Deputy Headteacher - Safeguarding, Attendance, Inclusion and Behaviour
Isca, Exeter, Devon, EX2 6APThis job expired on 21 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
21 April 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L14 - L18
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and training
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Regular and appropriate CPD including evidence or recent leadership development
- Qualifications appropriate to this post.
Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge of a national education strategy and agenda including SEN.
- An understanding of what high quality and strong progress in learning and teaching looks like and how to achieve excellence for all children.
- Knowledge and experience of monitoring and evaluating student performance and the use of data to inform school improvement and culture and ultimately student outcomes.
- Knowledge and experience of key considerations in effective leadership and management and the development of people and other resources.
- Knowledge and experience of best practice and procedures for safeguarding children and young people.
- Leadership experience at Assistant Headteacher / Assistant Principal level.
- Use of proactive and dynamic strategies to manage day to day scenarios and drive improvement in student behaviour, attendance, progress and achievement.
- Up to date on current educational thinking and education legislation in particular in relation to attendance, safeguarding and SEN
- A thorough grasp of data.
- Broad understanding experience of a range of strategies to raise attainment and improve student progress.
- A commitment to Inclusive education and equal opportunities.
- Successful previous experience in a senior leadership role.
- Proven ability to lead, manage and motivate a substantial team.
- A commitment to working collaberatively and effectively as part of a leadership team and wider Trust network.
- Evidence of the ability to effectively manage the variety of demands and pressures that come with a senior leadership role.
Personal Skills and Qualities
- Enthusiasm and passion.
- Real commitment to education as a tool for improving the life chances of children.
- Proven ability to maintain positive relationships with students, parents/carers, outside agencies and staff.
- Stamina.
- Resilience.
- Willing to work long, flexible hours.
- Commitment to an inclusive and child centred approach to education.
- Commitment to the ethos and values of the Academy and Trust.
- High level of emotional intelligence.
- Significant presence.
- Excellent communication skills both in writing and in person.
- Ability to form and maintain positive and sustainable relationships.
- A good motivator.
- Analytical thinker.
- Inspirational leader of staff and students.
- Able to use ICT effectively.
- Ability to prioritise effectively.
- Able to think and plan strategically.
- A high level of organisational skills, including the ability to meet deadlines and to plan and run team meetings.
Must pass relevant safeguarding of children checks –DBS and Safer Recruitment Processes.
What the school offers its staff
We are part of the Ted Wragg Trust, an ambitious and inclusive trust of schools strengthening our communities through excellent education.
Further details about the role
Due to our current Deputy Headteacher moving onto their next placement on our Future Headteachers programme we have a vacancy for a successful, experienced Deputy Headteacher for Safeguarding, Attendance, Inclusion & Behaviour.
Are you a successful, experienced and dynamic Deputy Headteacher seeking to move on to the next stage in your career? This post could be perfect for you.
We are looking for a committed, passionate and forward-thinking Deputy Headteacher for Safeguarding, Attendance, Inclusion and Behaviour. Our Vision 2027 is to be one of the highest performing schools in the country. We want every child to leave Isca with both the qualifications and a wealth of experiences to follow their dreams.
You will need to be able to model and uphold the very highest of standards at all times and in return get the opportunity to work with the most amazing scholars in the South West. We believe that classrooms should be disruption free so that teachers can teach and children can make excellent progress, you will be pivotal to securing this ambition. You will be responsible for ensuring all children are safe, attendance is exemplary and every child succeeds regardless of background or need.
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 Isca
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 994 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Isca website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@iscaexeter.co.uk
At Isca Academy, we are relentlessly ambitious for all our pupils and intend to have the best outcomes in the country by 2027. We are at the start of a five-year journey to becoming the best school in the country and are unapologetic about this ambition. We intend to transform Isca into a beacon of national excellence in order to support the improvement of education in the South West. We understand that outcomes in our region are not good enough and are determined to change this.
As a member of our team, you will reflect this ambition and these values in everything you do. We are always searching for relentlessly driven individuals who reflect our core values of Inspiration, Success, Community and Ambition. We believe, as a part of the Ted Wragg Trust, in growing great people; if you are someone who embodies our values and reflects our purpose, we will ensure you have the training and opportunities you need in order to become outstanding in every area of your work. Above all, we seek people driven by the belief that all young people, regardless of background, can achieve at the very highest level
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