Deputy Headteacher
Heritage High School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 4QGThis job expired on 17 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
17 May 2024 at 8am
Date listed
7 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 1 FTE (32.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale L18-L22
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job overview
Heritage High School, a member of The Two Counties Trust, is a popular and thriving school located in the village of Clowne, Chesterfield, within easy reach of the M1.
We are a school with big ambitions. We recently achieved our first Ofsted good rating in the school’s history, and we are on a journey of improvement, developing at pace. We stand firmly by our mission to provide our students with opportunities and experiences to enhance their life choices, making a positive contribution to the world we share.
Heritage is a school where every colleague wants the very best for our students. We share high aspirations and consistently promote our values of ambition, teamwork, honesty and kindness.
We are seeking to appoint a Deputy Headteacher to lead on the Quality of Education for September 2024. We are looking for a talented, ambitious, and experienced leader who can work in partnership with our families, students, staff, and colleagues across the leadership team to foster a high-performance culture where achievement, excellence and inclusion are embedded into everything we do.
The successful candidate must be an excellent role model for colleagues at all levels in the school.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our school and we would be delighted to tell you more about the role.
More information
If you would like to find out more about the school and this role, please contact us to register your attendance at our recruitment event which is being held at the school from 16.30 – 17.30 on 14 May 2024.To register please contact: nicola.dagless@heritage.ttct.co.uk.
To apply
TES is our recruitment platform so please go to www.tes.com/jobs to apply for this role online.
If you do not wish to apply online you can request an application form fromHR@ttct.co.uk.
Applications must arrive by:07:00 on Friday 17 May 2024
Interviews will be held on: Thursday 23 May 2024
Why join us?
There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.
We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.
We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.
We offer:
- Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
- An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts.
- Entry to a career average pension scheme.
- Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
- A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.
- Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.
- We take the wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.
In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment.
We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
What the school offers its staff
Heritage High School, a member of The Two Counties Trust, is a popular and thriving school located in the village of Clowne, Chesterfield, within easy reach of the M1.
We are a school with big ambitions. We recently achieved our first Ofsted good rating in the school’s history, and we are on a journey of improvement, developing at pace. We stand firmly by our mission to provide our students with opportunities and experiences to enhance their life choices, making a positive contribution to the world we share.
Heritage is a school where every colleague wants the very best for our students. We share high aspirations and consistently promote our values of ambition, teamwork, honesty and kindness.
We are seeking to appoint a Deputy Headteacher to lead on the Quality of Education for September 2024. We are looking for a talented, ambitious, and experienced leader who can work in partnership with our families, students, staff, and colleagues across the leadership team to foster a high-performance culture where achievement, excellence and inclusion are embedded into everything we do.
The successful candidate must be an excellent role model for colleagues at all levels in the school.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our school and we would be delighted to tell you more about the role.
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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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Heritage High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 973 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- dawn.crouch@ttct.co.uk
Information about Heritage High School
Heritage High School is a thriving 11-16 comprehensive school in the heart of our community. Staff at the school are committed to enabling students to push themselves towards their aspirations, and in return students are developing into increasingly mature learners and young adults. We are supported by a strong, effective and aspirational Governing Body.
The key to successful education is to ensure that teaching is consistently high quality across all curriculum areas and that learning is focused and purposeful. To make this happen we are working hard to develop effective, enquiring learners who have real aspiration and take ownership of their own learning.
We provide a core of traditional subjects from Y7 to Y11, and provide high quality guidance to all students on the next steps at post-16. Our facilities are of a high quality, boasting well equipped specialist areas housed in recently constructed buildings. Regular after school learning activities are offered together with wider enrichment opportunities, including residential visits abroad.
We are committed to providing the very best for the young people in our care.
Arranging a visit to Heritage High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dawn.crouch@ttct.co.uk.
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