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This job expired on 31 January 2022

  • Job start date

    1 September 2022

  • Closing date

    31 January 2022 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    13 January 2022

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

L13 - L20 - Starting point dependant on experience

Assistant Headteacher (Student Services and Intervention) job summary

Assistant Headteacher (Student Services and Intervention) Salary: L13 – L20 Required for September 2022, a full-time permanent Assistant Headteacher to join our Senior Management Team. We would like to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic professional to work with the headteacher and senior management team to build on our successes and take the school forward. This is an exceptional opportunity for a candidate who is an outstanding classroom practitioner, who has pastoral welfare at their core and who has the ability to inspire both colleagues and students. The role is a varied one including leadership and management of the Key Stage 4 year heads, line management of other key personnel within Sheldon and coordinating and strategically developing the provision for our more vulnerable students. The assistant headteacher would be joining a hugely committed senior management team in a friendly, successful school, where morale is high, students are keen to learn and there is a shared will to make it even stronger. If you possess the drive, energy, passion and ambition needed, we would very much like to hear from you. We are situated in attractive parkland on the edge of the rapidly growing market town of Chippenham, surrounded by beautiful countryside. There are good rail and road links to London, we are 5 minutes from junction 17 on the M4 and a 10-minute train journey to the beautiful Roman City of Bath. For further details about the school, please visit our website www.sheldonschool.co.uk Closing date: Monday 31st January 2022 at noon Interviews: Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th February 2022 Application process: Please click ‘Apply Now’ and download our application form and submit to hr@sheldonschool.co.uk The application will entail submitting a covering letter of no more than two sides of A4 and completing the application form. There is also a short additional document to complete. We are a flexible working employer and we are willing to make any reasonable adjustments you require during your interview so please ask us. Sheldon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS.

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.

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ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER ADVERT JAN 2022 with logo.pdf - 108 KB (opens in new tab)
Candidate Information Assistant Headteacher Jan 22.pdf - 1.14 MB (opens in new tab)
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES Jan 22.pdf - 106 KB (opens in new tab)
Sheldon School Pre DBS Self Declaration of Criminal Convictions Form.doc - 187 KB (opens in new tab)
Equality of Opportunity Form.doc - 67 KB (opens in new tab)

About Sheldon School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1626 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Sheldon School website
Email address
hr@sheldonschool.co.uk
Phone number
01249 766020
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Sheldon School is a large mixed secondary school and sixth form in Chippenham, Wiltshire for students aged 11 to 18 and is the largest school in Wiltshire. Since April 2011, it has been an Academy.

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