Senior Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral Care and Standards
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B20 2HLThis job expired on 30 April 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
30 April 2021 at 9am
Date listed
21 April 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 16-18 (£61,165 - £64,143)
Senior Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral Care and Standards job summary
Due to the growth in student numbers, we are now looking to appoint an experienced and highly effective senior leader to support the Headteacher in the next phase of the Academy’s development.
This is a new role to reflect the priority we place on excellent pastoral care and on education that is rooted in high expectations and aspirations for all our students. The Senior Assistant Headteacher will have overall responsibility for the development and implementation of all pastoral policies and practices. This includes behaviour and attendance.
The focus of responsibility for the post will be the strategic development of the Pastoral Care for all students, the outcomes at KS4 and Pupil Premium students across the Academy. The successful candidate will have the potential and desire to be active and influential across the whole leadership spectrum. As such it will provide a firm preparation for those considering going on to Deputy Headship.
The successful candidate will have an intelligent grasp of raising standards and achievement through excellent pastoral care, guidance and support. They will also have experience of raising standards and achievement for KS4 students and those in receipt of Pupil Premium.
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 King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1014 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@hwga.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01215548122
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls’ Academy is proud to serve the community of Handsworth and North West Birmingham. We are a non-selective, comprehensive, thriving, diverse and academically successful school for girls aged 11-18. Our Academy is part of the King Edward VI Academy Trust and we are committed to delivering our shared values and resolutely believe that education can:
• Raise aspirations to transform the lives of young people and to enhance the well-being of individuals and the community.
• Give young people the chance to live rich, fulfilled lives and to contribute to society.
• Provide more than the teaching of knowledge and skills.
• Develop curiosity and independence of mind.
• Create a love of learning, which will foster creativity, imagination and the capacity to communicate.
• Provide the chance to participate in sport, music, drama, outdoor pursuits and involvement in the wider community.
• Build character and relationships, along with a sense of morality, care and respect for others.
Regardless of their background or starting points, we expect all our students will achieve the highest academic standards. We also believe if we equip our students with the universal values of scholarship, character and community it will serve them well at university, in training, the workplace and their lives.
We are committed to the value of a broad and balanced curriculum, which is flexible and responsive to the needs of our students and well-matched to their aspirations.
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