Interim Deputy Headteacher
Thames Park Secondary School, Grays, RM17 5FPThis job expired on 12 June 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
12 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
31 May 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: 100% FTE
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year (01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024)
Pay scale
- Leadership Range 21 - 25
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a Deputy Headteacher at Thames Park Secondary School on an interim basis in the first instance. The successful candidate will be part of a forward thinking, innovative school Leadership Team.As a Deputy Headteacher at Thames Park Secondary School, you will work in partnership with the Headteacher and the school leadership team to raise academic standards and remove barriers to learning.
Thames Park opened in September 2020 to year 7 in central Grays. We are a brand new, co-educational 11-16 school being the latest member of the Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust. We currently have pupils in years 7, 8 and 9 which will build year by year.
Thames Park promotes high levels of academic achievement across the curriculum. We encourage participation in extra-curricular opportunities and empower pupils to make decisions wisely. Our blended curriculum is rich, diverse, and personalised, ensuring every pupil makes great progress. Our focus on digital learning gives our pupils a unique learning experience. Our pupils are fully supported through high quality, personalised pastoral care. Our pupils are motivated and highly engaged by a dynamic learning environment. A wide range of leadership and enrichment activities help to encourage a spirit of co-operation and aspiration for pupils.
We are looking for a hardworking, ambitious, and dynamic individual to join Thames Park. Successful candidates will be part of a team of dedicated professionals. You will need to be flexible and adaptable to the needs of a growing school. Our staff team is a warm, welcoming and hardworking group, with staff wellbeing high on our agenda.
What the school offers its staff
- High quality training and professional development.
- Automatic enrolment into the teacher’s pension scheme.
- Recognition of continuous service and national conditions of service
- 2-week October half term.
- Access to free and confidential support and counselling via the employee assistance programme.
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 Thames Park Secondary School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 566 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Thames Park Secondary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@osborne.coop
- Phone number
- 01375 648901
Thames Park Secondary School. opened to Year 7 pupils in central Grays in September 2020 as a brand new school. Grays is a vibrant, dynamic, rewarding and inspiring place to work, and enjoys excellent transport links. The area is undergoing large scale redevelopment in Europe as part of the Thames Gateway Development. We are part of a £20+ million building programme and will have excellent, purpose-built accommodation with state of the art specialist equipment and facilities in September 2022. We are the newest school in the Osborne Co-operative Academies Trust which comprises of 12 schools.
Arranging a visit to Thames Park Secondary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@osborne.coop.
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