Assistant Headteacher
East Ward Community Primary School
Bury
- Expired
- Salary:
- L3-L7 negotiable
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020
- Apply by:
- 17 September 2019
Job overview
Required for January 2020
The Governing Body of East Ward Community Primary School is seeking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher with excellent interpersonal skills, personal presence and authority.
The successful candidate will be creative, proactive and able to take the initiative in the strategic development of the school.
S/he will be confident in a wide range of settings and with various groups of people, and will have personal warmth and a sense of humour.
S/he will have the ability to remain calm under pressure, be highly resilient, and possess high levels of energy and commitment.
This is a full time role within the salary band L3 – L7.
East Ward Primary School is a caring, inclusive, multicultural school.
To join our team you will:-
Have high expectations of children and be committed to raising their achievement
Be a dedicated professional who can work as part of a team
Have excellent communication skills in dealing with children, staff, parents, governors and the wider community
Be eager to develop innovative ideas that excite and inspire our children
Be flexible, energetic and motivated
Have excellent organisational skills
Use your individual strengths to enhance the work of the whole school community
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. If you would like to arrange a visit or speak to the Head Teacher David Waites, please contact us on 0161 764 6065 to make an appointment.
Interviews will be held on Friday 27 September 2019. Prior to this, we would like the opportunity to visit shortlisted candidates in their current school setting.
Employees of East Ward Primary School have a responsibility for, and must be committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.
Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please visit our school website www.eastwardprimary.com to find out more about our school.
Application forms are returnable to Alison Smalley, Office Manager at asmalley.eastward@visionmat.com by
noon on Tuesday 17 September 2019.
Attached documents
About East Ward Community Primary School
- East Ward Community Primary School
- Willow Street, Bury
- Lancashire
- BL9 7QZ
- United Kingdom
Context
East Ward Community Primary School is a successful two-form entry primary school with nursery. It is a founding member of Vision Multi- Academy Trust.
We currently have 441 children on roll. The school deprivation indicator is 0.49 which places it in the 80th to 100th percentile. 40% of the children at East Ward have English as an additional language (EAL) and 50% of it’s pupils are in receipt of the pupil premium grant.
Our most recent OFSTED report (2016) noted that ‘East Ward is a warm and inviting learning environment with polite and well mannered children who are fiercely proud of their school’.
East Ward is proud of its broad and balanced curriculum. Art, music, sports and ICT are strengths of the school and the school further develops children’s cultural and moral sense through highly effective pastoral provision. The school has been recognised for its best practice.
We achieved the Leading Parents Partnership Award and we also hold the Inclusion Quality Mark, Arts Mark, Full International Schools Accreditation and the Music Mark. The school supports all of its pupils to realise their potential, regardless of their starting points.
East Ward has high expectations of all of its pupils and children at the school do well compared to national and local standards. This is achieved first and foremost through quality first teaching. Where extra support is needed, targeted PiXL interventions are delivered by trained teachers and highly effective support staff. These staff are highly skilled and experienced. All staff in the school are enthusiastic, proactive and caring.
The leadership team comprises dynamic, enthusiastic learners who have developed robust systems in the school to monitor and support new and experienced teachers. The school has a thriving wider community and parents work closely with the school. The half-termly ‘open events, summer fairs, welcome events, art exhibitions and community projects all form part of the annual calendar of events which encourage links with parents.
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