
Deputy Headteacher
The Dean Academy, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 5DZThis job expired on 16 October 2023
Job start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
16 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 September 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- No, visa sponsorship not available
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership 16 - 19
Deputy Headteacher job summary
This
is a unique and exciting opportunity for an inspirational and talented leader
to take the post of Deputy Headteacher and ensure that The Dean Academy
continues to go from strength to strength.
The Dean Academy is a school that is improving rapidly and was judged as
“good in all areas” by Ofsted in September 2021. Since then, academic standards have continued
to improve, and the school has gone through an exciting phase of growth with
both staff and students. As such we are
looking to appoint a new Deputy Headteacher to a permanent position to start in
January 2024.
The
successful candidate will be an outstanding leader with a proven track record
of school improvement. They will have a
background as an excellent teacher and have experience of school leadership
over a varied range of areas.
Fundamentally, this post is centred on ensuring that the quality of the
school’s education is exceptional. The
post holder will drive forward our work around strengthening the curriculum
alongside shaping how we teach and the pedagogical approaches we prioritise. You will lead quality assurance and use
assessment data to identify areas of opportunity. The successful applicant must be willing to
work hard, day in and out, leading and inspiring colleagues and making decisions
that ensure we sustain the trajectory of rapidly improving GCSE outcomes and
destinations for the young people we serve.
Commitment to safeguarding
About The Dean Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 604 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Dean Academy website (opens in new tab)
The Dean Academy is an 11-16 school with approximately 700 students on roll in Lydney, in the beautiful Forest of Dean. As a small, local and fully comprehensive school, The Dean Academy is part of the highly successful Athelstan Trust. We are a school who have been on an incredible journey of rapid improvement and were judged as “good in all areas” in September 2021 leading to the school growing quickly. The successful candidate will share the drive and ambition of our dedicated staff and will be keen to deliver exceptional education in a “school where students thrive” (Ofsted, 2021).
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