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Assistant Headteacher – Focus on Student Progress

Assistant Headteacher – Focus on Student Progress

Woodrush High School

Wythall, B475JW

  • £54,091 - £59,581 per year
  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Salary:
Leadership 11 to Leadership L15
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2021
Apply by:
17 May 2021

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and dedicated Assistant Headteacher with a focus on student progress to join our highly successful and outstanding Leadership Team. 

Woodrush is an extremely popular, oversubscribed academy on the border of South Birmingham. We are looking for a leader who is passionate about the development of people and is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence for every child, regardless of their background.

The successful candidate will:

  • Be the raising standards leader for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
  • Have a strategic oversight of assessment reporting and recording, to include target setting & monitoring of whole school data & Examinations. 
  • Develop and implement a programme for the most able students
  • Develop and oversee intervention programmes. 

You will have an organised and methodical approach to work, can demonstrate a passion for continual improvement and achievement, with an ability to inspire the confidence of students, parents and colleagues through enthusiasm and commitment to the role.

We can offer you:

  • An opportunity to work in an extremely popular and over-subscribed Academy on the border of South Birmingham. The Acadmey is Ofsted ‘Good' with ‘Outstanding' Leadership & Management, Personal Development, Welfare, and Behaviour.
  • An Extensive CPDL programme with excellent training opportunities 
  • Opportunities to work across our alliance of schools and work towards Specialist Leader of Education status. 
  • A Local Government Pension Scheme.
  • Reduced rate gym memberships - including Les Mils classes

If this sounds like you, and you would like to work for an innovative and aspirational Academy Trust, you can apply by downloading our application pack from our website www.woodrush.org.

Alternatively, please contact Amy Branford, Lead HR Administrator on 01564 820097 or email her at abranford@woodrush.org to have a pack emailed or posted out to you.  

Interested candidates are welcome to come and look around the school by prior appointment. 

Closing date Monday 17th May at 9am. Interviews to commence shortly after

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About Woodrush High School

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+44 1564 823777

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Woodrush High School is a mainstream, non-denominational, secondary academy for girls and boys aged 11-18. It is situated Wythall, Worcestershire, near the city of Birmingham.

Our recent Ofsted inspection, December 2018, categorised Woodrush as a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ Leadership & Management and Personal Development, Behaviour & Welfare. It is a Teaching School and a recognised National Support School.

Headteacher 

Mr J Barber

Values and vision

Woodrush High School believes learning is lifelong. It offers a calm, supportive and disciplined environment in which children can learn. Teachers believe students can always improve and must always strive to do so. 

The secondary school respects individuals and believes in equality of opportunity for all. It is focused on doing everything it can to improve students’ chances in life and prides itself on being a big team that includes pupils, staff and parents. It embraces its community and its role in the local area.

Woodrush High School focuses on strong academic performance, but also puts emphasis on students learning life skills and taking part in extra-curricular activities, which range from the Duke of Edinburgh Award to the arts, music and sport.

'Morale at the school is exceptionally high. Teachers are proud to work at the school, they are fully engaged in leaders’ improvement drive and all share a common goal, namely, to make their school the best it can be.’ Ofsted 2018

View Woodrush High School's latest Ofsted report

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