Headteacher
The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1EHThis job expired on 6 February 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
6 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L29 to L35
What skills and experience we're looking for
HEADTEACHER
Job Start: September 2023
Contract Type:Full Time
Salary: L29 to L35
Contract Term: Permanent
The Avon Valley School is seeking an inspirational Headteacher who aspires to develop young people into well-educated, thoughtful, articulate, confident and responsible members of society. The post is available due to the retirement of our current Headteacher after a successful 9-year tenure.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a model of high professional standards in all aspects of school life
- Lead by example in sharing in the effective and efficient daily management of the school
- Maintain a high level of visibility around the school
- Demonstrate a passion for education and for raising standards
- Promote and maintain positive and respectful relationships between all members of the school community, staff and students
- Be able to evidence a critical, collaborative and reflective approach to implementing change
- Have the ability to inspire the confidence of students, parents, carers and colleagues through enthusiasm and commitment to the role
- Have an ambitious mind-set, professional stamina and a moral commitment to raising standards for all students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with SEND
- Understand how supporting colleagues and their professional development can raise standards.
What the school offers its staff
The Avon Valley School can offer you:
- An oversubscribed school with an excellent reputation within the community for both academic and pastoral development
- A committed and stable staff
- A well-resourced school, with state of the art facilities in the Performing Arts, ICT, and Sport
- An ambitious and forward-thinking ethos
- A vision driven by a commitment to academic rigour, community cohesion, social justice and inclusivity
- An extensive CPD programme with excellent in-house and external training opportunities
- Employee benefits such as ‘cycle to work’ scheme and Wellbeing support
Closing date: Midday Monday 6th February 2023
Interviews to be held:Thursday 16th & Friday 17th February 2023
Interested candidates are invited to contact Fiona Perks, PA to the Headteacher (fperks@avonvalleyschool.uk) to schedule a visit.
If this opportunity inspires you, and you would like to join our aspirational school, you can apply by downloading the application pack from our website: www.avonvalleyschool.uk
Alternatively, please contact the school’s HR administrator: Marianne Pearson - mpearson@avonvalleyschool.uk to have a pack emailed or posted-out 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.
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About The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1096 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- fperks@avonvalleyschool.uk
- Phone number
- 01788 542355
Avon Valley is a successful and oversubscribed school situated within the busy market town of Rugby. Following our Ofsted Inspection in March 2023, we were graded a ‘Good’ school. The school offers a distinctive ethos where we aim to inspire and support each student to prepare for their future by fulfilling both their academic and personal potential.
www.avonvalleyschool.uk
Arranging a visit to The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email fperks@avonvalleyschool.uk.
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