Deputy Headteacher
Christleton High School
Cheshire West and Chester
- Expired
- Salary:
- L22 - L28
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2019
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2019
Job overview
Location: Christleton, Chester
Interviews 29th and 30th April 2019
Contract Type: Full time, Permanent
The Governors of Christleton High School are seeking to recruit, from September 2019, an inspirational Deputy Headteacher for our already ‘outstanding’ school.
Christleton High School, situated near Chester, is a high-achieving, successful 11-18 non-selective, co-educational Academy school, with over 1300 students. However, we do not wish to rest on our laurels and it is very much our desire to build on these excellent foundations and to see Christleton become increasingly world class. Accordingly, the deputy headship position is full of opportunity and challenge.
As a current Deputy Headteacher or Assistant Headteacher in a secondary school, you will be able to display the highest levels of energy and enthusiasm, as well as able to demonstrate significant whole-school impact in your current role, which has led to sustained and meaningful improvements. You will share our commitment to the education of young people and will have the drive and imagination to take our school to the next level. We are looking for a candidate who is outward looking for new ideas and a strong track record of developing teaching and learning and whole school quality assurance processes that have positively impacted on school outcomes.
We warmly welcome and encourage informal visits by prospective candidates. Should you wish to arrange such a visit, you are invited to contact Mrs Wendy Edwards, PA to Headteacher, (edwardsw@christletonhigh.co.uk), as indicated in the details below.
Dates for visits: Monday 15th April – Thursday 18th April
Closing date: Tuesday 23rd April at 9.00am
Shortlisting: Wednesday 24th April
Selection Process: Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th April
Christleton High School is a great place to work. Results and facilities are excellent, the students are polite and well-motivated and the school is situated in lovely surroundings. We try to live by the maxim “Happy, Hardworking and Caring” and any candidate should be a role model of these three characteristics.
An application form and information pack can be downloaded from the vacancies section of our website: https://www.christletonhigh.co.uk/vacancies/
The closing date for receipt of applications is 9.00am on Tuesday 23rd April 2019.
Christleton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to an enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure & Barring Service, which will require you to disclose all criminal convictions.
About Christleton High School
- Christleton High School
- Village Road, Christleton, Chester
- Cheshire
- CH3 7AD
- United Kingdom
Christleton High School is a thriving, vibrant Academy with a long tradition of academic excellence and success. The school is situated in the picturesque village of Christleton, approximately 3 miles from the centre of Chester, serving a community of small villages and housing on the east side of the city. Academic standards at the school are very high, frequently the highest in the region, thanks to highly motivated staff, children who wish to learn and parents who support them. Our high standards are maintained by creating a caring climate of trust and mutual support between all who work in the school. Combined with our exceptional extra-curricular provision, all our students, no matter what their strengths and aptitudes, have opportunities that challenge and reward and enable them to be the best they can be.
The school has undergone a number of major refurbishments in the last 5 years to provide excellent facilities for learning, including a new iResearch Centre costing £0.75m and a £3M extensive re-modelling programme of the exterior of the building. It also has a large Leisure Centre, swimming pool and state-of-the-art 4G pitch, which are jointly managed and available for use by students and staff during the day.
The school operates a two-week timetable of 48 x 1hr periods. Every Wednesday afternoon there is systematic and planned staff development programme that is the focal point of our drive to constantly improve the learning experience of our students. We have a teaching staff who are committed, hard-working and dedicated to the success of our students. We expect a high level of professionalism but also a willingness to innovate in order that all our students are engaged in their learning, are challenged, whatever their needs and who make the required progress to fulfil their potential in an environment that is “happy, hardworking and courteous”.
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