Associate Assistant Headteacher - Head of English
Nova Hreod Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2NQ13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
2 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
- Assistant headteacher
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Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- £62,522 - £63,898 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are excited to offer a unique opportunity for an inspirational and ambitious leader to join Nova Hreod and make a lasting impact on the life chances of our students.
The ideal candidate will be deeply passionate about improving the educational outcomes of our young people and committed to further developing the strong foundations we’ve already established at Nova Hreod. We believe there are no limits to what our students can achieve, and we seek leaders who embody this belief in their everyday work.
At Nova we ensure that our classrooms are disruption-free so our teachers can focus on the main thing – teaching. We have effective behaviour systems in place which means that behaviour is well-managed and teacher time is protected. We keep our systems and procedures clear and simple and aim as a school to at all times stick to our mantra of simplicity, clarity and consistency.
We are seeking an ambitious middle leader ready for their next challenge, to ensure that our English department delivers exceptional results for our students.
As Associate Assistant Headteacher - English, you will have the opportunity to shape the curriculum, oversee its implementation, and develop high-quality resources and teaching materials. You will lead and inspire a dedicated team, supporting the development of both experienced teachers and trainees.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team you will work as part of a dedicated senior leadership team who are committed to ensuring that every child has the best possible chance of success. This is a brilliant opportunity for the right candidate to take their first step into senior leadership.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following qualities:
- A genuine passion for education and a deep commitment to improving the life chances of every student.
- A willingness to work hard with a commitment to ensuring that our English department delivers outcomes for our students significantly above the national average.
- Excellent organisational ability with a relentless focus on high standards and an eye for detail.
- The ability to be solution focused and never give up.
- Commitment to being a team player.
- A passion for their subject and excellent understanding of subject pedagogy and the curriculum in their subject.
- A commitment to maintaining and further developing the school’s ethos of diversity, inclusivity, and equality of opportunity.
- Evidence of excellent student attainment.
- Have evidence of supporting or training other colleagues and of working with students beyond those that they teach.
What the school offers its staff
Nova Hreod Academy can offer you more pay, more time and more support. Teach with United Learning for a more rewarding career.
- a rigorous whole-school behaviour policy effectively supported by the senior leadership team.
- enthusiastic, friendly and well-behaved students who deserve the very best teachers
- hardworking, dedicated and enthusiastic colleagues
- a commitment to the wellbeing of our staff
- an exceptional salary, above the maintained sector by 5% on average
- supportive leadership and a committed Governing Body
- a superb building with state-of-the-art facilities
- Cash towards medical treatment
- At least one personal day a year
- Three extra INSET days for wellbeing
Further details about the role
If you are looking for the next step in your career, and would like to find out more, please email James Harding-Mbogo (Headteacher) on j.harding-mbogo@novahreodacademy.org.uk. He will arrange a visit or an informal call to talk about the role.
Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.
Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Nova Hreod Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1037 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Nova Hreod Academy website
- Email address
- j.harding-mbogo@novahreodacademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01793528800
Nova Hreod Academy is well placed in an excellent Location, 1 hour from London, 30 minutes from Bath and 20 minutes to the beautiful Cotswolds. We are lucky enough to have a modern building that was designed with learning and development in mind.
We are committed to becoming one of the country's top-performing schools. At Nova we believe that all children have limitless potential and that all children can succeed when they are educated in an environment that is characterised by high standards of behaviour and excellent teaching. Our entire staff share a common goal: giving every child the best possible chance of success. We are determined to prove that students in Swindon can achieve at the very highest levels.
We deliver on our promise of the best chance of success by ensuring that:
Students gain high value qualifications which will open as many doors for them in the future as possible
Students develop a real understanding of subject disciplines, learning knowledge and ways of thinking that take them beyond everyday understanding enabling them to better participate in our democratic society
Students get the opportunity to take part in many high-quality experiences – trips, visits, clubs and events which allow them to flourish outside the classroom, developing their character.
We place learning at the heart of everything that we do at Nova. Our expert teachers deliver a rich and ambitious academic curriculum in a calm, purposeful atmosphere. Our students work exceptional hard to develop a good understanding of the subject disciplines that we teach.
Beyond the classroom our house system, student leadership opportunities, and our enrichment programme, SuperNova, ensure that students have a wide range of opportunities to develop their character and to find and develop new passions, skills and interests.
At Nova every day we strive to create an atmosphere of joyful excellence where our students experience is characterised by both high standards and high levels of support. Where both fun and hard work are prioritised and where staff develop warm relationships with students whilst ensuring that standards of behaviour remain exemplary at all times.
Our values - Excellence, Hard Work and Kindness are at the heart of everything we do. The leadership team is dedicated not only to academic excellence and character development but also to ensuring that the workload for teachers is balanced, manageable, and well-considered.
How do we reduce workload for teachers?
High-quality, centralised curriculum resources
Live marking in lessons, so marking does not need to be taken home
A centralised behaviour management system
Visible and supportive senior leadership team (SLT)
Well-planned deadlines
These are just a few examples of how we’re making sure our teachers can focus on what matters most: delivering excellent lessons to our students.
Arranging a visit to Nova Hreod Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.harding-mbogo@novahreodacademy.org.uk.
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