Senior Vice Principal
Parkside School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 5AD15 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
16 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
21 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L22-L26
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will be able to:
An excellent classroom practitioner
Specific & up to date specialist knowledge appropriate to developing others
Knowledge of strategies to lead and empower a team of staff
Significant knowledge on creating a safeguarding culture
Effective communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of high-quality teaching and to articulate to colleagues how the quality of learning can be improved
Willingness to learn and apply new strategies for improving and sustaining the highest quality of teaching, learning, achievement, behaviour and safeguarding
An understanding of good practice when carrying out quality assurance
Ability and willingness to utilise ICT/Technology to aid teaching and learning
Strong communication skills and the ability to relate to people at all levels
The ability to think strategically but have an ‘eye for detail’ – be able to turn theory and ideas into practice
Ability to apply highly effective behaviour management strategies and to encourage colleagues to do the same
Ability to demand the highest standards, using flair and creativity to engage, enthuse, motivate and challenge pupils of all abilities, needs and backgrounds including those who are Pupil Premium and those who have Special Educational Needs
Highly effective organisational, personal management and time management skills
Work independently and be a team player
Ability to communicate a vision and inspire others
Ability to use data to inform and to demonstrate impact
The successful candidate will have experience of:
Significant leadership and management experience in a school
Evidence of being involved in leading a school improvement project
Involvement in school self-evaluation and development planning
Line management experience
Experience of developing staff
Experience of leading on behaviour in a culture of restorative and relational practice
Experience of working in safeguarding
Experience of working with children who are looked after
Experience of developing, monitoring and evaluating effective routines, systems and processes
What the school offers its staff
Do you want a job where you make a difference to the lives of children and young people?
Do you want to be inspired on a daily basis by your work?
Are you passionate about inclusion and committed to meeting the needs of all children?
Do you have the ability to engage, motivate lead staff?
Are you ready to take on a new senior leadership role?
It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Parkside School. Parkside School has just joined Wellspring Academy Trust which was recently awarded the title of Multi Academy Trust of the year. In addition, the school has appointed a new Principal for September who is keen to build a new, dynamic leadership team. As such, we are at the start of an exciting journey in this new partnership and we are looking for a like-minded, talented leader to join us on this journey. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and these values are matched by Parkside School. ‘We make a difference’ If you have the same philosophy, this may be the job for you.
Details of Wellspring Academy Trust can be found at: https://wellspringacademytrust.co.uk/
Commitment to safeguarding
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
Applying for the job
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About Parkside School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1144 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Parkside School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@parksideschool.net
- Phone number
- 01535 272752
Parkside School and locality
We want all of our schools to make a positive contribution to the community that they are embedded within. This impact should be meaningful, considerable and lasting.
We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.
Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside.
The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery.
The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.
Also on the doorstep is the Saltaire World Heritage Site; a Victorian model village that is home to Salts Mill, which itself boasts striking architecture, eateries and shopping.
Arranging a visit to Parkside School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@parksideschool.net.
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