Deputy Headteacher
Wansdyke Primary School, Bristol, BS14 0DUThis job expired on 20 May 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
20 May 2021 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 May 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership L6 - L10
Additional allowances
• A competitive salary
• An opportunity to work in a supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow
• An energised and professional working environment
• Benefits include local government pension scheme, discounted sports centre/gym membership, free wellbeing support & medical cover, free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme.
Deputy Headteacher job summary
Wansdyke Primary School
Deputy Head Teacher
Start: 1st September 2021
Salary: L6 – L10
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Location: Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14
Wellsway Multi Academy Trust is at an exciting stage in its development. The Trust has grown to 13 schools with ambition for further growth and is a truly inclusive provider of 3-19 education in Bristol and Bath.
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and inspirational Deputy Head Teacher to join our happy, successful school. We are looking for an exceptional practitioner with successful experience of improving teaching that impacts on the learning and progress of all children, irrespective of their starting points. We are a popular and happy school; our children are ready to learn and be challenged. This is an exciting opportunity to join our school in shaping our future direction post Covid with high aspirations for all our children to achieve and reach their full potential. You will find a committed and hardworking team of teachers and teaching assistants ready for a new challenge.
People in our trust and community have recognised the school over many years as providing excellent care and support to children and families. Our classrooms mostly look out onto greenery and we have well developed grounds which help support everyone’s well-being, as well as providing an important resource for children’s learning and development.
Following the departure of our very experienced deputy we have decided to recruit for a deputy headteacher without a class responsibility to ensure strong and effective leadership of teaching and high quality provision for our children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. The Deputy will be expected to take a lead role in modelling outstanding teaching and learning, working with external agencies to ensure the needs of our most vulnerable children are met so that they make good progress in their learning. Our deputy will include the following roles:
-SENCO
-Lead of teaching and learning
-Lead of a core subject
-Assessment
-Curriculum
We are looking for a leader who can implement a rigorous system of monitoring and evaluation to secure consistent practice across the school and improve the outcomes for all our children. This will include regularly capturing pupil voice, providing support/feedback to staff and reporting on impact.
The person we are looking for will:
-Be an exceptional teacher
-Be able to demonstrate their impact on outcomes for children
-Provide support and challenge through coaching and mentoring
-Have experience of working with pupils with SEN
-Have excellent skills in developing relationships
-Be an innovative and strategic thinker
-Ability to have difficult conversations with staff
-Have the ability to inspire, challenge and motivate
-Be confident working with and presenting data
Our school/trust can provide:
-Well-behaved children who are ready to learn
-Highly committed and enthusiastic staff
-The leadership time required to fulfil the roles and responsibilities
-An orderly and pleasant working environment
-A commitment to staff well-being
-A very supportive trust with CPD and networking opportunities
-A very supportive local governing body
We strongly encourage a visit to the school to find out more, which can be made by contacting the office on 0117 903 0218 or office@wansdykeschool.org.uk to arrange a convenient date and time.
The closing date for applications is midnight on Thursday 20th May 2021
Interviews to be held either Wednesday 26th or Thursday 27th May 2021
No CVs or agencies please.
For further information about our Trust, please visit the website:
To apply:
Click on apply to be redirected to the Trust’s jobsite and apply online.
Commitment to safeguarding
Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment, Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’.
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About Wansdyke Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 209 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Wansdyke Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@wansdykeschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01179030218
https://www.wansdykeschool.org.uk/
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