Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher

Salary: L13 – L17

Contract type: Permanent 

Start Date: 1st September 2020

Contracted hours: Full time

 

The Governors of this outstanding school are looking to appoint a skilled and dedicated professional who is passionate about leading school improvement to join our forward-thinking team.

We have a culture of high expectations, high achievement, energy and enthusiasm.  Everything we do is rooted in our Catholic Mission: to ensure pupils are given the very best education so that they can become the very best version of themselves.

This role is a crucial strategic post for us with plenty of potential and we are flexible about the specific responsibilities; most importantly we are looking for someone with real leadership potential, an ability to work hard as part of a team, a clear educational vision and a skill set that will enable them to flourish.

You would be joining a collaborative and committed leadership team who share the wonderful responsibility of caring for and driving our vibrant and energetic community.  St Patrick’s has a long history of delivering Catholic excellence for pupils.  We are a nationally recognised teaching school and part of a Catholic collaboration with the fundamental aim to improve education for all pupils in our care and contribute to the wider education system.  The teaching school offers unique and first-rate CPD opportunities for all staff and career progression and enables us to be at the cutting-edge of education.

Our ideal candidate would:

• have at least 3 years’ middle leadership experience

• have excellent leadership skills

• be an excellent communicator who is a well-presented, articulate speaker

• be supportive of our Catholic ethos

• have a passion for school improvement

be proactive, resilient and adaptable

• be a dedicated and hardworking professional with a relentlessly positive, solution-focussed outlook

• be a person with high personal integrity and professionalism

• successfully initiate and implement change, including further raising achievement and progress

• engaged in developing themselves and wanting to progress further in school leadership.

The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.  The post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and it expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you think you can make a difference in our school, please send your completed application form to Mrs Victoria Lynch (Victoria.Lynch@salford.gov.uk) 

Closing date for applications is Monday 2nd March at 5pm.

Successful candidates will be informed whether they are invited to interview on Tuesday 10th March 2020.