Deputy Headteacher - Behaviour and Attitudes
Lawnswood School
Leeds
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L21 - L25
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2020
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2020
Job overview
Lawnswood School is looking to appoint someone with talent, ambition and experience to lead on Behaviour and Attitudes at Lawnswood School. Vibrant and diverse, Lawnswood School provides the successful candidate an opportunity to work as part of the senior leadership, who are committed to our vision of ensuring our students leave us with excellent outcomes, are confident and ambitious and well prepared for the next stage of their career.
We are seeking a colleague who brings a strong track record of delivering school improvement, leading staff and inspiring pupils as well as a commitment to partnerships and collaboration. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and extensive leadership experience in more than one school of driving standards around behaviour and rewards, attendance and climate for learning in the school.
Enthusiasm, a ‘can do’ mentality and an ability to translate vision into reality are a must. As Deputy Headteacher you will make a significant contribution to all aspects of school life and will provide a strategic link to attendance, behaviour, rewards, student leadership, enrichment and you will lead the pastoral teams to ensure outstanding personal development for students.
This role will expect expertise and experience in leading change to ensure excellent student behaviour and culture as well as improving attendance and ensuring our students have an extended curriculum and experiences to leave us ambitious, confident and successful. You will lead an experienced pastoral team to remove barriers to students’ academic success, ensuring they are safe happy and can access the curriculum effectively. Expertise in supporting middle leaders to enhance our clear focus on raising attainment and achievement for all cohorts is essential.
We can offer you a professional challenge and a rewarding opportunity, working with a collaborative leadership team who are passionate about the progress and development of every student. Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check.
For further information about the role and to download an application form (teacher version), please visit www.lawnswoodschool.co.uk and send your completed application with a covering letter to the Headteacher addressed to Mrs Sarah Lockhart, HR Administrator, Lawnswood School, Ring Road, West Park, Leeds LS16 5AG. If you prefer to email your application, please send it to hr.admin@elawnswood.co.uk
Closing date: Friday 31 January 2020 at 12pm.
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About Lawnswood School
Lawnswood School is a mixed, non-denominational community secondary school and sixth form for pupils aed 11-18. It is located in West Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
The school, founded in its current form in 1972, has capacity for up to about 1,500 pupils. Its predecessor schools were the Leeds Modern School, a boys' grammar school, and Lawnswood High School for Girls.
Headteacher
Jo Bell
Values and vision
Lawnswood School aims to create an inspirational community of learning, where its ambitions for academic attainment with an emphasis on students' moral, social, personal, and spiritual needs are combined.
The school wants its students to become caring, committed, self-aware and confident members of society. It aims to ensure all students are treated as individuals and are able to excel.
Lawnswood aims to ensure its students are equipped with the necessary knowledge, skills and confidence to undertake the next stage of their career, and hopes to foster leadership and engagement to encourage pupils to make a positive contribution to their school and community.
Ofsted
“The ambition and total commitment of the headteacher has raised the expectations of students and staff. This has resulted in significant improvements in the quality of teaching so that the school and inspectors judge more than three-quarters of teaching is now good or better.”
“Students’ achievement is now good overall, especially in the sixth form, where students make strong progress from relatively low starting points and achieve above the national average. All aspects of provision in the sixth form are at least good and some are outstanding.”
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