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Assistant Headteacher, focus on Teaching and Learning.
Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3JBThis job expired on 14 April 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
14 April 2021 at 3pm
Date listed
22 March 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L11 to L15
Additional allowances
Extensive well being package through our supply insurance providers.
Assistant Headteacher, focus on Teaching and Learning. job summary
Hadrian Learning Trust wishes to appoint an Assistant Headteacher to lead the approach to teaching and learning across our two schools – Queen Elizabeth High School and Hexham Middle School.
Our schools are friendly, welcoming, successful, mixed comprehensives with a proud history dating back to Elizabethan times. Our ‘outstanding eagerness to promote good learning’ is drawn directly from the original charter granted to the people of Hexham in 1599 to educate the town’s young people. It forms the basis of our ethos today, which centres on our belief in the highest academic standards for everyone and our valuing of education in its broadest sense.
There is much that is already very good at our schools: confident, well-behaved learners, dedicated, loyal staff and supportive parents. However, we are always seeking to improve and want you to help take us to the next level.
This is a particularly exciting time to be joining us as we prepare to move into our new school facilities on the existing high school site, where both schools will be located. This provides us with an excellent opportunity to fully align approaches to teaching and learning across our two schools to ensure a smooth and coherent learning journey for our young people through the key stages.
As an Assistant Headteacher with us, you will be part of a friendly, supportive and dedicated team of senior leaders. We are looking for applications from hard-working, conscientious, creative individuals who have a track record of using their initiative to design and implement strategies to secure improvement. We are particularly keen to hear from those who are strong teachers themselves and have a real passion for leading teaching and learning based on a sound understanding of the academic research into what works.
You can find out more details in the Person Specification and Job Description within the relevant candidate pack, on our website at www.qehs.net or via rstokes@qehs.net. If you wish to have a confidential discussion about the role, or would like to arrange to visit the school, please do not hesitate to contact Rachael Stokes on 01434 610362 or rstokes@qehs.net.
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post. Please note we reserve the right to amend or withdraw this advert at any time.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Hadrian Learning Trust is fully committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to prioritise this commitment. The preferred candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. As the preferred candidate for Headteacher, we will also conduct a Section 128 check for financial probity. Please also be aware that, in line with the Keeping Children
Safe in Education guidance, you will be subject to an online check and may be questioned about the findings of such a check at interview.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Queen Elizabeth High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 13 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1304 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 13 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Queen Elizabeth High School website
- Email address
- rstokes@qehs.net
- Phone number
- 01434610362
Hadrian Learning Trust was established as an academy converter in 2016. The Trust currently comprises Queen Elizabeth High School and Hexham Middle School. Queen Elizabeth High School (QE) is a high-performing 13–18 comprehensive school whose origins date back to 1599. It is situated in the historic market town of Hexham, in a beautiful part of Northumberland, a short drive from Newcastle and Carlisle. With just over 1,300 students on roll, it is a popular and successful school, with a particularly strong sixth form. As well as attracting students from Hexham and its rural hinterland, about a third of students come from outside the catchment area. The school values its reputation as a warm, friendly, welcoming school, and relationships amongst staff and students are excellent. We benefit from a fantastic working and learning environment with first-class facilities following a move into brand new buildings in 2021, adjacent to our front-facing Grade II listed Hydro building, which was refurbished. QE shares its location with Hexham Middle School, with which it has a very close working relationship. Both schools have their own distinct identities but work in tandem to enable some sharing of facilities, teaching and subject leadership. Cross-trust collaboration is overseen by an executive team comprising the Trust’s executive lead, the schools’ headteachers, the Chief Financial Officer and the Business & HR Manager.
Arranging a visit to Queen Elizabeth High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rstokes@qehs.net.
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