Assistant Headteacher - Data and Assessment

Job Title:  Assistant Headteacher - Data and Assessment 

Start Date:  September 2022

Deadline:  23 May 2022 - 10.00am 

Interviews:  tbc

Location:  Welling School – City Region

Scale:  Leadership Scale L12-L16 (Outer London)

Appointment:  Full time, permanent

About Us:

Our vision is simple – to ensure that all of our students achieve beyond our expectations and thrive as confident learners with the highest aspirations, ready for a bright and successful future and ready for the world in which they will work and live. We are relentless in our pursuit of the very best for all our students. We understand challenges but do not accept them as limitations.

Welling School is an all ability, co-educational 11-18 school, located in the London borough of Bexley. As well as serving our local community we welcome students from a diverse range of backgrounds and areas. Each of them bringing their own part to make up the Welling School Community.   We are proud to be part of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) which is one of the largest Multi Academy Trusts in South East England with over 40 Primary and Secondary Academies in the TKAT family.  As well as ensuring our students are knowledgeable and confident at Welling our shared values are to be:

• Ambitious 
• Kind
• Active

See our website for further information about the school www.wellingschool-tkat.org

The Role:

We are pleased to be able to offer a suitably qualified colleague the opportunity to join the senior team as Assistant Headteacher. As well as being fully involved in the day to day leadership and management of the school this role will focus on aspects of Assessment Strategy, embedding data systems and the timely communication of data ‘stories’ that facilitate a crystal clear understanding of student progress as well as structural curriculum design and timetabling. Along with our Data Manager the successful colleague will also oversee our MIS.

Our successful colleague will have an unstinting belief that every young person, whatever their starting point or circumstances, can make and sustain exceptional progress and that our purpose is to change lives. They will understand why the above foci are so important for us to serve our students well and be excited at the prospect of being part of our rapid improvement journey. 

The length of your previous experience as a leader is less important to us than your clear vision on what can be achieved for our students, your understanding of high standards and your ability to motivate and inspire.

As well as having a passion for young people and their futures our colleague will:

• be a dynamic professional with a desire for rapidly improving standards
• be an outstanding classroom practitioner
• have experience in timetabling and curriculum design
• understand how to design an effective data system that influences excellent teaching and improves progress
• be a self starter, able to think and plan ahead
• be an excellent and timely communicator 
• have a track record of delivering clear impact on standards, attainment and progress
• bring an unwavering commitment to doing whatever it takes
• have excellent emotional intelligence and the ability to engage, inspire and build excellent relationships with both students and staff
• know how to balance holding colleagues to account with supporting them and helping them to be brilliant teachers.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly ambitious team of staff and make a real impact on our students’ lives. 

Contact Information and How to Apply:

Informal discussions with the Executive Headteacher and/or visits are actively encouraged.  To arrange a visit or discuss the post, please contact Victoria Edwards, HR Adviser on 020 8304 8531 or email victoria.edwards@wellingschool-tkat.org.  The job description and person specification can be downloaded below.

Applications should be sent by email to victoria.edwards@wellingschool-tkat.org. 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of applications. If you have not had any communication within 10 days of the closing date please take this as confirmation that on this occasion your application has not been successful. 

Safeguarding: TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check. 

Our Commitment - Equal, Inclusive, Diverse: TKAT is committed to inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity by encouraging and welcoming differences, listening to individual experiences, aspirations and accomplishments and learning how to grow better together. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic; this includes applicants wishing to work flexibly.

Access to interview:- should you be selected and invited to interview please let us know if you require us to adapt the interview environment.  If we can accommodate practical workplace adjustments to assist we will.