
Assistant Headteacher - teaching, research and innovation
Elthorne Park High School, London, W7 2AHThis job expired on 20 March 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
20 March 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 27.5. hours pw
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £66,485 - £74,080
Pay scale
- L12-L17
What skills and experience we're looking for
A – Application form, I – Interview, S – Selection task
1. Graduate with Qualified Teacher Status or QTLS and an additional qualification relating to educational leadership & management. (A)
2. Minimum of 3 years recent and successful experience at middle/senior leadership level in a secondary school. (A)
3. Outstanding sustained and successful experience as a teacher in a secondary school with excellent knowledge of effective teaching and learning strategies. (A/S)
4. Understanding of recent curriculum research, the education inspection framework and successful experience of curriculum development. (A/S)
5. Ability to lead and motivate a team of staff, review their performance and intervene effectively to ensure consistently high standards of performance. (A/I/S)
6. Ability to think creatively and strategically in developing school policies and procedures that will promote excellent curriculum delivery and outstanding outcomes. (A/S)
7. Ability to plan, organise and deliver an effective programme of staff training and support for classroom teachers and teaching assistants. (A/I/S)
8. Understanding of the principles and concepts of equality and fairness and a commitment to inclusive education for all. (A)
9. Understanding of the principles and concepts of safeguarding in the digital age and a commitment to these. (I/S)
10. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to a wide range of audiences (staff and parents) to ensure the effective implementation of whole school initiatives. (A/I/S)
11. Confidence and competence in the use of ICT for teaching and administration. (S)
12. Ability to work under pressure & meet deadlines and a commitment to collaborative working. (A/S)
What the school offers its staff
Welcome to Elthorne Park High School: a successful and significantly oversubscribed 11-18 mixed community school of 1500 students (with 330 in the sixth form) located in West London. We are a high-performing school with a reputation for being welcoming, inclusive and high performing. All of which reflect our exceptional teaching team and support teams as well as our students who are not only thoughtful and resilient, but hardworking and eager to learn too.
With a new £14 million state of the art building equipped as a centre of excellence, we offer a range of outstanding resources to support teaching with a particular focus on ICT and new technologies.
In March 2019, Ofsted judged us as outstanding and we have achieved 4 SSAT Leading Edge Awards (variety of teaching approaches, engagement with evidence and research, professional learning and educational outcomes).
The successful candidate must display compassion, empathy and understanding coupled with a determination and ability to exact high standards in all areas of responsibility.
If you would like to be part of our journey, you can look forward to research based coaching and development tailored around your needs and aspirations. We want ambitious teachers like you to stay with us for the long-term, so you will have access to a comprehensive wellbeing package and we will do everything we can to help you be the very best leader you can be.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake
a DBS enhanced clearance for the school.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Elthorne Park High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1574 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Elthorne Park High School website
- Email address
- whenderson@ephs.ealing.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02085661166
Elthorne Park High School is a successful and heavily oversubscribed 11-18 mixed community school with around 1580 students on roll including 375 in our growing sixth form. We are situated in West London within walking distance of Boston Manor underground station and are a high-performing school with outcomes which consistently place us in the top 10% of schools nationally.
We have again received a record number of applications for post 16 study this year.
We were judged to be outstanding at our last inspection and take great pride in our high levels of staff retention and our innovative programme of continuous professional development.
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