Deputy Head of Sport & Health (Boys)
Alperton Community School
Brent
- £34,502 - £53,482 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Inner London Pay Scales - MPS (£34,502 - £44,756)/UPS (£49,320 - £53,482) and TLR 2B £5,358
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 16 April 2023
Job overview
Job Title: Deputy Head of Sport & Health (Boys)
Salary range: MPS (£34,502 - £44,756)/UPS (£49,320 - £53,482), Inner London Pay Scales and TLR 2B £5,358
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: Teachers Terms and Conditions
Location: Alperton, London
We are a large, mixed, 11-18 academy with over 350 students in our sixth form. Due to our increased popularity as a school, we expanded our roll in September 2018. Alperton Community School is an inclusive school with a student intake that reflects a wonderfully diverse and vibrant local community. Our students are very well behaved, work hard and are ambitious to succeed. Our most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2021 graded our school as Good "Pupils like coming to school and they enjoy their lessons"; "Pupils can focus because they feel safe"; "Leaders’ expectations of all pupils are high"; "Pupils behave well in school. They focus on their learning in lessons. Pupils follow teachers’ instructions and listen to one another".
Student progress at GCSE and A Level has been above national averages for many years with disadvantaged students performing well above national averages. Our progress 8 score has been consistently “above average”. We also see high numbers of our students’ progress to Oxbridge and Russell Group Universities. Student attendance and the percentage of students who remain in education, employment or training are also well above national averages.
We are very fortunate to have a brand new school building. The new building has 83 classrooms with purpose-built specialist drama, music, art and DT facilities as well as 14 science laboratories, 10 ICT rooms, a dance studio, an activity studio, a very large sports hall and three outdoor MUGAs. Every classroom is equipped with state-of-the-art ICT facilities. We are very fortunate to have extensive outdoor spaces for break and lunchtime activities as well as a 6 acre sports campus.
Our school has become internationally recognised following the success of our Art and Textiles teacher Andria Zafirakou who won the $1million Global Teacher Prize recently. The school was recently shortlisted for the TES School of the Year and won the TES Maths Team of the Year. We are one of only four schools in the country to hold the Platinum Professional Development Mark and one of only 100 schools to hold the Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence.
Our teachers and support staff are well-qualified, friendly and committed to student achievement.
This is an exceptional opportunity. It will offer the successful candidate a friendly, highly supportive and committed working environment within a culture of success and professional growth. The school offers excellent support for ECTs in their induction year.
The Role
We are seeking to appoint a motivated and ambitious Deputy Head of Sport & Health (Boys) to join our well-resourced department. This is an exciting opportunity for an existing or aspiring middle leader who is passionate about ensuring all students have access to outstanding teaching and learning across all key stages. We are a dynamic, friendly, and open minded team constantly striving for excellence.
The Person
The successful candidate will be an excellent teacher of PE who is ambitious and wants to further their career. You will have high expectations of your students and have an innovative approach to curriculum ideas, supporting staff development and promoting positive healthy lifestyles across the school.
Do you share our values, have the vision and drive for excellence and want to be part of an enthusiastic and well-resourced team? Then we would like to hear from you.
The Benefits
- On-going extensive Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Employee assistance programme
- Ride to work scheme
- Pension scheme
- Wellbeing
Closing Date: 16 April 2023 (23:59)
Assessment & Interview Date: Week commencing, 24April 2023
To apply, please visit our vacancies page. Completed application forms may be emailed to; hr@alperton.brent.sch.uk.
Supplementary Information
We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an inclusive community school and encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Successful candidate(s) will be required to undertake an Enhanced and Barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Please note CVs will not be considered as part of your application for this position.
Only successful candidates will be notified. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Attached documents
About Alperton Community School
- Alperton Community School
- Stanley Avenue, Wembley
- Middlesex
- HA0 4JE
- United Kingdom
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