Vice Principal: Welfare, Student Development and Standards
Thurston Community College, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3PBThis job expired on 17 February 2023 – see similar jobs
Earliest start date
17 April 2023
Latest start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
17 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 February 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L22 - L262
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Opportunity?
We seek to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking Vice Principal with the ability to support the further development of a positive culture and ethos where every child is empowered and inspired to achieve excellence.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and inspirational professional to join a forward thinking, open minded and developmental leadership team.
Our successful candidate will be a talented and highly motivated leader with the drive and commitment to make excellence happen. You will be resilient and dynamic with high expectations, a can-do attitude and the ability to inspire both staff and students.
Passionate about pastoral support, you will lead a team dedicated to developing our culture thorough ensuring our students:
- Have positive attitudes to learning, behave respectfully and maintain good attendance.
- Have opportunities for personal development, underpinned by making healthy choices, becoming good citizens and being prepared to thrive in an ever changing and diverse world.
- Are successful and make good progress.
We would welcome applications from existing Deputy Headteachers or Vice Principals wanting to further their career, as well as those from talented and ambitious Assistant Headteachers or Assistant Vice Principals looking to take their next step in senior leadership.
This is a unique opportunity for someone who has the energy to make a difference, to join a newly formed leadership team.
What the school offers its staff
Who are we?
Thurston Community College is a large popular mixed comprehensive school. It comprises of two distinct and specialist sites. Our Thurston Campus, for students from Year 7 to Year 11 is situated four miles east of Bury St Edmunds. Thurston Sixth; Beyton Campus is located in the nearby village of Beyton, offering a bespoke centre of excellence for students in Year 12 and Year 13.
It was recently announced that the school will be part of the School Rebuild Programme. Due to our growing numbers we currently have several building projects underway as we strive to provide a dynamic learning environment, where students display a positive attitude to learning and make good progress.
Our purpose is simple; to inspire a love of learning, empower our College community with the knowledge and skills to help them make meaningful choices and contribute positively to the world in which we live to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life.
A new Principal was appointed in September 2021 and together with the Governing Body has set an exciting and aspirational vision for the College over the next five years. The person appointed will be a fundamental part in building on our already Good Ofsted Status (March 2018) and realising this vision to create:
1. A stimulating, accessible and safe learning environment in which our villages and towns come together as a community which is much more than the sum of its parts.
2. A high performing learning organisation
3. A culture of high standards, which reinforces excellent behaviour, mutual respect, tolerance and understanding of what it is to be a citizen, not only of the school, but of local, national and international societies.
4. At the heart of a wide network of partnerships that provide opportunities for mutual improvement and benefit.
Further details about the role
We require a Senior Leader who has:
- A proven track record in their current role, evidenced by strong student outcomes.
- The ability to lead effectively, but also someone who is a team player.
- A strategic vision and proven ability to make things happen and effect positive change.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- High quality organisational and management skills.
- Personal qualities to inspire, motivate, support and challenge others.
In return we will provide:
- An opportunity to help shape the future of the school through using your creative ability to make our vision a reality.
- Opportunities to develop both professionally and personally.
- An experience that will develop your leadership skills and pathway to potential Headship.
We offer the opportunity to:
- Work with a dedicated staff who work effectively together to secure positive outcomes for our students.
- Join a talented Senior Leadership team.
- Benefit from ongoing Professional Development.
- Make a difference to our talented and creative students.
- Benefit from our Employee Assistance Programme
- Enjoy a rural location with free parking and convenient transport links to Cambridge, Ipswich and London.
If you are excited by this post, its challenges and opportunities; if you relish the prospect of joining our team of committed and excellent staff; We very much look forward to hearing from you.Please visit our website for further information or if you would like to discuss this post further please do not hesitate to contact recruitment@thurstoncollege.org.
Applications should be completed electronically and returned to recruitment@thurstoncollege.org
Deadline: Midday Friday 17 February 2023
Interviews: Thursday 23 and Friday 24 February 2023
Commitment to safeguarding
Thurston Community College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2021).
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About Thurston Community College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1570 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Thurston Community College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@thurstoncollege.org
- Phone number
- 01359 230885
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