Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher 

Required for September 2017

Pay Scale: L14 – L18

Salary: £54,790 - £59,743

Are you an inspiring leader looking for a Senior Leadership position in an ‘outstanding’ school?

Glyn School is seeking to appoint an innovative, dynamic and passionate Assistant Headteacher to join our ambitious Senior Leadership Team. Glyn has developed a reputation for challenging and stretching students with engaging and enriching teaching across all key stages. The successful applicant will be a part of Glyn School’s Leadership and Management Team (LMT) and will be central to the continuation and development of the exceptional teaching that takes place across the school.

Glyn School is ideally situated just ten minutes’ walk from both Ewell East and Ewell West stations, both of which are approximately 20 minutes from Clapham Junction and within Zone 6.

About Glyn:

Glyn School is a values driven, learning centric and innovative school, with an Ofsted ranking of ‘Outstanding’ in 2009 and 2012. An oversubscribed 11-19 Academy, Glyn is the lead school in the successful and thriving GLF Multi Academy Trust. We are a vibrant school for boys aged 11-16 with 1227 students on roll (year 7-11), and a successful mixed Sixth form with 546 students. Glyn is a high performing school, where learning is our overriding priority. Our highly engaged and hardworking students achieve excellent examination results, as demonstrated by results of 84% A*-C English and Maths in 2016 GCSE and 57% A*-B in A-Levels. 

In 2014, we were designated a teaching school, one of a select number that represent the most outstanding and innovative practices nationally. In addition, Glyn School benefits from being a founder member of GLF Schools, a multi academy trust. All schools in the trust benefit from sharing outstanding resources and support in every aspect of school life from learning and teaching to staffing and educational expertise.

The successful candidate will need to:

· Have excellent communication and leadership skills

· Lead and develop excellent learning and teaching at KS3, KS4, KS5 across all subjects

· Be an outstanding classroom practitioner

· Have excellent leadership and communication skills

· Be able to work as part of a team leading whole school learning and teaching

· Deliver whole school CPD

· Have a proven track record in achieving excellent student progress

· Have the drive and qualities to move the faculty from ‘outstanding’ to ‘exceptional’

· Provide support to colleagues as part of our successful coaching programme

We can offer you:

· The opportunity to work in an enthusiastic and driven Leadership and Management Team with high expectations of the students

· An environment where the focus is on high quality teaching

· Exceptional CPD opportunities through our tailored CPD programme

· The opportunity to develop your teaching career with the possibility of moving into senior leadership

· An opportunity to be part of a collaborative environment within GLF Schools

Closing date: Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received. Therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as early as possible.

If you need further information, please contact Sri Narasimhan, HR Officer at narasimhans@glynschool.org.

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a good level of response. 

Please be advised that references may be requested on receipt of your application. Please state if you wish this to be delayed until shortlisting has taken place.

Interview date: Week of 24 May, 2017