Assistant Headteacher (English)
Northfield School and Sports College
Stockton-on-Tees
- £58,135 - £64,143 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- L14-L18b
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 17 May 2021
Job overview
‘Staff morale is strong. Staff are unified and motivated’
‘Staff say the headteacher and other leaders are ‘genuine’ in their attempts to lessen workload and improve well-being’ Ofsted January 2020
Northfield School is a large 11-16 school and specialist sports college. We are an ambitious and inclusive school with state of the art facilities and interactive technology in a well-resourced newly refurbished main building and a separate new Year 7 school.
Following an inspection in January 2020, Ofsted judged that the school continues to be good and acknowledged all the positive work being undertaken to improve it further. This is a great time to join the school.
Following the promotion of the current postholder, we wish to appoint a highly motivated and inspirational Assistant Headteacher. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Curriculum Leader with a proven track record of excellence in leading and managing a successful English Department. The successful candidate will lead a large, talented, enthusiastic and experienced team. The post will also involve leadership responsibility at whole school level, determined by areas of interest and expertise.
The appointed candidate will play an important role in the future strategic development of Northfield and will provide proactive support to the Headteacher in realising the shared vision for the school.
We can offer you:
- enthusiastic, dedicated and motivated colleagues
- a happy and welcoming school where relationships between staff and students are strong
- excellent opportunities for CPD
- a staff health and well-being programme
- a warm, friendly and positive working environment where everyone is valued.
An official application form and further details are available on our web page www.northfieldssc.org and should be returned to HR@northfieldssc.org
Alternatively, applications are also accepted by post (FAO Catherine Frost). NB: we do not accept CVs.
Visits to the school are welcome by appointment; please call Catherine Frost on 01642 557373 or email HR@northfieldssc.org
CLOSING DATE: MONDAY 17TH MAY 2021, 12 NOON
The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
About Northfield School and Sports College
- Northfield School and Sports College
- Thames Road, Billingham
- Stockton-on-Tees
- TS22 5EG
- United Kingdom
Northfield School has been providing high quality education for the young people of Billingham for fifty years. During this time, the school has gone through several changes. With its latest transformation now complete, pupils have state of the art facilities in which to thrive.
We are a values led school; our three core values being respect, honesty and resilience. These core values, along with staff having the highest expectations of every pupil underpin our desire to ensure that we are able to inspire confident learners, who will leave Northfield with a really good level of knowledge, skills and experience to thrive in an ever- changing world.
In February 2023, the school was inspected by OFSTED and judged to be good in all areas. The report acknowledges the hard work of leaders, staff and governors in bringing about positive change and constructing a high-quality curriculum. Ofsted highlights that pupils behave well and that staff and pupils get on well with strong and effective pastoral care available.
The exceptionally wide range of extra-curricular activities offered by the school as well as its strong personal development programme are also highlighted in the report.
Northfield is a popular school. To cater for the significant demand in places, a 330 place state-of-the art multi-million pound Year 7 School was built on site and opened in September 2018.
Our 2023 examination results continued to build upon our academic success with improvements in a number of key areas. This success builds upon our other achievements such as Arts Gold Mark (Exemplary) award, Gold School Games Award, Duke of Edinburgh Award Flagship School and Holocaust Education Beacon School. Our SMSC programme is a real strength of the school.
Staff enjoy working at Northfield. This is something of which we are very proud. Staff well-being is a priority. Inspectors highlighted the fact that staff value the support available to them.
The school’s reputation for sporting success is well founded. Our girls have been national champions for table tennis a number of times, the school has won the Teesside School Sports Awards for Girls and Team for the past two years. Our girls were badminton national finalists this year and our girls’ football team played in the national finals at Wembley in 2015. In 2017, the girls went one place further and became national Futsal champions. Our pupils became national champions at Dragon Boat Racing in 2018. In 2016, School Sport magazine judged the school to be in the top 10 nationally for sporting achievement.
The school’s website contains a considerable amount of information and our pupils and staff regularly update its content. Please visit our website to find out even more about developments or access up to date information about Northfield.
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