Assistant Head

Interested in leadership? Rare pathway with potential for excellent teachers who are experienced or aspirant leaders, develop your experience as the school grows

Career Opportunity 

Ambitious, forward-thinking, flexible and self-motivated? As this growing new school expands a unique leadership opening has arisen to join the pioneering SLT. In addition to curriculum development, they will be working to further embed the newly-established but evident ethos arising from our core values of TEAMWORK, RESPECT, ENJOYMENT, DISCIPLINE and SPORTSMANSHIP. The role offers scope for innovation and creativity to overcome unexpected challenges, break fresh ground and to encourage and promote excellent teaching skills among our enthusiastic, hardworking and dedicated staff. There is a strong team spirit which has contributed to a supportive learning environment for both staff and students. 

Career progression is actively encouraged and taken seriously across the Trust. By becoming part of the team at Coombe Wood School, your career will benefit from joining a future-focussed group of schools, where you have the advantages of natural advancement and professional development opportunities within the school - and potentially within Folio Education Trust: http://www.folio-education.co.uk/. This is a local collaboration of schools offering access to high calibre CPD which contributes to the recognised quality of learning within our schools.  

The future includes opening our Sixth Form and moving into the permanent state-of–the-art £35M building. The School will grow into an 8-form entry school (NOR 1680) including 480 in the Sixth Form; an increasing number of pastoral and curriculum responsibilities will be on offer. 

Curriculum 

Initially, a key priority will be the collaborative and exciting task of designing the GCSE curriculum content, with creative input into meeting and delivering the themes of the three main educational strands: Sport and Health Related Fitness, Creative and Performing Arts, Academic Studies. Coombe Wood School is being designed to feature sport as a specialism as well as an emphasis on the creative and performing arts, both specialisms will fully integrate with the academic strands. This approach centres on delivering a narrower range of sports to promote a deeper understanding of core skills alongside a focus on Health Related Fitness.  

Location 

This is a new secondary fully-inclusive co-educational school, serving the communities of South and Central Croydon, established to meet an urgent rising local demand. Initially housed in temporary accommodation, the adjacent site for the ‘new build’ school is opposite Lloyd Park in South Croydon, with an excellent Tramlink service to and from East Croydon station (just 5 minutes’ journey-time away) and a short walk from several bus routes. Over £35 million is to be invested in building a state-of-the-art school which will include enhanced sports facilities, comprising a competition-sized sports hall, a full-size 3G artificial floodlit surface and aspirations to include a closed circuit cycle track (CRC) and 8-lane floodlit athletics track.   

Advantages include:        

• Network of expertise and support within Folio  

• Chance to join an innovative and supportive ground-breaking team  

• Opportunity of career progression with natural expansion of the school 

• Catchment includes many aspirational, supportive families  

• Sporting partnerships that will support educational and vocational ambitions as well as community benefits 

• Outstanding brand new facilities in the near future 

• Free use of sports amenities for staff and their families

Application procedure 

Please download the candidate pack and application form or visit  http://www.cws-croydon.co.uk/Career-Opportunities   

For a confidential discussion please contact our HR Lead Mrs J Baker: 07891 671 226. Please email your completed applications to careers@cws-croydon.co.uk  in compliance with safer recruitment guidelines CVs will not be accepted. 

    Closing Date: 10am Monday 14th January 2019 

    Interviews: Thursday 17thJanuary   

Folio Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  

The recruitment process will include an enhanced DBS check, medical screening, confirmation of right to work in the UK and all other pre-employment checks in line with safer recruitment requirements. 

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