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Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher

SHARE Multi Academy Trust

Kirklees

Salary:
Pay, portfolio and place of work negotiable
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Easter 2023 or September 2023 start
Apply by:
30 January 2023

Job overview

It is an exciting time for the trust as we seek to build leadership capacity across a number of our secondary schools. We are looking to recruit Assistant Headteachers who have the skills and experience to support and enhance the operational running of an academy as well as the ability to contribute to the delivery of key strategic priorities. Posts are available at Royds Hall Academy, Thornhill Community Academy and Whitcliffe Mount School. This is an opportunity to join a highly successful trust, with a track record of transforming schools for the better and improving outcomes for all pupils. We pride ourselves on our values, which are rooted in doing the right thing for our pupils and staff.

We are seeking Assistant Headteachers to strategically develop the Quality of Education and our Inclusion offer.

All of our academies are well located, no more than thirty minutes apart, all are based within the Kirklees district.

The trust prides itself on the outstanding professional and career development opportunities available across its schools. As the lead partner for the Calderdale and Kirklees Teaching School Hub we are committed to high quality professional development. In addition to National Professional Qualifications and mentoring opportunities, we offer high-quality, in-house professional development programmes to prepare you for future career progression within our trust. Whatever your ambitions, we can help you achieve them.

We know our success depends upon our colleagues. We recruit and retain the best staff by offering first class training and support, as well as highly competitive terms and conditions, including salary sacrifice schemes such as ‘cycle to work’ and ‘tech scheme’. We also offer well-being support and benefits including a free and confidential employee assistance programme.

The idea candidate will:

  • Have a proven track record at whole-school or middle leadership level, able to evidence an impact on raising standards;
  • Be naturally focused and driven, with energy, resilience and warmth to fit with the ethos of the trust;
  • Be keen to be a hands-on member of our team, willing to work hard to be visible and supportive every single day to the benefit of students and staff alike.

 At the trust we aim to:

  • Equip our staff to deliver their best every day; our belief is ‘Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best’ is the key;
  • Encourage all our pupils to go beyond what they think they can achieve, to enjoy learning, helping them to lead healthy and happy lives;
  • Ensure our staff are happy at work, taking pride in pupils’ progress and development;
  • Never stop improving, developing and sharing our practice with others;
  • Deliver training and guidance relevant to the job role so that expectations are understood and staff feel motivated;
  • Provide first class developmental opportunities for all staff.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted. Please download the application pack from the trust website and return to tracy.dickens@sharemat.co.uk

Share Multi Academy Trust - Vacancies (sharemat.org)

Closing date: 9.00am on 30th January 2023.

Interview date: Wednesday 8th February 2023.

SHARE MAT is committed to the Equalities Act 2010 and also to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children and young people, by adhering to “Keeping Children Safe in Education” guidance. All staff and volunteers are regularly trained regarding our expectations in keeping our students safe. An enhanced DBS is required for every post.

SHARE MAT comprises of Woodside Green Primary, Heaton Avenue Primary, Luck Lane Primary, Millbridge Primary, Royds Hall, Shelley College, Whitcliffe Mount School and Thornhill Community Academy. A central team provides operational support.

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About SHARE Multi Academy Trust

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The Trust officially started operating on 1st April 2015 and the members consist of:

  • Heaton Avenue Primary Academy
  • Lily Park Primary Academy
  • Luck Lane Primary Academy
  • Millbridge Primary Academy
  • Woodside Green Primary Academy
  • Royds Hall Academy
  • Shelley College
  • Thornhill Community Academy
  • Whitcliffe Mount School

Our aims

To create a mutually supportive family of schools, sharing expertise and resources, to improve the quality of education for our children and young people.

Our values

Our central belief is “Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best” and we apply this to everybody in our organisation, staff and children alike. We try our best to support and encourage each other, we work hard at communicating effectively and we always try to achieve the very best we possibly can in the circumstances. We review our practice honestly and are always open to suggestions as to how we can improve further.

Professional development

Professional and career development is at the heart of what we do. In addition to our supportive appraisal systems, staff have access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including internal training sessions, external courses and sharing best practice across the trust.

We are extremely pleased to have the Calderdale and Kirklees Teaching School Hub based at Shelley College, delivering teacher training (ITT), the Early Career Framework (ECF) and the National Professional Qualifications.

Across our partner schools there are Subject Experts, Specialist Leaders of Education, Excellent Practitioners, trained Coaches and Mentors, as well as Outstanding Leaders offering support and training. We offer the opportunity of a career development programme that could take teachers on a journey from trainee to senior leader and beyond.

Location

We are in located in the Huddersfield/Kirklees district, with many of our schools in close proximity to a number of towns and cities including Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield. Due to the excellent road links, journey times are minimal, with many of our staff travelling from these areas on a daily basis.

Benefits

We believe in making the world a happier place to work. We do that by providing a package of flexible employee benefits, including:

• An attractive pension scheme for both Teaching and Support Staff.

• Care First – an employee assistance programme providing staff well-being support, including amongst other things: counselling, telephone helplines and stress management.

• Salary sacrifice benefit schemes - salary sacrifice enables staff to give up some of the cash value of their pay to receive other benefits which saves on tax and national insurance. The Trust currently runs the following salary sacrifice schemes:

- Cyclescheme – savings of up to 39% on the cost of a new bike.

- Techscheme – savings on the cost of desktop machines, laptops, Apple products, phones and software.

Recruitment process

Once you have completed and submitted your application form it will be reviewed by the shortlisting panel. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview via email, so please ensure you provide us with your email address and check it regularly after the closing date.

Referees will be contacted via email prior to interviews as references need to be returned to us before any offer of appointment can be made, for safer recruitment purposes. Please ensure you provide a contact email address for both of your referees.

And finally

Good luck in your application!

We look forward to hearing from you.

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