Assistant Headteacher – Personal Development and Safeguarding
Benfield School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 4NUThis job expired on 19 April 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
19 April 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 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
- Leadership Group pay range L11- L15 (£54,091 - £59,581 per year)
Assistant Headteacher – Personal Development and Safeguarding job summary
Benfield School
Assistant Headteacher – Personal Development & Safeguarding
Leadership Group pay range L11- L15 (£54,091 - £59,581 per year)
Permanent, To start September 2021
We invite interest in this exciting opportunity to join the Senior Leadership Team at Benfield School, which is one of five schools within NEAT Academy Trust. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of young people and our communities.
Benfield is an inclusive school, and this acknowledges the rich, cultural diversity of our community in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne. Our school continues to grow and we are looking forward to again admitting our full PAN of 207 in September and to providing a thriving learning environment for all students.
This is a strategic role with lead responsibility for the quality of personal development, student well-being and safeguarding across the whole school. Additional areas of responsibility will include leading the development of cultural capital, the PSHCE curriculum and holding a strategic lead for the development of CEIAG and enriching leadership links to embed skills and pathways to employment for students. Our journey to ensure improved whole school progress and attainment outcomes for all learners is already underway and we need the right candidate to work with the Senior Leadership Team and other colleagues to drive forward key priorities and plans following our recent Ofsted inspection.
The school requires an Assistant Headteacher who has experience of leading within a secondary school who has the determination, vision and drive to continue the school improvement journey and help the school move to outstanding.
We are looking for a leader who can inspire and influence a range of stakeholders and who:
• has a proven track record in raising aspirations and leading whole school initiatives
• is an outstanding teacher
• has a proven track record in managing and leading change
• has a proven track record in leading, planning strategically and delivering on outcomes on student personal development and well-being
• has experience in the development of PSHCE curriculum
• has experience of CEIAG provision in a school setting
• has a wide knowledge of safeguarding and child protection issues
• Has experience in the implementation of strategies to successfully develop whole school cultural capital initiatives
In return we offer:
• a thriving school community on a modernised site with extensive sporting facilities
• the benefits of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust aiming to provide a seamless education from 2-19
• excellent personal career development as the trust takes forward its ambition to grow.
A completed application form, criminal records declaration form and equalities monitoring form must be submitted by e-mail to lilian.reeson@benfield.newcastle.sch.uk no later than 12 noon on Monday 19th April 2021.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is essential that all our staff and volunteers share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required for all posts.
Commitment to safeguarding
As this vacancy involves working with children and young people, you must declare relevant criminal convictions when you apply for the job. A criminal record will not automatically stop you from getting the job but we will consider the nature of the offence when assessing how suitable you are for the job and discuss this with you at interview. If this job is in regulated activity we will also check if you are barred from working with children. If you are barred from working with children it is an offence for you to apply for a job.
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About Benfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 979 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Benfield School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lilian.reeson@benfield.newcastle.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 2284097
Benfield is an inclusive school, and this acknowledges the rich, cultural diversity of our community in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne. Our school continues to grow and we are looking forward to again admitting our full PAN of 207 in September and to providing a thriving learning environment for all students.
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