Sarah Jackson
Ware,Hertfordshire
Summary
Education leader with a strong background in teaching, instructional coaching, and curriculum design. Expertise in developing continuous professional development programs and implementing evidence-based practices to enhance staff mentoring and leadership. Proven ability to create effective assessment strategies and quality assurance processes that improve organisational performance. Focused on aligning professional development initiatives with institutional goals to foster educational excellence.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Lead Practitioner in English
Burnt Mill Academy
Essex
2023.09 - 2026.05
- Teaching KS3 and 4 English and KS4 Drama.
- Oversight and quality assurance of ITT, ECT and QTS-only training routes.
- Induction tutor.
- Devising and delivering CPD for ITT and ECT teachers, aligning whole-school priorities with providers’ curricula.
- Devising and implementing a process for the QTS-only route, ensuring a bespoke approach that addressed individual candidates’ needs.
- Standardising the mentoring process; training and quality assuring mentors, creating a consistency of experience and embedding approaches such as deliberate practice.
- Mentoring trainees at various stages from a range of Faculties.
- Overseeing support plans, using instructional coaching to help trainees make rapid progress.
- Embedding Formative Assessment Facilitator – delivering training sessions to colleagues from ITT to SLT level, supporting the implementation of a range of formative assessment strategies across the school.
- Developing and deploying assessment and tracking methodologies in the English Faculty, resulting in more reliable data that could be used to inform interventions and actions.
- Delivering data driven subject interventions.
- Creating English teaching resources, schemes of work and assessments.
Leader in English and Media
Bushey Meads School
Hertfordshire
2021.09 - 2023.08
- Teaching KS3 and 4 English and KS5 Media.
- Facilitating an EPQ cohort.
- Leading a review of the curriculum in year 7 and 8 English, designing resources, embedding specific evidence-based approaches and overhauling approach to assessment, feedback and tracking.
- Liaising with KS4 co-ordinator to ensure that approaches adopted in year 7 and 8 are reflected in approach at this level.
- Introducing Media GCSE and L1 BTEC courses, resourcing the courses and training teachers on how to deliver these qualifications, resulting in new, inclusive creative options for students of all abilities.
- Budget management, line management, quality assurance; moderation; observing lessons, and conducting appraisals.
- Leading CPD during faculty time on the topics of differentiation and assessment, supporting the team to improve strategic focus areas.
- Additional role from April 2022: ITT Co-ordinator and member of Lead Teacher Team
- Overseeing the quality of provision at every stage for all ITT trainees.
- Liaising with training providers from a variety of routes including: PGCE, School Direct (salaried and unsalaried) and Teaching Apprenticeship.
- Strategic approach to recruitment and retention of ITT trainees, proactively selecting able candidates.
- Designing and delivering a professional studies CPD programme for ITT trainees, leveraging the skill sets of a range of colleagues to showcase areas within their specialisms.
- Designing and delivering training for ITT mentors, increasing the consistency of experience.
Head of English and Media Faculty
Edmonton County School
London
2018.01 - 2021.08
- Lead a team of 15 teachers on two campuses. Responsible for: KS3-5 English, and BTEC L2/L3 Media.
- Redesigned the curriculum to enhance sequencing, utilise spacing and lead to coherent assessment points.
- Collaborated with colleagues across school to implement independence and literacy strategies.
- Budget management.
- Refined Faculty assessment protocols to ensure greater student engagement and impact.
- Implemented data, tracking and intervention policies; collaborated with other Faculties to create strategic, impactful interventions leading to a 10% increase in 9-4 outcomes for English Language GCSE.
- Created and implemented a Faculty-based behavioural system to complement whole-school policy, resulting in a reduction of severe behaviour incidents and greater teacher consistency in implementing the policy.
- Coordinated and delivered mentoring for trainee teachers and NQTs on a variety of routes: PGCE, School Direct, Teach First.
- Developed a safeguarding protocol to support the delivery of online learning in the Faculty, this allowed us to continue delivering the curriculum when online platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom were in their infancy.
- Delivered CPDL sessions, topics included: ‘Literacy strategies’, ‘Modelling’, and ‘Excel for Post-holders’, helping teachers to develop their practice in areas identified on the school improvement plan and empowering postholders to make evidence-based decisions in their daily work.
