Assistant Headteacher - teaching and learning
Ashton Community Science College
Ashton
- Expired
- Salary:
- £50,476 to £57,078 a year. Leadership Scale - L11 - L16
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 19 April 2018
- Apply by:
- 21 February 2018
Job overview
Ref: 164445
Ashton Community Science College is a Good School. (Ofsted 2013)
The Governing Body are seeking to appoint a motivated, experienced and exceptional leader with a track record of successful middle leadership.
The successful candidate will:
- be an outstanding, expert classroom practitioner with a passion and commitment for teaching, learning and student well-being
- lead a team of highly able professionals
- provide inspirational and forward-thinking leadership for teaching and learning
- be ambitious to raise attainment and achieve positive outcomes for all students
The vacancy has arisen due to the promotion of one of our Assistant Headteachers and some restructuring of roles and responsibilities within the current leadership team. The successful applicant will lead the development of whole school teaching and learning as well as strategic pastoral oversight of one of the Key Stage cohorts. The postholder will also have line management responsibility of a number of subject areas and shared responsibility for wider areas of senior strategic leadership. The Senior Leadership Team is a collaborative and experienced team committed to further developing our currently good school.
Ashton Community Science College is an 11-16 mixed school with 687 pupils on roll and was rated as Good by Ofsted in the last inspection in 2013. Our goal is to be an outstanding High School and we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, well qualified leader to join us in our journey.
Application documents are available to download in the vacancies section of the school website http://www.ashtoncsc.lancs.sch.uk/job-vacancies
Please note we regret we are unable to contact individual applicants who may be unsuccessful at this time.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Lancashire County Council has a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available to all applicants upon request.
Informal discussion: Please contact the Headteacher directly on 01772 513002.
Interview date: 26 February 2018.
Applications should be submitted electronically to Human Resources: lhill@ashtoncsc.com.
Closing date: 21 February 2018 at 9am.
About Ashton Community Science College
- Ashton Community Science College
- Aldwych Drive, Ashton, Preston
- Lancashire
- PR2 1SL
- United Kingdom
Ashton Community Science College is a co-educational secondary school located in a suburb of Preston, Lancashire. Offering places to students aged 11-16, and is a community school administered by the local authority.
Ashton Community Science College is smaller than most schools of its type. It is proud of the diversity of its intake.
Head Teacher
Sharon Asquith
Values and vision
Ashton Community Science College operates a no-excuses policy. It sets high expectations of its students in terms of hard work and behaviour. Teachers deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, with a wide range of qualifications available for students across a spectrum of interests and academic ability
Academic excellence is perhaps the secondary school’s top priority, with staff working hard to offer additional support to students who fall behind, or accelerated learning for those who require a more challenging curriculum.
Ofsted report
“Students achieve well. From below average starting points students make good progress so that by the end of Year 11, they reach standards which are average in English and above average in mathematics… Behaviour in lessons and around the college is good. Parents say, and students confirm that they enjoy coming to college. Students say they feel safe and cared for by their teachers.”
View Ashton Community Science College's latest Ofsted report
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