Assistant Headteacher (Professional Learning and Student Leadership)
George Green's School
Tower Hamlets
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale, Points 17-21(£70,552-77,011)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required from September 2022
- Apply by:
- 28 January 2022
Job overview
We are seeking an exceptional, inspirational and hard-working individual to join our well- established and highly effective senior leadership team.
The person appointed will be principally responsible for leading on all aspects of Continuing Professional.
Learning and the further development of our already well-established approach to effective teaching.
In common with all SLT at George Green’s, the successful candidate will also contribute to all aspects of both long-term planning and the day-to-day management of the school – and will themselves be an outstandingly effective teacher.
Our school is a values-driven organisation. Our overriding ambition is to be an exceptional school, characterised by high expectations, inclusion and anti-racism. We want every young person at our school to live happy, safe and economically secure lives. We expect every one of our students to be a change-maker, with an uncompromising commitment to social justice. Everybody who works at George Green’s School believes in our mission to teach our students to be the best possible people they can be.
We are a UNICEF Rights Respecting School Gold award winner, which means that the rights of the child are at the heart of everything we do. We already have very high levels of academic success, with excellent exam outcomes in Key Stage 4 and 5, and we are restless for further improvement. We are a traditional school with a traditional approach to curriculum and behaviour. Most importantly, we are a happy school, where children from a wide mixture of backgrounds thrive and flourish on a daily basis.
We want our students to be the best people they can be, so only the best is good enough for them. We are seeking an Assistant Headteacher who will be able to demonstrate the following:
• A complete and unwavering understanding of and commitment to the George Green’s School values and the power of education as a tool for social transformation
• Outstandingly strong teaching skills, with high levels of expertise in pedagogy, learning and teaching
• An understanding of and absolute commitment to furthering the personal growth of all members of the school community, students as well as staff.
• A wealth of experience of direct relevance to the post.
Aside from an opportunity to transform lives, a career at George Green’s School has many other benefits. These include:
• A first-class CPL programme, including dedicated weekly CPL sessions and the opportunity to take part in NPQ programmes at a senior level.
• A large post-16 cohort, offering a wide range of both A Level and Vocational courses.
• Embedded strategies for supporting the work-life balance of staff.
• Excellent amenities on site, including a gym, secure cycle storage and free parking.
• A fantastic and convenient London location.
If you believe that you are the exceptional candidate we are seeking for our exceptional school, we would love to hear from you.
Tours with the Principal:
Monday 24th January 9:30 – 10:30. To arrange a tour please email jripton@georgegreens.com.
Regrettably tours cannot be conducted at other times, but a 10 minute telephone or video call can be arranged with the Principal as an alternative. Please use the email above.
Closing date: 28th January 2022 at 9am; shortlisted candidates will be informed on Monday 31st January.
Interviews: Interviews will be conducted at the school on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th February.
George Green’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, external agencies and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.
SAFEGUARDING
“The School as an employer is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people as its number one priority. This commitment to robust Recruitment, Selection and Induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the school on its behalf”.
(Ref: Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education 2007).
The postholder will be required to have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the child protection and safeguarding procedures adopted by George Green’s School. Any safeguarding and child protection issues must be acted upon immediately by informing the Designated Child Protection Leads.
The postholder will support and promote the school’s values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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About George Green's School
- George Green's School
- 100 Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs
- London
- E14 3DW
- United Kingdom
George Greens’ School was founded 184 years ago by George Green, a local businessman and philanthropist. The site on which the school now stands – and a number of other properties in the area - are owned by the charitable trust, established by George Green. The trust uses the income that derives from its properties to support enrichment opportunities for students attending the school.
At the time the school moved to its current site in 1976, it was very much smaller than it is today and much of the current building did not exist. Over the years, however, with the numbers of prospective Year 7 parents putting George Green’s as their first preference regularly outstripping the numbers of places available, the school took the decision to embark on a building programme - which not only increased its overall capacity but also maximised disabled access.
A number of years ago now, George Green’s also welcomed into the school a number of students with complex and additional needs, from a local special school, which was closing – ensuring, through judicious use of the additional funding made available at the time, that these students were and remain fully integrated into the daily life of the school.
The school is very ambitious for its students. The school is part of the ‘Teach East London Teaching Schools Alliance’ (Morpeth and Bonner Group) as well as ‘The Isle of Dogs Collaborative’ comprising GGS and all the primary school on the Isle of Dogs. This enables us to be actively involved in education debate and development on a wider scale.
At the core of the school is the ‘Rights Respecting’ status. Pastoral care is excellent at George Green’s School. Students receive high levels of care, guidance and support from both the school and outside organisations resulting in strong personal development.
In addition, the school has also, over more recent years, enjoyed very good financial and other support from the many businesses operating out of nearby Canary Wharf – and from the many community organisations with which it has partnered. Local companies, such as Barclays, provide us with reading partners, mentors and allow us to take students to their HQ to see work environments. We work closely with many partners, such as ‘Think Forward’, who awarded us Best School/Firm Partnership, commending us for ‘some of the best examples of business engagement within the programme’.
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