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Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher

Cardinal Allen Catholic High School

Lancashire

Salary:
L10-L15
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2023
Apply by:
3 April 2023

Job overview

Governors wish to appoint a dynamic and inspirational Assistant Headteacher; an individual with a sense of vision, and the enthusiasm, energy, and ability to develop a spirit of team work across the school. We are looking for an exceptional candidate who will be excited to take a leading role and make a significant contribution to our journey in providing the very best for the children who have been entrusted to us.

Senior leadership is a significant step up from middle leadership, principally with regard to the responsibility that you will assume, but also in terms of the long hours that the post often demands. Governors want to appoint someone who is a ‘grafter’, a colleague who will give their absolute all for our children and staff, because they deserve nothing less.

Whilst this senior post comes with a teaching commitment, there is no preference with regard to subject specialism, and so please don’t allow that to be a factor when considering your application. All we expect is that whatever you teach, you will be a great teacher.

This role will offer the successful candidate exciting challenges that will be both rewarding and fulfilling, and will support you to achieve your own personal career goals and aspirations. Cardinal Allen is a great place to work and an excellent community to belong to. We receive tremendous support from our parent body and our committed group of Governors. Our pupils actively engage in all aspects of school life, and there is a culture of mutual support and openness.

Governors hope to appoint someone who will:

  • Love and care for our children as much as they would their own;
  • Be, in every sense, a great teacher;
  • Be enthusiastic, resourceful and keen to ensure that the highest possible standards of pupil achievement, personal development and well-being are achieved;
  • Have high expectations of both themselves and those they work with;
  • Be able to lead and inspire colleagues to continuously improve;
  • Always be willing to go the extra mile for our children.


Attached documents

About Cardinal Allen Catholic High School

Cardinal Allen Catholic High School is a co-educational, voluntary-aided secondary school based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, for pupils aged 11-16.

Headteacher

Andrew Cafferkey

Values and vision

Our school's ethos is based on the Christian tradition. It reflects the traditional values and standards that are respected and expected within an ever-changing world.

We expect all lessons to be stimulating, enjoyable and innovative. A wide variety of teaching strategies help personalise learning to ensure pupils are able to access the full curriculum, thereby encouraging creative and independent approaches to learning.

Our staff provide a wealth of enrichment activities for our pupils, including residential visits within the UK, Europe and even as far afield as India and the USA. All these visits have educational themes. In addition, there are frequent day visits to centres of specific educational interest that relate to all areas of the curriculum. These opportunities are available to all pupils.

Section 48 Denominational Inspection Report

'Pupils are proud to belong to Cardinal Allen Catholic High School; they are greatly appreciative of all that the school provides and how it supports and nurtures them. They feel encouraged and inspired to live by the school motto and be all that you can be.

Leaders and governors are deeply committed to the Church’s mission in education; they are unequivocal in prioritising the Catholic life of the school. As a result, staff and pupils’ understanding of the school’s mission is outstanding. The ethos of the school is rooted firmly in the teaching of the Catholic Church. The fruits of this ethos are manifest in the pupils and staff in the school; through the very strong relationships and in the profound sense of belonging and of pride that exists. The behaviour and attitudes of pupils observed throughout the inspection were exemplary.

Cardinal Allen is an outstanding Catholic school; the capacity to improve still further is also outstanding.'

Ofsted Inspection 2022

'Pupils are happy to attend this kind and welcoming school. Pupils achieve well. This is because leaders set high expectations for all pupils, including those who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).'

View Cardinal Allen Catholic High School’s latest Ofsted report

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