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Assistant Headteacher - Student Culture (behaviour and attendance)

Parkside Community School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2NS

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• Job start date

  1 January 2025

• Closing date

  4 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership Pay Range L12 to L16

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a successful aspiring or existing Senior Leader to join our ambitious Senior Leadership Team at Parkside Community School. They will be a passionate and highly effective leader, who is able to support, motivate and encourage colleagues.

Also open to suitably experienced support staff on Grade 13 of the Derbyshire County Council pay scale.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate with a track record of impact at middle or senior leadership level. The position is a great match for someone who believes thatschools have the power to transform lives and must:

- be truly inclusive and focus on the wellbeing and progress of every child to unlock potential

- remove all barriers to social mobility so no doors are closed

- enable students to make the most of their talents, and live life in all its fullness

- enable young people to be aspirational and give them the tools to surpass their personal and academic targets

Role and responsibilities: Assistant Headteacher for Student Culture (behaviour and attendance)

The Assistant Headteacher under the direction of the Headteacher, will lead student culture at Parkside Community School. They will have responsibility for the strategic leadership of:

- student behaviour and attitudes

- student attendance

- student voice

They will also line manage staff within the school’s attendance and pastoral teams.

The Assistant Headteacher’s roles and responsibilities may change over time to suit the needs of the school.

What the school offers its staff

What we offer:

- a small and friendly school;

- fantastic students;

- an ambitious and supportive staff body;

- huge support and progression opportunities;

- excellent support from the Embark Federation central team;

- excellent ongoing CPD and career development within our school, and across the Embark family of schools;

- an impressive range of Embark employee benefits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yUk8ZlSAR0

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

Please complete the online application.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Recruitment brochure 2024 Parkside Community School.pdf - 8.11 MB (opens in new tab)

About Parkside Community School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 601 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Parkside Community School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: srussell@parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01246 273458
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parkside-community-school-chesterfield (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Parkside Community School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email srussell@parkside.derbyshire.sch.uk.

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