Assistant Headteacher
Canon Slade School, Bolton, Lancashire, BL2 3BPThis job expired on 12 February 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Easter 2025
Closing date
12 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
31 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 65286.00 - 72162.00
Assistant Headteacher job summary
Canon Slade School
Assistant Headteacher
Teaching and Learning
Leadership Group L12 - L16 (£65,286 - £72,162)
1.0 FTE
Permanent Contract
Required Easter 2025
Are you prepared to work collaboratively and openly for the benefit of young people?
If so, Canon Slade School would love to hear from you!
We are a very popular and successful Church of England Academy of 1,760 students (335 in the Sixth Form). Our students progress onto world-class universities and institutions to further study or gain apprenticeships and employment. Our aim is to fulfil individual potential and prepare pupils for life in a rapidly changing world by providing an excellent education within a Christian environment.
Canon Slade School is a member of the Bishop Fraser Trust, a C of E multi academy trust established in 2017. This is an exciting time to join us as it provides a great opportunity to work closely with the other three High Schools in the MAT - St James’s C of E High School, Bolton St Catherine’s Academy and Bury C of E High School; sharing good practice and building on our ongoing progress.
Main Duties:
- To be the strategic lead for Teaching and Learning across the school
- To lead CPD across the school
- To lead ITT and ECT provision across the school
- To lead the whole school literacy strategy and line manage the Literacy Lead
The successful candidate will be someone who:
- Has a proven track record in leading and innovating change, in particular has experience in driving improvements through the collation and analysis and use of pupil data
- Is ambitious and well qualified
- Is an excellent communicator capable of influencing and inspiring others
- Possesses strong leadership and management skills, able to challenge and support both staff and students to great achievement
- Can hold to account those colleagues who fail to uphold or demonstrate agreed standards
- Understands the context of our school community and has experience of successfully working with young people from similar demographics
- Has a genuine passion for quality learning, pastoral care and excellence and ensures that students are at the centre of every decision
- Can quickly build rapport and effective professional relationships with our young people and enthuse and motivate them to work hard and try their best
- Is prepared to share good practice and actively seek to continue to explore ways to improve their own and others’ teaching and pastoral care
- Demonstrates personal resilience and role models those personal qualities we wish to instill in our young people
In return we can offer:
- A supportive and encouraging staff team
- A paid premium to a Healthcare Cash Plan to claim back contributions towards dental, optical and other medical costs
- 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Fantastic facilities
Application information:
For more information visit our website www.canon-slade.bolton.sch.uk or contact our Business Operations Team on 01204 333343 or by emailing HR@canon-slade.bolton.sch.uk
To apply please complete the application form by clicking the link.
Please do not send CV’s as they will not be considered.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
The Bishop Fraser Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to child protection screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and also past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.
Closing date: Wednesday 12th February 2025 @ 9.00am
Interviews: Wednesday 26th February 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
The Bishop Fraser Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to child protection screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and also past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.
About Canon Slade School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1753 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Canon Slade School website (opens in new tab)
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