Assistant Headteacher

  

Assistant Headteacher

Required for September 2017

Group 7 ISR L12 – L16

Cheslyn Hay Sport and Community High School is a popular and over oversubscribed 11-18 specialist sports college with 1290 students on role. Situated in South Staffordshire and with easy access to M6, M6 toll and M54 motorways, the school is an ever improving school, with a strong reputation locally for enabling its young people to flourish and judged by Ofsted to be good in June 2015. 

The successful candidate will be an exceptionally talented and dynamic individual with a proven track record of excellence in the classroom and someone who can champion teaching and learning by modelling best practice. The post-holder should have a drive to lead, motivate and challenge staff to secure continual improvement across all areas of the school.  They should be able to communicate effectively, manage challenging situations and work well under pressure.  They should be aspirational for our students and relentless in their desire to improve standards. The key responsibilities will be determined by the strength and experience of the successful candidate.

Our school has developed three guiding principles:

“Make every lesson count, every day for every child”. We believe that outstanding means delivering 5 good lessons in the classroom every day but also the wider lessons that we teach the students through the ethos and climate of the school.

“Challenging destinies and re-writing narratives”, which fundamentally means raising the aspirations of all children to think wider and higher when considering the future.

“Unconditional positive regard for all”. Respect has been the cornerstone of the school since it opened. This phrase sums up our expectation that all people, lunchtime supervisors, visitors, every child should be shown unconditional respect. For teaching staff this is also about giving every child a fresh start, every lesson so they have the chance to achieve in every lesson.

This post will provide an excellent preparation for deputy headship and candidates should possess the vision and drive to support the Senior Leadership Team at this exciting time in the development of the school.

The successful candidate will have:

· Experience of middle leader self-evaluation and moving performance of individuals staff and/or students 

· A good understanding of data tracking and target setting at every level, every key stage

· A proven record of improving performance at student level

· An ability to narrow the gap for vulnerable students and between departments and Key Stages

· Good understanding of effective assessment, AfL and marking

· Experience in improving teaching and learning 

· A good understanding of the challenges facing students with DSEN, those receiving pupil premium funding and those in need of inclusion

· A passion for teaching and learning and ensuring every child fulfills their potential is essential. 

· An excellent record as a classroom practitioner. 

· Enthusiasm, energy and be self-motivated and resilient, being able to respond well to pressure 

· The ability to work well with all stakeholders and external partners. 

We can offer:

· A caring, welcoming school with a supportive Governing Body; 

· Hardworking, dedicated aspirational staff with a strong leadership team; 

· A specialist sports college with extensive sporting facilities; 

· Established successful links with our local family of schools; 

· An inclusive school of which students, staff and the community are proud. 

If you believe you are the person who can help to lead us on our continuing journey, we are confident that this special opportunity will provide an exciting, demanding and rewarding challenge.

You are very welcome to visit the school or to call me to discuss the vacancy in more detail. If you would like a tour of the school please ring Mrs. Morris, our Administration Manager. She will arrange a convenient time and ensure a guide is on hand to show you around.

Closing Date: Wednesday 24th May 2017 at 12:00pm

Planned Interview Date: Friday 26th May 2017

Please see application pack for details of the interview programme and activities

Full details and application form are available from www.wmjobs.co.uk, the school website www.cheslynhay-high.staffs.sch.uk or by contacting Mrs Eileen Morris, Administration Manager, at the school. 

This School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

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