Assistant Headteacher
Oakwood School, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9AEThis job expired on 23 January 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
21 April 2025
Closing date
23 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L12 - L22 (Fringe)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
- Qualified teacher status
- Degree
- Professional development in preparation for a leadership role
Experience
- Leadership and management experience in a school
- Involvement in school self-evaluation and development planning
- Line management experience
- Experience of contributing to staff development
Skills and knowledge
- Understanding of high-quality teaching, and the ability to model this for others and support others to improve
- Understanding of school finances
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate a vision and inspire others
- Ability to build effective working relationships
Personal qualities
- A commitment to getting the best outcomes for all pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Commitment to safeguarding and equality
What the school offers its staff
This is an extremely exciting time to join our team as the school has gone from strength to strength recently and it is anticipated the successful candidate will play a significant role in our continued journey of school improvement over the next five years.
Flexible working opportunities
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.
About Oakwood School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1572 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Oakwood School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@oakwood.surrey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01293785363
Oakwood is a large and expanding school of over 1600 students. We have split the population into ‘Years’ which enables the students to be cared for in smaller units. Each student also belongs to a House and we encourage a community ethos. The students are loyal and enjoy the friendly rivalry around House activities. Their personal development is also central to the school ethos.
Our priority is to shape our school to fit the students’ needs and aspirations, rather than fit students to the school. For this reason, we adopt the Pathways Approach, where we help students ‘Learn to Learn’. Opportunities for elements of vocational pathways exist as well as accelerated progress and Gifted and Talented opportunities.
Arranging a visit to Oakwood School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@oakwood.surrey.sch.uk.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Emerging Principals Programme - Senior Vice Principal
City Of London Academies Trust
Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HH
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Surrey