Deputy Headteacher (four form entry Infant School)
Longlevens Infant School, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 0AXThis job expired on 17 March 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
17 March 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 February 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
- L9-14
Deputy Headteacher (four form entry Infant School) job summary
Due to the retirement of our long serving, experienced deputy headteacher the school is looking for a leader who has the enthusiasm and drive to support the school in its ambition for educational excellence and continued success.
You will:
• Be an inspirational teacher with a proven track record of improving outcomes for children.
• Have substantial leadership experience and be keen to develop it in others.
• Thrive on professional development opportunities and enjoy supporting others on their own professional journey.
• Enjoy a high degree of autonomy as part of a listening, collaborative team.
• Have a passion for how young children learn.
• Have a good understanding of current curriculum thinking and have vision for the school and where it needs to go next.
We can offer:
• A school that is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• A caring school where children and adults are individually valued as an essential part of the school, under the motto of ‘All of Us Together’.
• Children who are well behaved and work and play cooperatively together.
• Good support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND so they achieve well.
• Strong CPD that will equip you as a leader for the next stage in your career.
• Collaborative senior leaders who have a good understanding of the school’s strengths and what needs to be improved in different areas.
• A learning climate open to research and ways to improve.
• A governing body that will challenge and support your success.
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 Longlevens Infant School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 360 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Longlevens Infant School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@longlevens-inf.gloucs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01452520061
The School is a four form entry Infant School on the outskirts of the City of Gloucester. It is the largest Infant School in the county with 360 children on roll from EYFS to Year 2. Longlevens Infant School is a popular, happy school in the community. The school is judged as a good school (Ofsted 2018) but aspires to be outstanding. The school itself is 86 years old, built of bricks and mortar. The school is built around 2 large quadrangles which serve as 2 outdoor learning spaces for EYFS and Year 1. The grounds are substantial and consist of an enormous playing field and Forest School as well as 2 large playgrounds and an enclosed outdoor adventure playground. It has onsite before and after school care- ‘Fun with Friends’.
We live by our motto “All of Us Together’ believing passionately that every member of the school community children, staff, governors, parents and carers, are an essential cog in the success of Longlevens Infant School. We actively encourage partnership working. Our three drivers which underpin this motto are Child Centred, Community and Creativity. Child Centred -we ask ourselves in all that we do, what will this mean for the children, will it make a positive difference to them? Community-We are proud to be part of the community of Longlevens and involve ourselves both as providers, many community groups use our facilities, as well as community users, we have strong links with local schools Sir Thomas Riches and Longlevens Junior School as well as the Churches, shops and library. Creativity- Our curriculum has a strong emphasis on the arts- performance, speaking and listening and creative arts, we believe these develop and enhance deep learning of our academic offer as well providing our children with the attitudes and dispositions for lifelong learning nurturing young articulate, confident individuals.
The school draws children from approximately 13 wards in and around Gloucester. It has excellent links with its main feeder nurseries which are Tiny Tots a private nursery on site, Playdays at the Junior School, Chestnuts and Into-play. All children who accept a place at Longlevens are visited during the Summer term in their own setting or have an individual online meeting with the nursery providers.
Almost all the children transition from the school to Longlevens Junior School which is situated in Church Road. The two schools work closely together and share Inset and other training opportunities for staff, as well as a carefully constructed visit programme for children in Year 2 in order to help them transition from Infants to Juniors.
The school enjoys partnership working and encourages all stakeholders to get involved in the life of the school. The Friends of Longlevens Infant School raise much needed additional funds through their programme of events throughout the year which include the community Fireworks Display which is run jointly with The Junior School PTA.
We believe strongly in continuous professional development as an outward facing institution and although we enjoy and utilise our substantial experience from within, we also invest heavily in research and best practice nationally. We are active members of the Gloucester Schools Partnership, a collective of 39 schools across the city of Gloucester who organise CPD from NQT to Headteacher level, have a School Improvement Programme facilitated by external consultants, have an Inclusion programme, run research and development programmes as well as best practice networks. We organise events and activities for the children ranging from pupil conferences, art festivals, to Shakespeare plays and Country Dancing, who also offer Headteacher Supervision and school to school support. The partnership runs 2 conferences a year, where the strategy is collegiately constructed and approved. We are also active members of many academic communities The Somerset Literacy Network, Glow Maths and Ogden Trust for Science to name a few.
Arranging a visit to Longlevens Infant School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@longlevens-inf.gloucs.sch.uk.
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