Assistant Headteacher
Albany Academy, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 3AYThis job expired on 23 February 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
April 2024
Closing date
23 February 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday (37 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £60488 - £66628
Pay scale
- Leadership 11 - 15
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:
- Promote a culture of high performance learning, with an understanding that all children can succeed.
- Be a passionate advocate for excellent teaching and learning.
- Have a strong commitment to helping pupils of all abilities succeed.
- Be innovative and inspirational to both pupils and colleagues.
What the school offers its staff
Pension: Access to either the teacher pension scheme or local government pension schemes. These offer defined pension benefits, including generous death in service contribution.
Salary: We are proud to be a living wage employer. We offer competitive rates for all roles.
Travel: Membership of cycle to work scheme, which offers up to 40% off the price of a bicycle, including e-bikes.
Support: Our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides confidential support for staff and their families for both personal and work-related matters.
- We train staff in Chimp Management, which helps with people to manage their mind more effectively, with an approach grounded in neuroscience.
- We have free access to Headspace app, which offers meditation and mindfulness for any mind, any mood and any goal.
- We offer membership of the tech scheme, which offers up to 40% off the cost of personal IT equipment and white goods.
Priority: Children of staff have priority admissions to their school.
Development: Our high-quality training ensures personal, professional development and allows staff to become expert in their role. A clear progression route within the Trust also provides opportunities to prepare staff for their next career step. Partnerships with the top professional bodies and training providers ensures high quality, evidence-based training is always available to all staff.Further details about the role
We are looking to appoint an excellent classroom teacher and leader, with a strong track record of success, and experience of enabling others to improve. We are looking for a leader who has the skills and experience to lead students, parents and staff to ensure a strong culture of safeguarding and inclusion. You will be our Designated Safeguarding Lead within an experienced safeguarding and pastoral team. You will be joining an experienced senior leadership team, who share a commitment to high performance and collaborative development and will work closely with our Pastoral Deputy Headteacher. This will be a key role in our tight knit academy trust and you will have opportunities to work across the trust.
We are determined that our school will become world class and we require a colleague who can help continue our development, especially our drive to develop amazing learners. The ideal candidate will understand that all children are capable of high performance; they will be collaborative with colleagues and respond positively to feedback and the need to continually improve.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Albany Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 719 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Albany Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vacancies@albanyacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01257 244020
Albany Academy is a highly successful and popular 11-16 school situated in Chorley, Lancashire. With 727 pupils currently on roll, the school provides an excellent education within a nurturing and caring environment where every student is well known by every member of staff and are proud to be a member of Albany Learning Trust, the first school trust of its type in Lancashire.
Arranging a visit to Albany Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@albanyacademy.co.uk.
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