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Assistant Headteacher

Sir John Thursby Community College, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 2AT

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• Job start date

  1 January 2020

• Closing date

  1 October 2019 at 1am

• Date listed

  13 September 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £52,415 to £57,935

Assistant Headteacher job summary

ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER Raising Achievement – Data and Assessment L12 – L16 Salary £52,415 - £57,935 Required from January 2020 "This is a good school. Pupils are achieving well. Pupils are polite, friendly, wear their uniforms smartly and behave extremely well around school; strong teaching in maths and English." Ofsted June 2016 At Sir John Thursby Community College, we are passionate about our young people and believe that all our students should be known, valued and loved. We are a successful, confident and ambitious school, and we are looking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher (Data and Assessment). We offer an exciting, dynamic and supportive environment in which to work and are looking for a candidate who can build on the strong foundations that are currently in place to make a positive difference to the lives of our students. The successful candidate will lead on developing assessment practice across the school and strategies to raise achievement for identified student groups. We are an oversubscribed 11-16 secondary school and we are fortunate to work in a state of the art building with excellent facilities. We are looking for a driven and passionate leader with the inspiration, motivation, vision and expertise to: • Develop, communicate and deliver the strategic vision for the school • Ensure that achievement rises across all subjects due to quality assured data and assessment practices informing intervention strategies • Provide dynamic and professional leadership and management of the school • Manage staff and resources effectively The successful candidate will fully embrace our ethos of ‘Belong, Believe Achieve’ whilst bringing fresh ideas that will build on current strengths and achievements. Further details and application form are available from the college website or Irene Hayhurst (on behalf of the Headteacher) as detailed below. For an application pack please: • download from the college website: www.sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk • or telephone 01282 682313 • or email i.hayhurst@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk Send your completed Application form to: i.hayhurst@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk Closing date: 9am Tuesday 1st October 2019 Selection process dates: Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th October 2019 The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and a range of other recruitment checks.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and a range of other recruitment checks. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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About Sir John Thursby Community College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1118 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sir John Thursby Community College website
• Email address: i.hayhurst@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sir-john-thursby-community-college

Background Information and Introduction from the Headteacher

I am incredibly proud to be leading a committed team of staff in our vibrant, ambitious and progressive community School.

We are characterised by how we treat our people. Everything we do is driven by our strategic vision and our ambition to be a beacon of excellence for our students and families. We are research driven and our work is linked to our core values of Ambition, Respect and Belonging. We are passionate about learning and we have a genuine commitment to ensuring our staff have autonomy, within a framework of a respectful, professional environment.

Sir John Thursby Community College is a mixed 11-16, multi-cultural, fully inclusive school which values all students, staff and our community partners. We have over 1,100 students on roll and over 150 staff enjoying working together to provide the best for everyone. In our latest Ofsted report in April 2023, the school was graded ‘good’ in every area and inspectors commented that the pupils ‘enjoy attending this thriving and popular school'

People and relationships are at the heart of what we do. One of our key values is that all members of our school community are known, valued and loved. We are firmly committed to ensuring that all our staff have a positive work/life balance and we give all our teaching staff a minimum of 20% non-contact time. In our 2025 staff survey, 97% of our staff said they would recommend SJT as a great place to work.

We have a highly ambitious curriculum with over 70% of students following the EBacc subjects. Our results are consistently strong, and students make excellent progress from their starting points. Our behaviour system is built around the principles of relational practice and students behave well.

I would encourage you to come and visit SJT to see why we all believe that it is a special place to work. I am always keen to show people around our school so would welcome any contact for an appointment to see us in action.

Mr Matt Renshaw - Headteacher

SJT is committed to safeguarding and expects all applicants to share this commitment. All staff are required to adhere to our safeguarding policies and procedures and regularly undertake a full enhanced DBS check.

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