Headteacher
Varndean School, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 6NPThis job expired on 16 April 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
16 April 2021 at 9am
Date listed
24 March 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
- L33 - 39 (£92,624 - £106,176)
Headteacher job summary
Headteacher
Start Date: 1st September 2021
Varndean School is seeking to recruit a Headteacher following the retirement of our current Head.
Varndean is an 11-16 maintained, comprehensive school with around 1400 students, set in a picturesque south coast location in the vibrant and diverse city of Brighton and Hove.
Rated Good by Ofsted (2017), Varndean on most measures achieved the best results in Brighton and Hove in 2019. We are over-subscribed and growing.
Our ethos is rooted in the belief that providing a caring and supportive environment for our students is crucial to the achievement of academic success. This is delivered through our Five Schools system: five smaller schools within one larger school, each the size of a primary school, providing emotional and pastoral support.
Also key to Varndean’s ethos is our broad and diverse curriculum offering. Our aim is to enable students to achieve their potential in whatever sphere they aspire to or excel in.
Our vision is for Varndean to deliver World Class Learning to all our students.
Varndean equally recognises the importance of helping its staff achieve their full potential, and encourages their continuous professional development. It is notable for example that four previous deputy headteachers have moved to substantive headteacher posts and one to become CEO of a Multi Academy Trust.
Varndean School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Similarly we pay close attention to protecting the health and safety of our staff and students.
Applications are invited from candidates with substantial experience of senior leadership in a secondary school with the dynamism and charisma to lead us to achieving our World Class vision, by building on our successes and ethos.
Salary scale: L33 - 39 (£92,624 - £106,176).
Starting date: 1 September 2021
Closing date for applications: 09:00 on 16 April. Please apply via TES here.
Commitment to safeguarding
Varndean School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to have a staff body that matches the social and cultural diversity of our student intake.
The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
About Varndean School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1498 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Varndean School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vacancies@varndean.co.uk
Varndean School is a co-education state maintained comprehensive school for 11-16 year olds offering a modern and diverse curriculum. We give students the opportunity to explore their interests, achieve academic success and develop well-rounded characters to go forth into the world and make a valuable contribution to all our futures.
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