Assistant Head Teacher
The City of Leicester College
Leicester
- Expired
- Salary:
- L14 - 18
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Autumn Term 2016
- Apply by:
- 29 February 2016
Job overview
Be happy, be ambitious, make a difference.
The City of Leicester College requires two Assistant Head Teachers for the start of the new academic year or sooner if possible.
As a result of the imminent retirement of one of our Deputy Heads, an increase in student numbers and the desire for succession planning, we are appointing two new Assistant Head Teachers to join our successful, committed, innovative Senior Leadership Team.
The successful candidates will play a significant strategic role in securing improved outcomes for all learners and this post will be an exceptional stepping stone to Deputy Head and Headship.
The responsibilities include:
- Leading a team of Middle Leaders to ensure improved results across the College (KS3 or KS4)
- To ensure the cohorts achieve at least in line with national expectations
- To ensure an effective curriculum offer
- To quality assure an effective pastoral programme
- To ensure the standard of behaviour in the Key Stage promotes effective learning and a respectful calm learning environment
- To lead transition systems and practices.
We pride ourselves on our diversity and believe in going the extra mile to ensure staff and students are happy, are ambitious and are making a difference.
We welcome colleagues who share our College Vision:
To develop an inclusive, friendly, dynamic, high achieving learning community, where all students and staff are happy, whilst being supported and encouraged to be ambitious, achieve personal success and make a positive difference to their world.
We can offer you:
- a challenging, rewarding inner-city multi-cultural, multi-faith community
- committed, enthusiastic, creative staff and students
- a fantastic, well-resourced inspiring learning environment
- access to excellent technology resources including iPads for staff and students
- high quality staff development and support programme including mentoring and coaching.
Prospective candidates are most welcome to visit the College, prior to an application, so that you can see our wonderful location and experience our ethos. To arrange a visit at a mutually convenient time please contact Louise Modi, PA to Head Teacher on 0116 2413984.
Leicester is a fantastic place to work and live, with its diverse community, excellent rail and air links, superb theatre, art, music and film scene, outstanding sporting success, impressive shopping, including Europe’s largest covered market, and, of course, Richard 111!
This College is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Certificate.
CLOSING DATE for applications for this post is Monday 29 February 2016 at 12 noon.
Interviews are likely to take place week commencing Monday 7 March 2016
For more information regarding the post please visit our vacancy page on our website: www.cityleicester.co.uk/job-vacancies/
About The City of Leicester College
- The City of Leicester College
- Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester
- Leicestershire
- LE5 6LN
- United Kingdom
About us
The City of Leicester College is a very diverse place, drawing students across East Leicester and beyond. We are ambitious for all students and wish to see them being active in their learning and ambitious in meeting their potential. Our students are community spirited, polite and treat each other with kindness, accepting of the many faiths, ethnicities, and identities we welcome in our inclusive school. Our parents and carers are extremely supportive and appreciative of our work; they value education and genuinely want the best for their child, it is a pleasure to work in an inner-city community, that despite its local and national challenges upholds such a strong moral compass.
Our Character Pillars
We are committed to developing well rounded learners who possess a set of characters and behaviours that enable them to flourish in life. Our TCOLC Character Pillars; Intellectual, Moral, Community and Performance underpin our commitment towards developing the whole child and are the foundations of our pastoral programme. Fundamentally however, we believe that examination attainment and deep knowledge are the keys to our young people securing further high-quality education, employment, and training. We are absolutely committed to providing a first-class education and setting up our students for future success, wherever that future may take them.
Join us
We warmly welcome applications from anyone who feels they can improve the life chances for our students, regardless of their individual experience or background.
We passionately believe that great staff are the key to great outcomes for our students and we hope you feel inspired to help us be truly ambitious for all.
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