10 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2025

  • Closing date

    7 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    5 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share)

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership Scale L1 - L5

What skills and experience we're looking for

We would like to invite you to join our School Trust family as an Assistant Headteacher at Lifton Community Academy. The school serves a vibrant community in West Devon, close to the Cornish border, and an easy commute along the A30 from Exeter, Cornwall and Devon.

If you are considering Headship at some point in the future, then this is the perfect role to prepare for leading your own school one day. Equally if you are not planning on Headship but are a skilled at school improvement and passionate about the highest quality teaching, then we could be the Trust for you!

We are seeking someone who can drive school improvement and curriculum development alongside the Headteacher. As a Trust we are committed to addressing the stubborn attainment gap that exists in the region for the most disadvantaged pupils. Being an excellent classroom teacher is a non-negotiable and we are seeking someone who can help obliterate that gap so that children are not impacted by their socio-economic status. Achievement in a broad and fun curriculum is a right for all children.

As a member of the Senior Leadership team, you will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the quality of education, implementing and the school improvement plans, developing teaching and learning, leading on curriculum areas and supporting the Headteacher in the day to day running of the school.

What the school offers its staff

Lifton Community Academy is part of our West Devon Hub, and you will be committed to collaborating to develop practice, share expertise, and innovate for the benefit of all children and colleagues within the Trust.

We are proud that we are a single organisation and are driven by our shared responsibility for all children. We are an organisation who want you to feel professionally nourished, developed and supported and one who supports wellbeing through our offer to you.

We welcome those with and without experience to find out more.

We want to support you in deciding if we are a School Trust that you would like to join. We strongly recommend that you arrange a visit to the school (virtual visits are possible) and a virtual call so that you can better understand if we are an organisation which excites you and can support you to flourish.

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Lifton Community Academy

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
179 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Email address
people@lapsw.org
Phone number
01626 248800

Arranging a visit to Lifton Community Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email people@lapsw.org.

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