Deputy Headteacher (Teaching and Learning)
Queensmead School
Hillingdon
- £74,249 - £81,526 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Pay Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2023 (Start of the Summer Term)
- Apply by:
- 30 January 2023
Job overview
DEPUTY HEADTEACHER (Teaching and Learning)
Leadership Pay Scale L20 to L24
Required for April 2023 (start of the Summer Term)
Closing date: Monday 30th January 2023
This is a rare opportunity for an outstanding candidate. We are seeking an established leader to provide the vision and strategic direction required to take our teaching and learning to the next level.
Queensmead students are aspirational and have very positive attitudes to learning. There is a well developed culture within the school where the highest expectations are placed on students. The students’ response to this is demonstrated by the progress they make from starting Year 7 to the end of Year 13.
The successful candidate will have:-
- A clear understanding of how to make improvements to and inspire progress in a secondary school environment
- Dynamism, enthusiasm and a sense of humour
- Ability to build positive relationships
- Outstanding and innovative teaching skills
- An exceptional role model who promotes the highest standards and expectations
- Excellent leadership, management and interpersonal skills
- Potential for Headship
Please apply using the Queensmead School application form. All application forms must be completed with a covering letter addressed to Miss R Johnston, Head Teacher, and sent to: recruitment@qmschool.org.uk
Interviews will be held on 6th and 7th February 2023.
Applications will be shortlisted and interviewed at the earliest opportunity. Early applications for this post are recommended.
Queensmead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to references and an enhanced DBS check.
Queensmead School, Queens Walk, South Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0LS Tel: 020 8845 6266 www.queensmeadschool.org.uk
Attached documents
About Queensmead School
Queensmead School is based in South Ruislip, Middlesex, and is a ‘Good’, oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive school where students achieve very highly and display ‘excellent behaviour’ (Ofsted). It currently has around 1,450 students.
Head Teacher
Rhona Johnston
Values and Vision
Queensmead School strives to maintain a learning environment where students can reach their maximum potential, wherever their skills may lie. Technology is a key part of the education environment, with devices such as visualisers, iPads and Chromebooks a regular classroom feature. There is also a strong emphasis on attendance and punctuality, with these qualities seen as essential to the learning process and academic endeavour.
Queensmead offers students the chance to participate in activities such as music tuition and sports, with facilities including basketball courts, a fitness zone and access to five-a-side football pitches. International experiences offered to secondary students include language development in France, Germany and Spain, trekking excursions in Morocco, and skiing in Italy and Austria.
Ofsted Report
“There is a strong culture of respect and tolerance at the school. Pupils are calm and mature. The school’s values of kindness, respect, resilience and independence shine through when staff and pupils interact... Behaviour around the school is excellent. All staff are supported by leaders and school systems to maintain high expectations of pupils’ behaviour... ”
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