Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher

With responsibility for Teaching & Learning

L13-17 - £63,430 to £69,970

Start date: September 2024 

Our school is an amazing and unique place where staff and students work hard every day towards a common goal.

I am privileged to be Headteacher here and welcome you to come and have a chat and see our school before you apply. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and strategically-minded Assistant Headteacher to join a team that is relentlessly focussed on ways to improve the lives of our students. 

Our key values, chosen by students are: Kindness, Respect, Determination, Togetherness, Opportunity and Achievement. These words really do sum up the aspiration and ambition of our pupils. The successful candidate will be line managed by the Deputy Headteacher for Quality of Learning and will be responsible for Teaching & Learning.

In the next few months we will be joining a multi-academy trust, United Learning. It is a good time to join an amazing whole school team.

If you are interested and want to know more, please contact the school for a chat with me and/or a tour. 

Please complete and return the application form by noon on Friday 17th May 2024 either through TES or by email to goxley@firvale.com

You should include a personal statement of no more than 2 sides of A4 explaining: 

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• what has prepared you for the role of Assistant Headteacher at Fir Vale School? 
• what are the challenges and opportunities both for our school and for you as Assistant   Headteacher? 
• what experience would you bring to help drive higher quality and standards? 

Please look carefully at the person specification, job description and the attached information. Please focus on our context, challenges and how your experiences have prepared you for this role in our school and will mean you will be an effective senior leader.