Assistant Head Teacher
Selwyn Primary School
Newham
- £58,501 - £63,737 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- L6-L10
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2023
Job overview
Partnership for success!
We are looking for an Assistant Head Teacher to join our Leadership team who will be responsible for safeguarding at our school.
As a school, we are dedicated to providing the best possible learning experiences for our children. Our staff team is passionate and motivational for our pupils and we are looking for an inspirational leader who can have an impact on our school community.
The position will be vital in the leadership of our school’s safeguarding team and providing support for our staff and families’ well-being as well as membership on the school’s leadership team driving success for all of our children.
We welcome applications from experienced class Teachers / Leaders who have the following qualities:
- Experience in leading or membership in a school safeguarding team
- Proven classroom experience and excellent knowledge of the curriculum
- High standards and can demonstrate excellent outcomes for pupils in your career to date
- Values professional development
- Motivates others and thrives on working in diverse teams
- Shows resilience, with an ambition and a desire to develop into a more senior leadership role in the future.
We can offer you
- Curious children, who love learning
- Collaboration opportunities with supportive, forward thinking and dedicated teams
- An extensive wellbeing offer for staff, pupils and families and a Leadership team who promote wellbeing and academic success equally
Before deciding to apply you will want to find out more about the school - To arrange a visit and/or informal discussion about this post, please contact Helen Mawer – Head teacher on 020 84716172.
Further information about our school can be found on our website - Selwyn Primary Website
We welcome early applications and will consider holding interviews before the closing date for strong candidates.
Interviews: w/c 5 June 2023
Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.
Selwyn Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. All staff are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check as well as qualifications and reference checks.
About Selwyn Primary School
Selwyn is a happy and successful school located in Plaistow, East London. We are at the heart of this culturally rich community where we are able to offer purposeful and exciting learning opportunities for all. Everyone within our learning community has high aspirations and we work hard to make learning fun and relevant to each individual.
We all have high expectations of behaviour and this has created a wonderfully positive and calm environment where everyone is respected and treated fairly. This emphasis on a happy, calm and focused learning environment ensures that our children can progress and achieve their potential.
Our broad and balanced curriculum, is designed to engender a love of learning that our children will take to the next stage of their education.
Our school is part of Newham Community Learning, which exists in order to provide an excellent education for all young people in our community. We are the only Trust to offer all-through provision from ages 2 - 16 within a single family of schools in Newham. Across our two primary and four secondary schools, all located in the west of the borough, we educate over 5,400 local children and young people, and employ a team of close to 700 members of staff, the vast majority of whom live locally.
To view opportunities at all our schools, please see our Trust page on TES.
Train with us - we are delighted to partner with Teach First to deliver our School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme. Teach First is a national charity that develops and supports teachers and leaders who are determined to make a difference where it is needed the most. As a training partner, we will be working with Teach First to deliver this one year teacher training programme, which enables participants to train and develop skills in the classroom. It is ideal for people who are eager to learn on the job and make a difference in their community from day one. Our Newham Community Learning SCITT Booklet has further information; please email traintoteach@ncltrust.net to find out more. Please note that this programme is currently aimed at secondary teaching staff.
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