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Assistant Head of Technology

Assistant Head of Technology

The Elton High School

Bury

  • Expired
Salary:
Teacher Pay Spine/ UPS + TLR 2a
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
17 May 2024

Job overview

Assistant Head of technology- Teacher Pay Spine/ UPS + TLR 2a

We are looking to appoint an Assistant Head of Technology. We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic teacher to join our supportive and high-performing team. As Assistant Head of Department, you will work alongside the Head of Technology to raise standards of student attainment and achievement in line with the school priorities within the curriculum area. This will include joint responsibility for leading, developing and managing the quality of teaching and learning in Technology.

The Elton High School is a significantly oversubscribed school with a tradition of excellence. We have a history of high achievement with results regularly placing us as amongst the highest performing schools in Bury LA and amongst the top proportion of schools in the country. The successful applicant will be part of a department team who are a fantastic set of professionals, wholly supportive and collaborative who generate outstanding teaching and learning practice. 

Our most recent Ofsted inspection (February 2022) reiterated the strengths that had been confirmed in the previous report (2017) and are firmly embedded across our school. The inspection team noted that ‘pupils are proud to attend’ Elton with an established culture of ‘high aspirations for what pupils can achieve’.  Our students achieve well, with the inspectors being particularly impressed with the climate for learning and behaviour of our students – their ‘positive behaviour at all times is characteristic of the respectful culture of this school [and] their positive conduct reflects leaders’ high standards’. 

The Technology department is a collegiate and supportive team, who have worked hard to develop an ambitious curriculum. Teachers make use of shared resources and there are dedicated slots throughout the year for collaborative work.

Recent successes of our school have been based on a relentless focus on teaching and learning. We have a strong system of staff training in place aimed at developing the very best practice while we have a constant focus on ensuring that all of our team feel supported to give of their best and to have a work life balance. We pride ourselves on taking a proactive approach to promoting the wellbeing of everyone in our school community. Our teachers enjoy working here, so this is a rare opportunity to join our staff in a key subject area, contributing to our next steps in pushing Elton to realise its potential as one of the very best schools in the Greater Manchester area.

The school has excellent transport links with the M60, M61, M62 and M66 Motorways crisscrossing the area plus the Metrolink Light Rapid Transit system with a fast and frequent service from Bury centre through Manchester city centre to East Didsbury.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the DBS.

Please visit our website or contact the school for an application pack.

Closing date:  Friday 17th May 2024

Attached documents

About The Elton High School

The Elton High School is a co-educational community secondary school based in Bury, Lancashire, for students aged 11-16. It is a non-denominational school that accommodates approximately 1,000 students in a new building opened in September 2016.

The Elton High School serves the local catchment area of Walshaw/Elton/North Bury and is heavily oversubscribed. It has a stable roll with an annual admission number of 200.

The secondary school's facilities include fully equipped science laboratories and technology rooms, a large sports hall, an activity studio and a multi-media learning resource centre, within a modern, spacious three-storey building. 

Headteacher

Jonathan Wilton

Values and vision

Staff and governors of The Elton High School are devoted to contributing to the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, intellectual, creative and physical development of all students. The secondary school aims to achieve this by delivering a curriculum that contributes to student learning, attainment and personal development, and that is broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated, within and beyond the classroom.

Ofsted report

“Consistently good teaching in languages, humanities, art and physical education enables students to achieve well from their starting points. The most able students do well because they are given work that challenges them to achieve their potential. Leaders’ work to improve students’ attendance has been effective. Attendance is above average. Students enjoy coming to school.” 

View The Elton High School’s latest Ofsted report

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