Deputy Headteacher
St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy, London, SE25 4JDThis job expired on 18 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
18 June 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Pay Scales (L3-L8) – Outer London
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint an inspirational, ambitious Deputy Headteacher to join our dedicated and enthusiastic team. The successful individual will work with the Headteacher to embed outstanding teaching and learning across the school through the development of the curriculum and staff.Our Deputy Headteacher will develop our RE curriculum and lead us in embedding our Christian distinctiveness.
At St. Marks C of E Primary Academy, we strive to ensure that all our pupils are happy, confident, ambitious individuals with a passion for learning; who possess the skills, knowledge, learning attitudes and behaviours to enable them to be successful in the world today, and in the future.
We achieve this through creating a strong sense of community and by providing high quality teaching and learning opportunities through an inspiring curriculum.
We provide all staff with excellent CPD, a supportive working environment and the opportunity to contribute towards projects, initiatives and experiences that make a real impact.
We are seeking a Deputy Headteacher who demonstrates a commitment to our school ethos and vision and who is:
- driven by values and can exhibit deep evidence of relational leadership
- experienced in curriculum development and improvement
- supportive of our strong Christian ethos and able to lead RE in the school
- experienced in working in diverse settings with associated challenges and deprivation
- experienced in transforming schools sustainably and compassionately with demonstrable impact
What the school offers its staff
- An active school community with supportive parents and a team of remarkable staff;
- An award winning learning environment;
- A supportive working culture that focuses on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all children;
- Opportunities to support the school in moving forward, whilst achieving your own career aspirations
- A commitment to opportunities for your professional development
- The chance to work with a supportive family of schools (REAch2 trust) who share the same passion for primary education.
- A senior leadership team that believes in distributive leadership and says 'yes' to good ideas;
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.
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About St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 152 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@stmarks-academy.org
- Phone number
- 020 8654 3570
Welcome to St Mark’s C of E Primary Academy.
We are a unique, caring, family orientated school, serving a wonderfully diverse community. Our vision is to inspire a thirst for knowledge, thinking and learning through our creative, curriculum and values-based ethos; our core purpose is to ensure that our pupils and staff achieve excellence through hard work, determination and a focus on maintaining high standards of attainment and conduct. Here at St Mark’s, we understand that each individual is uniquely created to ‘shine’ and grow into compassionate, resilient and responsible individuals, able to contribute positively to the school, the local community and make a difference in society.
At St Mark’s our mission is to provide the same standard of education and care for all our pupils as we would wish for our own children. As a Church of England Academy, Christian values are central to the life of our school, where we worship together, serve together and grow together. We build nurturing relationships based on honesty, respect and trust. In so doing, we welcome everyone from all faith backgrounds and none.
Our learning environment provides a happy, calm and purposeful atmosphere with a culture of high expectations for all. We educate and nurture the whole child through an exciting, creative and inclusive curriculum which develops children’s knowledge, skills and identity across a broad range of subjects, encouraging all to excel.
Arranging a visit to St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@stmarks-academy.org.
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