Deputy Headteacher
Fakenham Academy, Fakenham, Norfolk, NR21 9QTThis job expired on 12 April 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
12 April 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 March 2021
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive
Additional allowances
Teachers Pension, Sodexo Benefits & Validium EAP
Deputy Headteacher job summary
The Deputy Headteacher will play a crucial role in the strategic and operational leadership of the school. The exact duties will be negotiated with the successful candidate but are likely to include a key role in raising standards and achievement and/or ensuring the highest quality of support for staff and pupils, including vulnerable students.
The Deputy Headteacher will become a member of the safeguarding team.
Each member of the SLT is expected to work collaboratively with other members and ensure that students’ best interests are at the heart of all decisions made and implemented.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.
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About Fakenham Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 777 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Fakenham Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jade.obrien@se-trust.org
- Phone number
- 01953 609000
Sapientia Education Trust is a growing multi-academy trust and seeks to appoint an inspiring Deputy Headteacher to join Fakenham Academy.
Fakenham Academy is a local school with high ambitions and a key drive for continuous
improvement. We believe that education is the key to transforming life chances, and that by creating an outstanding learning environment where all students are happy and taught well, we will enhance their prospects to become productive, successful citizens of the future.
Our core standards include high expectations of everyone in our learning community; good discipline consistently applied; reliably good quality teaching; a commitment from parents to work in partnership with the academy and respectful, positive relationships between everyone in our learning community. For us it is about educating the whole child through a diverse and broad curriculum and making sure they are prepared to enter today’s modern world, as well-rounded capable young men and women.
Our latest Ofsted inspection recognised the high-level standard we work hard to deliver resulting in being rated a “good” school in all aspects.
Arranging a visit to Fakenham Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jade.obrien@se-trust.org.
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