Headteacher
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 6AEThis job expired on 29 November 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 May 2022
Closing date
29 November 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 November 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 Group 7 L33 - L39
Headteacher job summary
Closing date: Monday 29 November 2021, 12.00 noon
Salary: Group 7, L33-39
Location: Menston, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Contract type: Full time
Contract term: Permanent
Start Date: May 2022
The Directors and Governors of this high achieving, oversubscribed Catholic Voluntary Academy are looking to appoint a permanent Headteacher from May 2022. We are seeking an experienced and ambitious Catholic leader to build on the strong foundations of high achievement and aspiration of our pupils and staff. You will ensure that St Mary’s Menston continues to provide broad and rich learning experiences for our students that are rooted in Gospel values and can create opportunities to develop the wider role of the school within the community. You will be both a strategic and creative thinker; with the leadership skill to challenge in order to provide the highest quality of education in order to ensure the young people in our care are happy and flourish in their adult lives and find personal fulfilment.
This role is suitable for someone who is excited about taking an outstanding school to new heights. Applications from new and experienced school leaders are welcome.
As part of the Bishop Wheeler Trust you will be joining a successful and dedicated group of senior leaders who work collaboratively across all our schools within the Diocese of Leeds. Each school is also part of local and Diocesan partnerships.
You will be a practising Catholic with a strong commitment to Catholic education together with proven leadership skills and the ability to build on our Outstanding Ofsted and Section 48 judgments.
St. Mary’s is a popular and highly successful school situated on the North West fringe of Leeds, close to the Yorkshire Dales. The school is part of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust which consists of the high school and 10 primary schools. Our Trust will grow further in the coming months, with the addition of a second secondary school and another primary school.
If you would like further information regarding this exciting opportunity, please contact Darren Beardsley CEO of BWCAT, via Jo-Anne Hughes at St Mary’s Menston on 01943 883000 or ja.hughes@stmarysmenston.org.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, however, due to Covid restrictions this may not be a possibility but if you would like to discuss this in further detail please contact Jo-Anne Hughes to make an appointment.
Further details including a job description, person specification and application form can be found at www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org/vacancies.
Completed application forms and accompanying documents should be emailed for the attention of Darren Beardsley (CEO) to Amanda Whelan at a.whelan@bwcat.org by the closing date.
• Closing date: Monday 29 November 2021, 12.00 noon
• Shortlisting date: Wednesday 1 December 2021
• Interview date: Thursday 9 and Friday 10 December 2021
St Mary’s Menston is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our children and young people and we expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Mary’s is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
In line with KCSiE 2023, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.
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About St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1228 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- p.barber@bwcat.org
- Phone number
- +17949739909
St. Mary’s is a popular and highly successful school situated on the North West fringe of Leeds, close to the Yorkshire Dales. The school is part of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust which consists of the high school and 10 primary schools. The November 2014 Ofsted inspection and June 2019 Section 48 inspection judged St Mary’s as an outstanding school.
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