Assistant Headteacher - Student Support
Thomas Gainsborough School, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0NHThis job expired on 28 February 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
28 February 2020 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 February 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Lead Practitioners range 14 to Lead Practitioners range 18, £56,579 to £62,426
Additional allowances
• the opportunity to work with the most wonderful students anywhere in the country
• the chance to be part of a hardworking and friendly Senior Leadership Team
• an enthusiastic and committed staff
• high quality and professional development and support
Assistant Headteacher - Student Support job summary
Thomas Gainsborough School is a consistently high performing, well resourced, and truly comprehensive school, with a firm belief in excellence for each and every student, placing students at the heart of their curriculum.
We are seeking to appoint someone to join our Senior Leadership Team following the well-deserved promotion of the current post holder. The successful applicant will support the Deputy Headteacher (Student Support) in leading this outstanding area of our school and contribute to the whole school leadership of the school to help ensure its continued success.
You will be:
- an outstanding teacher who has high expectations of themselves and others
- an innovative leader
- a good communicator
- committed to delivering the best possible outcomes for all students
- be resilient, enthusiastic and determined to help remove students’ barriers to learning
- a team player with an excellence sense of humour
KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Functions
• To deputise for the Headteacher in the absence of the Deputy Headteacher
• To act as the legally designated SENCO and the alternate Designated Safeguarding professional (training will be provided)
• Oversee the implementation and monitoring of the Behaviour for Learning policy
• Ensure that all learner groups including Pupil Premium students and very able learners make outstanding progress
• Oversee the admissions and recruitment of students to Thomas Gainsborough School
• To lead, manage, monitor and support the work of specified staff within the team
• Contribute to specific school self-evaluation activities as determined by the Self-evaluation Calendar
• To be responsible for maintaining a high-quality learning environment in Student Services, Learning Support and our Access provision
• To play an active role in the life of and promoting the development of Thomas Gainsborough School
Specific Responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the post are to:
• Take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the College in the absence of the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher
• Manage and support the work of the Lead Student Support worker and Learning Support Manager to ensure that these departments are well managed and effectively led
• Lead, manage, monitor and support specified support staff ensuring that their work has a direct impact on learning
• Lead the Performance Management System for the Student Support personnel
• Ensure that staff within the Student Support teams receive the appropriate Professional Development
• Engage with Primary Schools, students and parents to ensure that Thomas Gainsborough School is the school of choice
• Oversee the transfer of mid-year admissions to the school
• Teach lessons as specified on the school timetable
• Manage, monitor and review the Student Support Teams budgets within the confines of the team’s budget allocation. This includes the management of specific contingency finds to be allocated within the team when needed to support the raising of standards
• Produce a termly report for Governors on the performance of the Student Support Team
• Attend Governors scrutiny committee meetings when requested by the Deputy Headteacher
• In liaison with the Data Manger organise student performance data in the team
• Attend meeting of the Strategic Leadership Team
• Attend meetings and community events to act as a representative of the school as requested by the Headteacher
• Support the Headteacher in the day to day running of the school
• Provide self-evaluation data for the team as set out in the annual Self-evaluation Calendar
• Provide staff reference information as requested by the Headteacher
• Undertake other tasks as reasonable required by the Headteacher
Responsible for the Line Management of:
• Lead Student Support worker
• Student Services Manager
• Attendance Officer
• Head of Access learning
Commitment to safeguarding
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
About Thomas Gainsborough School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1576 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Thomas Gainsborough School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- kfuller@tgschool.net
Thomas Gainsborough School invests in high quality professional development and provides a range of employee benefits. We are closely linked to the Unity Research School and lead the way in many local and national initiatives including being an EdTech Demonstrator School and being an ArtsMark platinum school. We provide excellent support care and support for our staff and students. There are Lead Practitioners to support colleagues in continually improving their practice. As a large, successful and popular school their are opportunites for colleagues to develop at every stage of their career.
In September 2015 the school moved into an award-winning new building, where subjects are taught in specialist rooms either in our Sixth Form block or alongside other History classrooms. The team is very supportive and expectations for students are high.
Thomas Gainsborough School is a consistently high performing, well resourced, and truly comprehensive school, with a firm belief in excellence for each and every student, placing students at the heart of their curriculum. You can find out more about the school at www.tgschool.net
The school continues to invest in high quality professional development and provides a range of employee benefits. This is an excellent opportunity for any teacher to develop their practice and continue their career progression.
The school is located just south of Sudbury in Suffolk and is within easy reach of Colchester, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds. There are also many delightful and affordable villages in the surrounding area, which also make travelling to London, Cambridge and Norwich a possibility.
Many of our staff work flexibly in different ways including part-time working. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours of flexible start and end times. Please talk to us at the interview stage about the flexibility you would like and we will explore what’s possible for specific roles.
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