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Deputy Headteacher

Heckmondwike Grammar School, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, WF16 0AH

This job expired on 24 February 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  24 February 2020 at 8am

• Date listed

  29 January 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £67,183 to £74,103
• Additional allowances:

  In return we can offer:

  • a competitive salary commensurate with experience and expertise ; • membership of the teachers’ pension scheme and other wellbeing ; benefits ; • eager and committed students who are keen to learn and progress ; • a creative and supportive team, who are driven to support and ; challenge our students ; • outstanding facilities ; • 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

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Are you innovative, enthusiastic and passionate about education and would like to join the senior leadership team of a top performing school? Then this post might be the job for you. This post provides a fantastic opportunity to work within a high-performing and growing 11 to 18 grammar school with a large sixth-form and exceptional students. With an intake of approximately 500 post-16 and 210 in next year’s Year 7, Heckmondwike Grammar School is a dynamic place to be. The post may suit colleagues currently in Deputy Headteacher posts looking for experience of working in a large school with an extensive sixth form, or colleagues looking for promotion from Assistant Headteacher level or those in senior middle management. To work with the Headteacher, other members of the SLT and governors to ensure the highest standards in education for students. To lead by example in motivating staff and students to be the best that they can be in all that they do, by exhibiting the skills of a highly effective and emotionally intelligent leader and manager. Below are the main generic responsibilities of the post holder. Specific tasks will be agreed with the successful candidate in line with their strengths and experience. These specific details will be centered around raising achievement initiatives.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding Statement:

Heckmondwike Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its
students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Full details regarding our Safeguarding Procedures can be found on our website in the Safeguarding section, alternatively, please contact Recruitment to obtain a copy.

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About Heckmondwike Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1474 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Heckmondwike Grammar School website
• Email address: recruitment@heckgrammar.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/heckmondwike-grammar-school-heckmondwike

We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School Of The Year”, “Soaring 57 places in the UK rankings to 77” out of approx 6000 secondary schools (state and independent) in the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.

And for the second year running we are ranked No 2 in the North of England.

This is a fabulous accolade to the whole school community and just reward for years of hard work from staff, students and indeed parents.
The survey includes both GCSE and A level results and is nationally noted as a true measure of school performance using metrics of most interest to parents when selecting a school.

“Such accolades are very pleasing and we are delighted to be recognised, but they only come about because of the week in week out hard work from students and staff and I salute my colleagues and students, they are an exceptional team.” Mr Roberts, Headteacher.

Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with our young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go. Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.

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