Principal

St Richard's Catholic College, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1SE

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2024

• Closing date

  14 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  31 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher, deputy or assistant headteacher
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L29-L35

What skills and experience we're looking for

The core purpose of the headteacher is to provide professional leadership and management for a school. This will promote a secure foundation from which to achieve high standards in all areas of the school’s work. To gain this success a headteacher must establish high quality education by effectively managing teaching and learning and using personalised learning to realise the potential of all pupils. Headteachers must establish a culture that promotes excellence, equality and high expectations of all pupils.

What the school offers its staff

We aim to be a welcoming and supportive Catholic community that not only has high academic standards for pupils but also inspires them to be courageous, having the integrity and the spiritual strength to make a positive difference in the world, during their school years and in the future. This is summed up in our school motto, 'Comitas, Scientia, Caritas' (Community, Knowledge and Charity), as well as our Mission Statement.

Commitment to safeguarding

St Richard's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to ahoran@strichardscc.com

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Headteacher Pack - St Richard's_May 2023.pdf - 3.31 MB (opens in new tab)

About St Richard's Catholic College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1043 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Richard's Catholic College website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@strichardscc.com
• Phone number: 01424 731070
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-richard-s-catholic-college (opens in new tab)

St Richard’s is a co-educational Catholic school offering an inclusive Christian education to pupils of all abilities from the ages of 11 to 16 years. It is our aim to encourage, support and develop every pupil in our care academically, socially and spiritually. All children are unique and precious individuals with different talents and aspirations, and our efforts are directed into ensuring that they feel both valued and challenged. We have high academic standards at St Richard's, as our GCSE results consistently testify. We expect our pupils to work hard, behave well, dress smartly and pursue excellence in all that they do inside and outside of the classroom. We also aim to provide a happy, caring and safe environment in which pupils can learn and develop into rounded, responsible and confident members of the community. Our efforts have not gone unnoticed. We are a Specialist Science College with High performing Specialist School status. We have a Prince’s Teaching Institute Art Mark, Leading Edge status, Fairtrade Fair Achiever Award status, an Artsmark Gold Award, a Space Education Quality Mark, Green Flag Eco-Schools Award and Investors in Careers at the highest level. Our last Diocesan Inspection (November 2018) and interim inspection (2021) graded the school Outstanding. During the academic year 2018-19, the SSAT awarded the school Exceptional Education Awards at Transforming Level in: ‘Engagement with Key Stakeholders’, ‘Climate for Learning’ and ‘Leadership through Moral Purpose’. In 2019-20, the SSAT awarded the school two further Exceptional Education Awards at Transforming Level in ‘Professional Development’ and a ‘Variety of Teaching Approaches’. In 2020-21, the SSAT awarded the school another Exceptional Education Award at Transforming level in Wellbeing. An OFSTED inspection in October 2021 graded the school outstanding in ‘Behaviour and Attitudes’, ‘Personal Development’ and ‘Leadership and Management’.

Arranging a visit to St Richard's Catholic College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@strichardscc.com.

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