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Assistant Headteacher - Quality of Education

Orleans Park School, Twickenham, TW1 3BB

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• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  22 April 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  26 March 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: School hours
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership Group Pay Spine L15 – L21 Outer London

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Governors of this highly successful and oversubscribed 11-18 school are seeking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Headteacher who will take on the leadership and management of teaching and learning within the school and develop further our cross-phase partnership work. The successful candidate will join an experienced and enthusiastic Leadership Team committed to a programme of continuous improvement.

Orleans Park is an Outstanding School (Ofsted November 2023).

We are looking for a candidate that will continue to drive excellence in teaching and learning within the school, lead curriculum leaders and leadOP Connect, which is integral to our strategic goals moving forward.

We are seeking a current Assistant Headteacher or experienced middle leader to take teaching and learning to the next phase of our outstanding journey. The successful applicant will be an outstanding teacher with:

• a proven record of raising attainment and making a difference
• excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• the ability to contribute to the strategic direction of the school

What the school offers its staff

• a commitment to the professional development of all its staff to become outstanding teachers and leaders
• regular CPD sessions
• Sixth Form in dedicated buildings and facilities
• employee assistance programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• situated on a 16-acre site close to the River Thames and the centre of Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The borough is home to the attractions of Richmond Park, Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace and Twickenham Stadium.
• easy access to central London and excellent transport links for bus, train, Underground and Overground services
• close to the M3/M4/M25 with staff parking on site
• staff travel card loans
• Cyclescheme

Further details about the role

If you are interested in this position, please do apply today. We look forward to receiving your application.

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received so early application is encouraged.

Closing date:10.00am on Monday, 22 April 2024.

Interview date:week beginning 29 April 2024.

Orleans Park is committed to continuing to make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything we do – from how we educate our students to how we support our staff. Ensuring that we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our local communities gives us a great opportunity to have access to a broad range of ideas and allows us to provide an outstanding education to our young people and an outstanding place for people to work.

In line with the statutory guidance document Keeping Children Safe in Education (2023) the school will conduct online searches after the shortlisting process for any candidates who accept an invitation to interview. The appointment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS Disclosure. Orleans Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Commitment to safeguarding

The governors and staff of Orleans Park fully recognise the contribution they make to safeguarding children. We recognise that all staff, including volunteers, have a full and active part to play in protecting our students
from harm.

All staff and governors believe our school is a place where students feel secure, are encouraged to talk, are listened to and are safe. We shall provide a caring, positive, safe and stimulating environment that promotes
the social, physical and moral development of the individual child.

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About Orleans Park School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1364 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Orleans Park School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@orleanspark.school
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/orleans-park-school (opens in new tab)

Orleans Park is a happy, thriving, successful and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive that serves its local community in Twickenham with over 1,350 students.

Please see our recruitment video and brochure on the Vacancies page of our website.

Arranging a visit to Orleans Park School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@orleanspark.school.

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