Deputy Headteacher
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3HHThis job expired on 15 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
27 August 2024
Closing date
15 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: 32.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £59,250 and £65,331
Pay scale
- L10 to L14
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Be a practising Catholic (please see accompanying NRCDES document ‘Catholic Schools and the Definition of a Practising Catholic) with a strong faith commitment and a clear vision for Catholic education.
- Ensure that the example and teachings of Jesus Christ are at the centre of all that we do.
- Have a proven track records of successful leadership, management, and school improvement.
- Have the vision, drive and energy to initiate, lead and manage strategies to build on the current successes and achievements of the school.
- Be passionate about ensuring that each pupil fulfils their unique potential.
- Be a confident, positive, and visible leader with the ability to build relationships with staff, pupils, parents, Governors, Directors and others working in the CMAT and a wide variety of external partners.
- Constantly be looking ahead, working closely with the CMAT, Governors and the SLT to develop a compelling ‘faith centred’ vision for the school that acts as the focus of all activity and drives improvement.
- Be able to build successful teams and work collaboratively with others to achieve success.
- Have the ability to drive themselves and others.
- Be able to respond and adapt effectively to changing circumstances, maintaining high levels of performance.
- Actively listen and effectively communicate to a wide range of audiences.
- Place safeguarding at the heart of the school.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for the St Thomas Aquinas Multi Academy Trust?
- Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 23 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.
- Professional assistance - you will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme and Medicash, which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. If clinically advisable, it also offers face-to-face counselling sessions.
- Pension - automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 23.68% employer contributions, or to the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
- Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.
- Electric Car Scheme – access to our new electric dreams car scheme, in partnership with Octopus Energy
- Childcare – If you have children that attend before/after school at one of the 23 schools in our Trust, as an employee you will be able to access this resource for free.
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 Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 376 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- HRHelpdesk@aquinas-cmat.org
- Phone number
- 0116 296 8164
Arranging a visit to Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HRHelpdesk@aquinas-cmat.org.
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