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Vice Principal

Thomas Estley Community College, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 6PT

This job expired on 10 February 2021 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  23 August 2021

• Closing date

  10 February 2021 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 January 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 Scale L21 - L25

Vice Principal job summary

We are looking to recruit a leader with strong moral purpose and a relentless passion for both improving the life chances of young people and getting the best out of all staff.

All details for this post are outlined within the Application Pack.

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 Thomas Estley Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 885 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Thomas Estley Community College website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: cbutler@thomasestley.org.uk
• Phone number: 07534133593
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thomas-estley-community-college (opens in new tab)

Strategic Purpose

-To be responsible for the strategic direction and development of the College under the overall direction of the Principal

-To deputise for the Principal as required

Specific duties:

• Oversight of teaching staff, with overview of all related responsibilities other than those escalated to Principal level or delegated to the HR Manager.

• Oversight of timetabling, staffing, rooming, cover and absence requests, allocation of all teaching staff to teaching and other duties.

• Oversight of recruitment, retention, induction, evidence based continual professional development, talent management for teaching staff

• Planning and carrying out induction, evidence based continual professional development, talent management for support staff in liaison with the college manager and support staff managers

• Joint oversight with Principal of remaining TELA CPD provision after teaching school status has been disapplied in summer 2020, including liaising with heads of member primary and secondary schools to ensure provision is effective and quality assured.

• Liaison with other schools and stakeholders to support the improvement of effectiveness within the college.

• Chair middle leaders’ meeting / oversight of curriculum leadership / hold curriculum leaders to account in liaison with their dedicated SLT line managers

Additional elements – at least two or three of the following, depending on skills and experience, and in liaison with the skills and experience of the existing Senior Leadership Team

• Carry out timetabling processes internally.

• Overview and development of target setting, assessment and reporting processes and systems.

• Oversight of college IT support and development /Liaise with Trust IT leads for high level oversight of Trust IT support and development.

• Oversight of quality of teaching and learning -monitoring and improvement including Trust wide role

• Improving progress and standards over KS3-4

• Oversight of curriculum monitoring and development including KS2/3 and KS4/post 16 curriculum transition and liaison

(Additional elements not allocated to the successful applicant will be allocated across our Assistant Principals.)

Arranging a visit to Thomas Estley Community College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cbutler@thomasestley.org.uk.

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