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Deputy Headteacher

Deputy Headteacher

Swavesey Village College

Swavesey, Cambridgeshire

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Salary:
L17-L21
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
1 September 2018
Apply by:
26 February 2018

Job overview

We are looking for an energetic, passionate leader to be Deputy Headteacher of Swavesey Village College (SVC) from September 2018. The successful candidate will be an ambitious, hardworking and talented senior leader with a proven track record of success. In collaboration with the Headteacher, you will encourage an infectious and confident culture of achievement that promotes excellence, inclusion and high expectations. 

SVC is a fantastic place to teach, lead and develop personally: We are an outstanding, oversubscribed 11-16 non-selective school with a long track record of delivering successful outcomes for students and an inspiring curriculum which help develop young people.

As part of the growing Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust (CMAT), Swavesey won the bid to promote a new secondary school in Northstowe, a new local town within the catchment area of SVC. This new Northstowe school which will open in September 2019.

Swavesey and CMAT can offer you:

· motivated staff and students in an oversubscribed, popular school with a strong community presence 

· a post that will grow with you with the potential for future progression both within this role and in the wider trust 

· working with a dynamic Headteacher and an experienced, supportive College Management Team 

· the support of the wider trust network of experts and access to informal and formal professional development

· a successful Teaching School (CTSN www.camteach.org.uk) with a strong track record of staff development, ITTs and supporting other schools

· Attractive semi-rural location close to Cambridge and St Ives

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All staff will be subject to an enhanced check with the DBS.

We welcome visits from candidates. If you wish to do so please contact Claire Newman Personnel Administrator cnewman@swaveseyvc.co.uk 01954 234461

For further information or to apply please visit the school website http://www.swaveseyvc.co.uk/page/?title=Work+For+Us&pid=303 

The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Monday 26th February 2018. Please note that applications received after this time will not be accepted.

Shortlisting will be 28th February.

Interviews will be held on 6th and 7th March 2018.

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About Swavesey Village College

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+44 1954 230366

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Swavesey Village College was founded in 1958, and has grown in its 63 years from a small village college to a nationally recognised highly performing 11-16 non-selective school with an outstanding academic record and educational experience for its students.

Our most recent Ofsted in February 2020 inspection concluded we are still an Outstanding Provider, confirming the findings in 2011 when they awarded the school outstanding in all 27 categories. The College's GCSE results have been in the top 20% nationally since 2008.

In 2011 the school converted to academy status, as the lead school of the newly-formed Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust (CMAT), a trust which has grown since to run several secondary schools across eastern England.

Swavesey is situated close to the A14, about 8 miles north-west of Cambridge – a rural location but not far from the bustle of an internationally renowned city. The school receives children from seven local village primary schools: Over, Swavesey, Bar Hill,  Papworth Everard, Fen Drayton, Fenstanton and Elsworth. We have excellent transport links to Cambridge and St Ives, and especially useful is the Guided Busway for those staff who do not drive, with a stop right in the village.

Still true to the vision of Henry Morris, the visionary director of education at the Local Authority in the 1950s,  the school also continues to offer educational activities to adults outside of school hours, and is used extensively for leisure activities by the local community.

Headteacher

Mr Jim Stavrou

Values and vision

Swavesey Village College enshrines its ethos in its Values Statement. This statement regards the most important aspects of life at the school to be the “Pursuit of Excellence, Valuing People, Achievement for All, High Quality Learning Environment, and Extending the Boundaries of Learning”. Swavesey works hard to ensure that the needs of every child are met, regardless of background, and sets high standards and targets for its students to strive for.

Ofsted report

The curriculum provides ‘for pupils’ academic and personal development exceptionally well’, and that ‘teachers are enthusiastic, knowledgeable and highly skilled practitioners’.  Moreover, they feel we ‘successfully encourage and enthuse pupils to aim high and fulfil their potential’.

We are very proud that the inspection team saw that all ‘leaders promote pupils’ personal development exceptionally well’ and ‘there are a wealth of sporting, cultural and artistic opportunities available for pupils’.

View Swavesey Village College Latest Ofsted Information Here 

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