophy we have to visitors and observers.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Sarah Ciantar

Principal

INTEGRITY  AMBITION  EXCELLENCE

We are a unique family of schools, sharing our practice and beliefs to enable young people to achieve the very highest standards. At Advantage Schools, we provide exceptional opportunities for all to be knowledgeable with experiences that broaden horizons. We ensure our children, students and adults cultivate a strong self-belief so that they can flourish and develop into successful, well- rounded, self-respecting people.  Our commitment to this vision can be demonstrated by our values.

INTEGRITY

We:  provide a caring, nurturing environment where children and young adults feel happy, healthy and supported. Our academies will be places of safety, enabling pupils to develop courage, strong ambition and be the best that they can be act honestly and transparently, advocating for pupils even when this causes difficulties work together to share innovative practice and to provide a wealth of opportunities for all pupils and staff focus on the development of all our colleagues through quality recruitment and retention, with excellent opportunities for clear and dynamic career progression.

AMBITION

We:  provide exceptional lessons enabling our pupils to be highly successful. We share the most impactful approaches to teaching, curriculum and assessment, ensuring an interesting, inclusive and challenging education is on offer in each of our schools.  Our aim is to guarantee excellent 2-19 provision, with clear progression routes for all. You can expect excellent behaviour and conduct at all times, allowing all to make progress and achieve.

EXCELLENCE

We:  enable all of our pupils to develop and flourish, through close working and regular communication with our families and local community.  Our Cross-Trust focus is to ensure children are supported to meet ambitious targets and to provide exciting opportunities both inside and outside of the classroom.

CAREER PROGRESSION

At Advantage Schools, we are committed to helping every colleague grow, thrive, and achieve their full potential. Supporting career progression is at the heart of what we do.

To empower our staff, we provide fully funded opportunities to study for NPQs, along with tailored middle leader training for eligible colleagues.

Additionally, we offer a wide range of CPD training through various partnerships and platforms, giving all staff access to an extensive selection of professional development courses.

Join us and take your career to the next level with our exceptional development opportunities!