Deputy Headteacher
Green End Primary School, Manchester, M19 1DRThis job expired on 16 April 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
16 April 2021 at 9am
Date listed
8 March 2021
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
- Lead Practitioners range 12 to Lead Practitioners range 18, £53,855 to £62,426
Additional allowances
Mentoring programme for new staff
Full CPD
Deputy Headteacher job summary
Green End Primary school are looking to recruit a strong, dynamic and inspirational Deputy Headteacher. This is a challenging opportunity for an exceptional candidate with significant senior leadership and teaching experience in urban primary schools.
The Deputy Headteacher will lead on strategic areas alongside the Head of School and Executive Headteacher. Leadership responsibilities will include subject leadership, safeguarding, teaching assistant professional development, line management of a team of teachers.
We are looking for an inspirational leader who can offer:
Excellent leadership, management and communication skills
A track record of successful, innovation and management
The drive to develop the school, in partnership with our Trust, staff, governors, parents and the wider school community
Commitment to inclusion and the highest attainment for all in an urban environment
A deep-rooted belief in the power of education to change lives
This position includes line management responsibility for cover and PPA teachers and other non-phase based teachers and subject leaders whose area is not part of the School Improvement Plan. It also includes overview responsibility for the quality of the curriculum delivered in PPA time, safeguarding across the school and a responsibility for the professional development of Teaching Assistants. It also has a two day teaching commitment, providing class teacher release for interventions. The position is based at Green End but with an expectation that the post holder would also work on Trust wide projects and activities, with staff in the other schools.
Main Responsibilities
• To support the Executive Headteacher, Head of School & Local Governing Body in creating the strategic direction of the school within the guiding principles of Inclusion and Equal Opportunities.
• To assist the Executive Headteacher and Head of School in the leadership and management of the school and to work with the staff team to promote the aims and ethos of the school by ensuring:-
o Learning and school improvement is at the centre of strategic planning.
o A consistent and continuous focus on pupil achievement using data and benchmarking to monitor the progress of every child.
• The policies of the school and Local Governing Body are implemented and reviewed.To undertake the duties and responsibilities of the Head of School in their absence.
• To assist the Head of School in maintaining good pupil behaviour and a positive school culture.
For full details, please see our candidate application pack.
As part of the assessment process, we would like to see you teach a 15 minute English lesson in your own school. You will need to be able to video this. If you are shortlisted, you will need to be able to make your video available to us by the 20 April 2021 and so this will need preparing in advance of the shortlisting date.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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About Green End Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 483 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Green End Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@kingswaycommunitytrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01614327036
Kingsway Community Trust, a Multi Academy Trust, is made up of Ofsted graded outstanding, Ladybarn Primary School, Cringle Brook Primary School and Green End Primary School. This provides the staff and children of both schools with enhanced development and networking opportunities.
The Trust is led and managed by one Executive Headteacher, who is a National Leader of Education and one Governing Body, whose Chair is a National Leader of Governance. In each school there is a full time Head of School who lead and manage alongside the Executive Headteacher.
Kingsway Community Trust can offer you:-
A thriving learning community with a positive ethos and innovative approaches
A supportive and empowering environment, supported by a National Leader of Education
The support of a well-established, highly successful and forward thinking Trust
A learning-centred school where the best possible practice is the priority
A comprehensive CPD programme and opportunities to develop as a leader
A vibrant, supportive community of like-minded professionals
A culturally rich and diverse urban community
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