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  • Job start date

    1 September 2021

  • Closing date

    9 April 2021 at 4pm

  • Date listed

    7 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

L6-L10

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Due to the retirement of our longstanding Deputy Head, our Governors are looking to appoint a self-motivated, enthusiastic and innovative professional who is passionate about high quality teaching, and has a thirst for their own learning, to join our hardworking team. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing the strategic vision of the school and implementing its aims and objectives. The role includes deputising in the absence of the Headteacher, taking a lead on Assessment, improving standards of teaching, learning across the school, organising staffing and undertaking the role of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead. We can offer you: • friendly, well behaved children who enjoy coming to school; • a welcoming, supportive, hard-working and motivated staff and governor team, focused on pupil progress and lifelong learning; • friendly and supportive parents who care about their child’s education; • a well-resourced forward looking school offering good professional development opportunities; • a full and thorough induction programme, P.P.A. time with colleagues, a laptop and file sharing for easy access to school documentation; • membership of a well-established School Led Development Partnership group; • regular training and solution-focused dialogue and coaching; • opportunities for leadership development and partnership working with other schools; • effective systems and structures aimed at reducing workload and ensuring that communication is good. Our Governors and staff are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the wellbeing of everyone within the Collingwood Family and expect all volunteers and staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory references, enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks, Safeguarding and medical checks.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding our pupils and will assess the candidate’s suitability for working with children as part of the selection process. We will check the accuracy of all information and investigate any perceived anomalies. We take up references prior to interview and use these to verify the information you have given us. Firm offers of employment are never made without satisfactory references. All potential employees are subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and are subject to completion of a probationary period. Online checks are carried out for shortlisted candidates.

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About Collingwood Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
232 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
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Email address
admin@collingwood.essex.sch.uk
Phone number
01245 322258
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Collingwood Primary School is a happy, popular school with an ethos of care, teamwork and mutual support where children enjoy coming to school because learning is fun.

At Collingwood “we live our lives with minds and arms wide open.”

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