Assistant Headteacher, Director of Science

Assistant Headteacher, Director of Science
Sedgefield Community College
Hawthorn Road
Sedgefield
TS21 3DD

L12-L16
£55,338 – £61,166
Relocation package of up to £8,000 (tax free)
Recruitment and retention TBC, on evidence of impact for an exceptional candidate
Permanent
Full Time

The Trustees are seeking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher, Director of Science for Sedgefield Community College with effect from January 2022.

Would you like to progress your career in an academy judged by OFSTED as ‘outstanding’, an academy where both student achievement and attitudes to learning are amongst the best in the entire North East and Cumbria region? Would you also like to work in a fantastic, recently built academy, set in one of County Durham’s most scenic areas? If the answer to each of these questions is ‘yes’ then Sedgefield Community College could be right for you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced Middle Leaders. Do you have a proven track record of successfully and consistently raising achievement of large cohorts of all student groups regardless of prior attainment or background? Are you able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of leading improvements that have led to measurable improvements in science teaching and learning? Do you have both the ability and tenacity to build upon the outstanding success of our previous Assistant Headteacher, Director of Science? Do you have the potential to contribute to line management of other significant whole school strategies and help take the school through its next stage of development? If the answer to each of these questions is ‘yes’ then we would like to hear from you.

Laidlaw Schools Trust is a growing multi academy trust in the North East of England, serving children and families in Sedgefield, the west of Newcastle and in Pennywell, Sunderland. We pride ourselves in being a progressive, inclusive trust that supports every child to develop their talents whatever they may be and to reach their academic potential. It is important that as a learning organisation we adapt and change to the needs of our pupils. We take care to value and develop all colleagues to make sure they can do their very best for children across the Trust’s schools. Our Academies also enjoy strong support from an experienced LST central team, based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website https://careers.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/. Interested candidates are welcome to tour the school, please contact Penny Walmsley, Headteacher’s P.A. at the Academy on 01740 617777 to arrange a visit. If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Geoff Robinson, Headteacher on 01740 617777.

Closing Date: 12 noon on Monday 18th October 2021
Candidates who have not been contacted by 19th October 2021 may assume they have been unsuccessful.
Interviews will take place: Wednesday 20th October 2021
Applications should be returned to: personnel@sedgefield.cc
Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and a range of other recruitment checks. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding.