Assistant Headteacher: Teaching and Learning

Wingfield Academy, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 4AU

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2025

• Closing date

  14 October 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 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: L10 - L14 (£58,959 - £65,010)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a dynamic, hardworking and dedicated Assistant Headteacher to support the Headteacher in leading Teaching and Learning at Wingfield Academy. Candidates will be passionate and committed to improving the opportunities, educational outcomes and life chances for all pupils. They will work closely with the Deputy Headteacher (Q of E) to develop a high quality curriculum ensuring it’s implementation leads to exceptional outcomes for young people.

This post would be ideal for a current middle leader with experience of leading a team and who is ready for the next step towards senior leadership. We are ambitious for Wingfield Academy pupils and seek exceptional candidates who can help to further shape and implement our vision as we move towards Outstanding.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of successful leadership at middle leadership or whole school level. You will be able to demonstrate personal skills and qualities that align to an already established positive, hardworking and committed team. You will be fully committed to the Academy’s ethos and vision and be prepared to continue your professional development to ensure you become an outstanding senior leader, willing to go the extra mile.

What the school offers its staff

Wingfield Academy has become an oversubscribed and high performing secondary school, placing it as one of the highest performing schools in Rotherham and in the top 7% nationally for progress. Wingfield has also been named a national lead school as part of the DFE’s behaviour hub programme. The Academy is looking to expand and develop further, attracting the best people to work alongside our dedicated and ambitious staff who go the extra mile to make a quantifiable and powerful contribution to social mobility. We focus on the things that matter.

Wingfield Academy offers a ‘child centred, progress focused’ academy ethos, we have a cohort of students with high standards of behaviour and a willingness to learn. We have a welcoming and supportive community where staff really do matter. Wingfield offers a supportive and committed leadership team with a clear vision of raising standards of teaching, learning and positive behaviour.

New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT) has a dynamic, positive and supportive culture for staff and students, with an enviable reputation for staff career progression and development. You will join a focused and driven team, committed to providing the highest standards of education and service.

The Trust currently comprises of three 16-19 Colleges, three Secondary Schools and three Primary Schools.

Why Work for Us?

• NCLT was crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards - these national awards celebrate the very best performers from over one thousand MATs across the country
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing as outlined in our staff wellbeing charter
• Access to high quality professional training, both in-house and externally, to support your professional development
• Attractive pension scheme
• Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and a technology scheme
• A culture of self-reflection and improvement to meet the needs of our staff

If you believe you have the skills and abilities to take on this role, we’d love to hear from you.

To see the full job description, person specification and to apply please visit https://nclt.ac.uk/vacancies/

Applications should be submitted to

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

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About Wingfield Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 994 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Wingfield Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@nclt.ac.uk
• Phone number: 01977 802783
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wingfield-academy (opens in new tab)

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