- Delivered a section of whole-school CPDL session on using ‘Microsoft Teams’ for teaching, ensuring that effective pedagogies were still evident in a novel teaching environment.
- Coached team members and post-holders to develop their practice further.
- Quality assurance; moderation; observing lessons; auditing, and conducting appraisals.
Second in English department
Yavneh College
Borehamwood
2014.09 - 2017.12
- Teaching English KS3 – KS5.
- Setting up data tracking and intervention policies, which supported the implementation of focused interventions for PP and SEN students.
- Organising trips to provide enrichment and stretch opportunities for all students.
- Creating a rigorous departmental data informed AG+T policy to ensure stretch and support, this resulted in making this category of students more visible to staff and therefore received the correct support.
- Quality assurance, moderation, observing lessons, auditing, and conducting appraisals.
Self-employed Tutor
Sarah Jackson Tutorials
London/Hertfordshire
2009.05 - 2017.12
- Providing tutorials in English to A-Level, and, Mathematics and Science to GCSE.
- 11+/Common entrance preparation.
Examining contractor
AQA
2017.06 - 2017.08
- GCSE English Language examiner for the summer series.
Assistant Head of Year 10/Teacher of English
Turnford School
Waltham Cross
2013.04 - 2014.08
- Commenced AHoY 10 element of role from September 2013.
- Co-ordinating a data driven mentoring programme tacking attendance and underachievement.
- Quality assuring form-times; creating Literacy and Numeracy resources to be delivered in form time.
- Supporting teachers with implementing behaviour system; meeting with parents/carers.
- Leading tutor team meetings and delivering assemblies.
Teacher of English
St Mary’s CE High School
Waltham Cross
2012.07 - 2013.04
- Teaching English Language and Literature to groups in KS3-KS5.
- Year 9 form tutor.
- Interventions and arranging school trips.
HR Administrator
Metropolitan Police Service
London
2008.11 - 2009.05
Registration Officer
Metropolitan Police Service
London
2008.06 - 2008.10
Education
Certificate in Evidence Informed Practice -
Chartered College of Teaching
NPQSL - undefined
Institute of Education, University College London
2018.01 - 2019.01
PGCE - English with Media and Drama
London Metropolitan University
2011.01 - 2012.01
MA - Classical Civilisation
Birkbeck College, University of London
2009.01 - 2011.01
BA(Hons) - English
Queen Mary, University of London
2005.01 - 2008.01
Lead Practitioner Accreditation -
SSAT
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Hampstead School
London 1998.01 - 2005.01
Skills
- Teaching & Learning Leadership
- Instructional Coaching
- Curriculum Design and Sequencing
- CPD and Professional Development
- ITT and ECT Provision
- Assessment and Data Strategy
- Behaviour and Culture Systems
- Quality Assurance and Appraisal
- Evidence-Informed Practice
- Staff Mentoring and Leadership Development
- Literacy Across the Curriculum
- Change Management
INTERESTS & HOBBIES
I enjoy recreational running - I have completed two marathons and many half marathons. Reading, playing the violin and clarinet, gaming and attending concerts and exhibitions are also among my favourite pastimes.
Timeline
Lead Practitioner in English
Burnt Mill Academy
2023.09 - 2026.05
Leader in English and Media
Bushey Meads School
2021.09 - 2023.08
Head of English and Media Faculty
Edmonton County School
2018.01 - 2021.08
NPQSL - undefined
Institute of Education, University College London
2018.01 - 2019.01
Examining contractor
AQA
2017.06 - 2017.08
Second in English department
Yavneh College
2014.09 - 2017.12
Assistant Head of Year 10/Teacher of English
Turnford School
2013.04 - 2014.08
Teacher of English
St Mary’s CE High School
2012.07 - 2013.04
PGCE - English with Media and Drama
London Metropolitan University
2011.01 - 2012.01
Self-employed Tutor
Sarah Jackson Tutorials
2009.05 - 2017.12
MA - Classical Civilisation
Birkbeck College, University of London
2009.01 - 2011.01
HR Administrator
Metropolitan Police Service
2008.11 - 2009.05
Registration Officer
Metropolitan Police Service
2008.06 - 2008.10
BA(Hons) - English
Queen Mary, University of London
2005.01 - 2008.01
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Hampstead School
1998.01 - 2005.01
Certificate in Evidence Informed Practice -
Chartered College of Teaching
Lead Practitioner Accreditation -
SSAT