Deputy Headteacher
Hey-with-Zion Primary School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 3LQThis job expired on 22 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
22 April 2024 at 9am
Date listed
22 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, full year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £56,357 - £62,187
Pay scale
- Grade 8 -12
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Deputy Headteacher will assist the Headteacher to lead, motivate and inspire pupils, staff, parents, and work alongside the Church of England and Methodist Church and the wider community, to ensure every pupil is confident in themselves, is respectful of others, achieves well and gains the skills and knowledge to succeed in life and at work.
As a senior leader within the Epworth Education Trust, the Deputy Headteacher, together with the Headteacher and Local Advisory Board (LAB), will be responsible for establishing and implementing the vision and direction for the school. Demonstrating inspirational leadership and creativity to ensure that Epworth Education Trust’s ethos and values are deeply embedded and visible amongst pupils and staff, and that the school enables everyone to be the very best they can be.
You will be expected to interact with and lead colleagues on a professional level in order to promote a mutual understanding of the school’s vision and values.
You will work collaboratively with partners across the Trust and wider school community in the area, networking and liaising to support high standards of leadership, teaching, learning and behaviour across our family of schools.
You will be required to meet the general conditions of the post as specified in the School Teacher Conditions Document.
In addition, you will be required to fulfil any reasonable expectations from the Headteacher.
We are looking for an excellent Deputy Headteacher:
- To secure and maintain excellent teaching and learning throughout all members of the school, ensuring an environment that empowers both staff and students to their highest potential.
- To develop and maintain a high quality learning environment.
- To support the Headteacher’s overall leadership, development and management of teaching and learning of all pupils.
- To be able to teach in all key stages.
- To take a leading role in the monitoring and evaluation of standards across the whole school and to be a leading professional, actively promoting effective teaching and learning practices across the school.
- To be the Designated Teacher for CLA
- To take full responsibility for the school in the absence of the Headteacher.
- The post will require you to work in partnership with the Headteacher, governors, staff and other schools in the Trust to ensure the continuous improvement of the school.
- To work in partnership with the Headteacher to promote the Christian ethos of our Church of England and Methodist school.
What the school offers its staff
Our Trust and its school offers you:
- A strong and supportive leadership team with a clear sense of strategic vision.
- A supportive and highly committed staff with high expectations, who are willing to help each other.
- Well resourced, safe and stimulating learning environments.
- Strong working partnerships within the Trust.
- Pupils with positive attitudes to learning, who are hardworking, caring and proud to attend their school.
- The opportunity to make a difference.
- An enthusiastic and supportive Governing Body.
- The support of a strong and skilled Trust Central Team.
- Pension scheme.
- Wellbeing Day.
- Tech and Cycle salary sacrifice schemes as well as other discount schemes.
- Access to Employment Assistance Programme
- Access to training opportunities and professional development
Further details about the role
Applicants are welcome to come and visit school. Please contact the school to arrange this or if you would like to discuss the role further please contact info@heywithzion.oldham.sch.uk
All application forms should be returned by email to info@heywithzion.oldham.sch.uk or by post with a letter of application which makes reference to the job description / person specification. This should be no longer than 2 sides of A4 with a font size of 12.
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 Hey-with-Zion Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England/Methodist, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 301 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Hey-with-Zion Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@heywithzion.oldham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0161 770 7620
Hey with Zion Primary School is part of the Epworth Education Trust
Arranging a visit to Hey-with-Zion Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@heywithzion.oldham.sch.uk.
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