Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral)
Ridgeway Academy, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 2AFThis job expired on 1 November 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
4 January 2022
Closing date
1 November 2021 at 9am
Date listed
21 October 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 31 August 2022
Full-time equivalent salary
- £65,310 to £71,914
Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral) job summary
Ridgeway Academy
A member of the Alban Academies Trust (AAT)
Appointment of Deputy Headteacher
Salary: L18 – L22 (£65,310 - £71,914)
Required for January 2022 or sooner on a fixed term basis until 31 August 2022
Prospective candidates are welcome to visit the school prior to considering an application
Closing Date: 9:00am Monday 1 November 2021
Shortlisting: Wednesday 3 November 2021
Interviews: Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 November 2021
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 Ridgeway Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 904 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ridgeway Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- appointments@ridgeway.herts.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01707 351350
Ridgeway Academy is situated on the east side of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. It opened as a new academy on 1 September 2018 as part of the Alban Academies Trust.
There has been a secondary school on this site since 1956 when the High School first opened. Four years later Attimore Secondary Modern school also opened on the same site and in 1968 the schools were amalgamated and renamed Sir Frederic Osborn School. Now the school has moved into its new chapter of life as Ridgeway Academy.
Ridgeway Academy is a mixed non-selective school with the majority of its students living close to the school. The PAN for the school is 180. Prior attainment on entry has traditionally been below the national average for most year groups. Current student data indicates 35% disadvantaged and 24.5% SEND. Current Year 7 and 8 have a prior attainment which is much nearer to the national average.
The senior staff have been recruited over the past four years and form a very strong team that have the skills and abilities to support the Headteacher in helping to make rapid progress in the future.
One of the key features of Ridgeway Academy is its impressive campus. The site has the benefit of two school halls, plenty of rooms to accommodate the wide range of subjects on offer and significant amounts of outdoor space between the buildings. This means that students can enjoy the benefit of a large campus and the school has plenty of scope for future expansion. The financial position of Ridgeway Academy is secure and the school works proactively with colleagues in the Alban Academies Trust to sustain this.
As part of the conversion to academy status, a £1m capital refurbishment programme was completed during summer 2018 to replace all the existing windows to buildings. This has transformed the site resulting in a wonderful learning campus for young people to enjoy. In 2015 a new sports complex and 3G pitch was opened, which generates income for the school and is highly popular with our local community.
As a direct result of Covid 19 there has been significant investment in Google Suite including Google Classroom, staff intranet and devices for disadvantaged students. Our development fund is targeted to drive the highest outcomes in Teaching and Learning.
Ridgeway has a key focus on promoting the highest of expectations of students in their behaviour and attitudes to learning. Staff development is an important aspect of life at Ridgeway and is coordinated at school level and throughout the Alban Academies Trust. The Trust holds joint strategic sessions with senior and middle leaders and a joint annual conference involving staff across the Trust schools takes place in February.
The school has a strong and experienced governing body, excellent leadership from the senior team and many passionate and committed teaching and support staff.
The school community has positively embraced the recent changes; students are well behaved, happy, look smart in their new uniform and are extremely proud of their school; staff are highly motivated and are committed to drive improvements necessary to take us to be outstanding; and parents and carers work collectively with the school to secure positive outcomes for everyone.
The school is being well supported through membership of the Alban Academies Trust and this would be an exciting time to take on the role as Deputy Headteacher to shape the school’s future development.
Arranging a visit to Ridgeway Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email appointments@ridgeway.herts.sch.uk.
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