Nigel Mason Email & Phone Number

Ryde, Isle Of Wight

Academics is a leading national education recruitment agency, specialising in the provision of permanent, long term and daily supply teachers and education support staff for vacancies in Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and SEND Schools. Our experienced teams of consultants, in offices throughout the UK have a combination of education and private sector knowledge that has established Academics’ reputation as one of the country’s leading and most professional agencies within education recruitment.We’ve been dedicated to ‘Delivering Continuity in the Classroom’ for over 20 years.

Carisbrooke, Iow

Started education recruitment agency and supply service for schools and colleges on the Isle of Wight.MarketingRecruitmentLeadershipChange managementEnterprise

Cowes, Isle Of Wight

Responsibility for timetabling, curriculum development, examinations, lesson observations, staff interviews, teaching Business Studies at KS4/5 and leadership of the IV Form.• I have a full working knowledge of Capita Nova T6 timetabling programme• I am competent to observe lessons against Ofsted criteria and completed 5+ joint observations with inspectors, all of which concur with their assessment • I have regularly prepared policies, reports and presentations that I have presented to full governor and sub-committee meetings• I have a good working knowledge of SIMs but in particular the Options manager programme to develop timetable blocks• I am a member of a team that has consistently led improvement in key performance indicators including 5A*-C EM; ALPs; Attendance; quality and standards of teaching and learning; behaviour• I hold the post of BTEC Quality Nominee achieving consistently outstanding reports from external quality reviews on the assessment and monitoring of BTEC programmes• I developed the curriculum model and timetable and facilitated a smooth transition to the new £30 million build of Cowes Enterprise College in September 2013• I have been nominated as investigating officer in investigations involving both student and staff issues conducting informal competency meetings with staff when required• My own teaching groups consistently achieving between 90 and 100% on target with many students achieving above target • I have been consistently rated as ‘Good’ through teaching observations• I was a named member of staff on Cowes Enterprise College Child Protection/Safeguarding Policy 2011-2013

Cowes, Isle Of Wight

Responsibility for achieving specialist Business and Enterprise status; community provision, Business curriculum.• I had full responsibility for writing school SEF 2010/11, gathering appropriate information and presenting it to governors• I was responsible for writing the proposal to the Department for Education and local authority on behalf of the Pathfinder Trust for the subsequent running of Cowes Enterprise College

Newport, Isle Of Wight

Responsibility for individual and universal student services; 14-16 curriculum; IAG; bid funding; data predictions and the College Nursery.• I led a team of professionals from various organisations in the development of the Island’s ‘Diploma’ programme; writing the proposals and gaining approval to run them from the industry professional bodies and the DfE. In collaboration with a local training provider, we gained approval to run the ‘Young Apprenticeship’ programme for those aged 14 – 16 and other ESF bids.• I represented the Isle of Wight College in its links with Higher Education Institutions (Chichester; Bournemouth; Portsmouth)• I represented both the Isle of Wight College and more latterly Cowes High School on the Island’s 14 – 19 Consortium and was Vice Chair of this group for several years. • Whilst at the Isle of Wight College I was responsible for writing and implementing the behaviour policy. I was responsible for taking disciplinary action to permanent exclusion level and the development of re-integration programmes• I led a team responsible for the marketing of the Isle of Wight College including open events, the website, newspaper adverts and the annual prospectus• I held responsibility at the Isle of Wight College for the implementation of the Personal Tutor and mentoring strategy, the Learning Support provision and equality and diversity ensuring compliance with local need and national guidelines and law• I have written two qualifications; one BTEC programme in Outdoor Leisure and a second HND in Countryside and Recreational Management (validated by Portsmouth University)• At the Isle of Wight College I had responsibility for budgets of up to £2million including ‘bid’ funding with accountable targets, Learning Support programmes and collaborative curriculum provision• I was a member of the senior team who took the College from Ofsted ‘Inadequate’ to ‘Outstanding’• I was Isle of Wight College Child Protection nominee 2005-2008

Newport, Isle Of Wight

Newport, Isle Of Wight

Responsible for curriculum and commercial activity relating to Leisure, Tourism, Horticulture, and Agriculture, as well as oversight of the College Farm, Horticulture Unit and Sports Centre.

Newport, Isle Of Wight

Killington Lake, M6, Cumbria

Responsibility for catering operations and deputising for General Manager in the company’s flagship outlet with multi-million £ turnover

Bothwell, M74, Glasgow

Responsibility for overseeing the building and development of facilities, systems and implementing operations of a new site

Sedgemoor, M5, Somerset

Responsibility for introducing catering systems and operations to this new site.

Diploma In Management Studies, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Restaurant, Culinary, And Catering Management/Manager