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Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher

Saltash Community School

Saltash, Cornwall

  • Expired
Salary:
L13–L17
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Easter 2022; September 2022 considered for the right candidate
Apply by:
29 November 2021

Job overview

Saltash Community School is looking for an Assistant Headteacher who shares our commitment to excellence and our passion for achieving the very best outcomes for our students. This is a full-time position with a preferred Easter 2022 start date; however, we will consider a September 2022 start for the right candidate.

You will have the experience and leadership qualities to inspire and develop others in delivering the strategic aims of the school. Our core TEAM values are Tenacity, Empathy, Aspiration and Motivation. We are looking for a leader with these values and whose knowledge and understanding of working at leadership level will create a significant impact within the school and the Trust. As we look to expand our Leadership team, your specific skillset and evidenced experience can help determine the focus and responsibilities of this particular position. Please refer to the full job description and person specification for more detail.

We are part of South East Cornwall Multi Academy Regional Trust (SMART), incorporating other academies, both primary and secondary, from South East Cornwall. If you would like to become part of our friendly school, we would love to hear from you. If you would like to visit the school prior to submitting your application, please contact our Operations Manager, Mr Ian Foy. If you have any specific queries about the role or the school, then please email the Headteacher Ms Kate Littledyke (see accompanying letter).

To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button. 

Please be aware that we can only consider applications submitted using the available form.

Closing date: 8.00 am on Monday 29 November 2021.

Interview dates: Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 December 2021.

All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, and applicants will be expected to demonstrate their entitlement to work in the UK.

Attached documents

About Saltash Community School

OVERVIEW

The school is a mixed 11 to 18 comprehensive school established in its present form in 1968. The school converted to Academy Status in April 2011, and became part of a Multi Academy Trust (SMART) with one of its partner primaries, Landulph, in January 2014. The SMART family expanded in 2016 to include Liskeard and Looe Secondaries along with Dobwalls and Trewidland Primaries. Situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty, it occupies a 13 acre site overlooking Plymouth Sound and the Tamar, Tavy and Lynher rivers.

We serve our partner primary schools in the town, the rural primary schools at Landulph and St Germans as well as an increasing number of students from Plymouth and further afield in Cornwall.

We are proud of our livestock area containing pigs, rabbits, ducks, chickens and goats along with several allotments which enhance provision in many curriculum areas.

Our extensive sports fields, including a superb floodlit all-weather pitch, are amongst the best in the county, enabling us to offer a wide range of different sports to our students and local community.

VALUES AND ETHOS

Our Trust is committed to developing SMART Learners, SMART Leaders and SMART Communities. This means that everyone’s voice is heard and we commit to support every person in our Trust on their own personal learning journey.

At Saltash Community School, our mission statement is ‘Achieving More Together’: we are committed to working together with all our community to enable everyone to overcome their barriers and to thrive as active citizens; developing the skills, knowledge and cultural capital they need to achieve their aspirations: students and staff alike.

Our TEAM Core Values of Tenacity, Empathy, Aspiration and Motivation underpin all we do. If you share these values and are committed to inclusive comprehensive education with wellbeing at its heart, then we would love to hear from you.

WORKING FOR US

If you're searching for your next teaching post, why not contact us now? You'll be working at a great school and be part of a friendly, helpful team. We're always interested to hear from enthusiastic, committed teachers - send us your CV now via our School Talent Pool and say what sort of role you're looking for.

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