Deputy Headteacher
The Keystone Academy, Shrewsbury, SY5 8PYThis job expired on 1 March 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
1 March 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L9 - L15
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated Deputy Headteacher with the vision and experience to play a pivotal leadership role at The Keystone Academy. This is a truly unique opportunity for an ambitious, inspirational and talented practitioner to support the Headteacher in continuing to develop our specialist school for SEMH and neurodivergence. We are looking for an outstanding practitioner who can bring creative and innovative ways of working within the Trust and the local authority.
The role will demand an individual who is capable
of leading and inspiring others to develop new initiatives and drive a culture
of collaboration and high standards, across the whole school. The successful
candidate will show the ambition and determination to achieve outstanding
outcomes for all learners, overcoming challenges and never underestimating our
students. They will focus on the holistic development and achievement for
everyone.
The Keystone Academy is becoming a beacon of outstanding practice in SEMH specialist provision, like the other academies within the YES Trust. You will have the opportunity to grow with the school and truly make a difference to some of the most vulnerable, yet wonderful, young people in society.
To be successful you will need to exemplify our core values: child centred, authentic in all our relationships and adaptive to need.
Key Priorities
- Support the strategic vision and direction of the academy.
- Provide strategic leadership and management to staff within the academy.
- Secure and sustain effective teaching and learning throughout the school.
- Undertake performance management & line management responsibilities for a group of teachers and other staff in the school.
- Deploy staff and resources efficiently and effectively to meet specific objectives in line with school’s strategic plans.
- Ensure effective pastoral care and behaviour support throughout the school.
- To be responsible for the day to day leadership and management when the Headteacher is not in the academy.
What the school offers its staff
We offer the following benefits to all Trust employees from their first day with us:
- Access and support with training and CPD
- Specialist training where required
- Free lunch at school
- Free parking
- Nursery benefits
- Car purchase salary sacrifice scheme
- Education Mutual – access to free face to face counselling, physiotherapy, nurse help-line, prescription service whenever you need it
- Perkbox
- A huge range of discounts, free gifts, perks including shopping, eating out, holidays
- The wellness Hub – access to a variety of practical and useful resources
- Medical – on-line GP appointments, prescriptions and advice at a time convenient to you
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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Keystone Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 16
- School size
- 77 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Keystone Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@thekeystoneacademy.org
- Phone number
- 01743 599011
Arranging a visit to The Keystone Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@thekeystoneacademy.org.
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