Assistant Headteacher – Behaviour for Learning
JCoSS, New Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 9GE25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
15 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £72,531.00 - £78,841.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale, to reflect current level and experience
Assistant Headteacher – Behaviour for Learning job summary
About JCoSS
JCoSS is a large, thriving, and successful secondary school committed to providing an exceptional education to all our students. We are proud to foster an inclusive and aspirational community where every student is empowered to flourish and excel in all aspects of their development.
We are not just educating students for today but developing the leaders of tomorrow. Our pluralist Jewish ethos centres on creating confident, kind, and accomplished young adults ready to make a positive impact in the world.
The Role
As Assistant Headteacher for Behaviour for Learning, you will lead our work to create and sustain a culture of high standards, mutual respect, and inclusion. You will champion high expectations, supporting students to foster the right approach to learning so that every young person upholds exemplary behaviour and maintains a readiness to learn as essential foundations for success.
This is a key leadership role requiring vision, strategy, and an unwavering belief in the potential of every student. Alongside leading on behaviour for learning, this role offers the exciting opportunity to be involved in the restructuring of our current pastoral team. You will play a pivotal role in shaping a structure that ensures the needs of the school and its students are met, enabling them to thrive academically and personally.
You will ensure consistency across all aspects of behaviour management, work closely with staff, students, and parents, and inspire the entire school community with your enthusiasm and passion for education.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and implement the school’s behaviour for learning policy, embedding high expectations and consistency across all areas of school life.
- Support and develop staff to ensure effective behaviour management that aligns with school policies.
- Work collaboratively with students, parents, and staff to create a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment.
- Play a key role in the restructuring of the pastoral team to ensure the needs of students and the school are effectively met.
- Champion the importance of excellent behaviour as a foundation for learning and personal growth.
- Contribute to the wider leadership of the school, driving forward our vision of developing leaders of tomorrow.
About You
We are seeking an inspirational leader who:
- Is passionate about the power of education to transform lives and empower students.
- Demonstrates a proven track record in leading or supporting outstanding behaviour for learning strategies in a secondary school setting.
- Is driven by high expectations, consistency, and a belief that every student can achieve excellence.
- Has exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building strong relationships with staff, students, and parents.
- Exhibits enthusiasm, resilience, and a commitment to fostering a positive school culture.
- Brings an innovative approach to leadership, with the ability to motivate and inspire others.
Why JCoSS?
- Join a dynamic, supportive, and forward-thinking leadership team.
- Work in a vibrant, inclusive school community where every individual is valued.
- Be part of a school that consistently achieves outstanding outcomes for its students.
- Have the opportunity to make a real difference in shaping the future of young people.
- Play a leading role in shaping and enhancing our pastoral structures for the benefit of all students.
How to Apply
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please contact Lara Samuels.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and faiths who are committed to our vision and values.
At JCoSS, we are not just shaping futures; we are creating leaders of tomorrow. If you share our passion for excellence and want to make a lasting impact, we look forward to hearing from you.
Commitment to safeguarding
JCoSS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) clearance.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About JCoSS
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Jewish, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1345 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- JCoSS website (opens in new tab)
Our Vision: JCoSS is an academic, aspirational learning community, known and respected for our pioneering spirit, our humanity and our excellent outcomes.
Our Ethos: If you think you know what working in a Jewish school might be like, be ready to think again. Our outward-looking and pluralist Jewish ethos combines an embrace of open-minded values with a deep love of the varied riches of Jewish tradition. The staff and leadership team includes different faiths and none at all levels, and the school has a culture of purposeful good humour and humanity. We are a school like no other.
Our Results: We have a track record of outstanding results. Students achieve excellent outcomes and make great progress. In 2023 46% of A level grades were at A*or A and more than 79% of Cambridge Technical grades were Distinction* or Distinction. 45% of GCSE grades were grade 7 or higher, with more than a quarter of the cohort achieving at least 7 GCSEs at grade 7 or better. Our ALPS grade has been consistently 2 at both A level and GCSE, and our ‘Progress 8’ score is consistently significantly above national average. Supported by a strong programme, students every year gain places at Oxbridge and for Medical and Veterinary Study, as well as for a wide range of specialisms and competitive courses at prestigious institutions.
Staff Benefits: We appoint on potential as well as experience, and we are committed to supporting staff development. Several non-teaching colleagues have trained with us as teachers; our rich CPL programme includes full induction for new teaching staff including ECTs, NPQ programmes, and financial support for MA courses, Action Research projects and many other opportunities. Additional responsibilities are always considered for suitable candidates and we offer ECTs employment for the last few weeks of the summer term. Our admissions policy includes priority places for the children of all staff*. Our website details a huge number and variety of staff wellbeing initiatives.
* (Children, Jewish and non-Jewish, of JCoSS staff who have a permanent contract of employment and have completed two years of service on the last day of the summer term of the academic year prior to application)
Our Location & Community: The school is in beautiful £50m buildings overlooking the Green Belt. It is easily accessible from Northern, Piccadilly and Overground rail links, public buses run past the entrance and a school coach service (available to staff) serves our whole catchment area. We attract students from eloquent and supportive communities across North London and Hertfordshire.
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