Assistant Headteacher - Director of Key Stage 4
Gordano School, Bristol, BS20 7QR5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Leadership hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L12 - L16
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a leader who has:
- a track record of success in raising standards for young people
- the qualities needed to challenge, motivate and support colleagues to achieve the highest standards
- a vision for education the whole person
- a personal commitment to inclusion and diversity
- the desire to extend the educational opportunities that a large school can provide
- the skills to network and build alliances across educational settings
- a desire to work collaboratively within the Multi Academy Trust.
What the school offers its staff
- a school that is performing well but one which does not stand still and where we have a passion for continual growth
- a happy, well-behaved, confident and hardworking student body
- a culture where all students feel safe and valued
- a supportive and active Governing Body, together with encouraging and involved parents
- significant opportunities for collaboration and development within the LSP.
Furthermore, as Gordano School is part of a larger Trust, there are wider opportunities for the right candidate to collaborate in initiatives over a number of school.
Gordano School offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping) and cycle to work scheme.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Lighthouse Schools Partnership - Gordano School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all in its community to share this commitment.. Suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. As part of the shortlisting process an online search will be carried out. All appointments will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS check.
A copy of the Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy, Disclosure Policy and Recruitment Policy can be found on the Lighthouse Schools Partnership website.
Applying for the job
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About Gordano School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2122 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Gordano School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@gordanoschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01275842606
Gordano School, part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, is a large and successful 11-18 comprehensive secondary school approximately eight miles outside Bristol. Our school includes a thriving Sixth Form of nearly 400 students that is strongly integrated into the life of the school and offers significant opportunities for sixth form teaching in over 30 courses. We are the sole secondary school serving the popular town of Portishead and benefit greatly from being a central part of our community.
We view education as something bigger than just academic achievement. We have a record of considerable academic success but wholeheartedly believe that a student's education should be about preparing young people for their future lives in the complete sense, developing our young people’s key skills and behaviours that set them up for a successful future pathway. As well as consistently strong outcomes at GCSE and A Level, we place great emphasis on the opportunities available to our students including developing student leadership across our student body, offering an unparalleled extra-curricular programme and ensuring clear guidance for students when considering progression to their next steps of their educational journey.
We pride ourselves on high-quality support for colleagues at all stages of their career through internal and external CPD, including our membership of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, with staff involved in a range of developmental opportunities across schools in the Trust as well as supporting staff in bespoke training such as completing different levels of the NPQ programmes. We maintain significant involvement in Initial Teacher Training and deliver a comprehensive ECT induction in association with the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance and Ambition Institute. Our very large staff body allows regular opportunities for progression into leadership roles at all levels.
Importantly, beyond the wider experiences on offer to our student body, we seek to be a very happy school community with a big heart. This has never been more evident than through our recent work in delivering our core principles of ‘Dream big, do your best, give back’, fostering a community filled with kindness and respect.
Gordano School offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping), cycle to work scheme, discounted on-site gym membership and on-site parking.
Arranging a visit to Gordano School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@gordanoschool.org.uk.
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