Assistant Headteacher (The Quality of Education)

Are you an outstanding teacher and leader looking to develop your experience and professional career? We have an exciting opportunity for you to do this at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School – a leading school in the city of Liverpool. 

As a school, we are immensely proud of our September 2021 Ofsted report which describes our school as ‘Good’ with many ‘Outstanding’ features. “Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a learning community where pupils have great respect for each other. Teachers support pupils to become highly articulate young people who can express their views well on a wide range of issues.” Furthermore, “Pupils benefit from studying a wide range of subjects. Leaders have put in place an ambitious curriculum. Leaders and teachers have high expectations of all pupils. Similarly, our November 2023 CSI report states how “Students, staff and parents speak very highly of the ‘sense of family’ that is inherent in this school.”

Following the current post holder’s promotion to Headship, we are searching for a full-time Assistant Headteacher to join in September 2024 on a permanent basis. 

The Governors are seeking to appoint a person with vision, drive and a proven record of successful teaching and learning, curriculum development, quality assurance and leading change to be part of the Senior Leadership Team as an Assistant Headteacher. 

The precise responsibilities will be agreed upon appointment but the successful postholder will be expected to:

•       Ensure that the school is inclusive and that all students have the opportunity to reach   the highest possible standards through the delivery of high-quality teaching and learning.

•       Ensure that an appropriate curriculum is planned and delivered to each student, to allow them to achieve their full potential.

•       Lead high quality and evidence based CPD for all staff.

•       Lead and evaluate quality assurance and monitoring processes.

•       Provide leadership and line management to middle leadership.

•       Work with the Governing Body and other stakeholders to ensure the school’s vision is clearly articulated, shared, understood and translated into real and effective action by all.

We are looking for:

An enthusiastic and passionate individual who can provide first class leadership.

We offer you:

•       A vibrant school with outstanding facilities.

•       An environment where students have an excellent attitude to learning where they can grow academically and personally. Students’ behaviour and safety was judged by Ofsted as ‘Outstanding’.

•       An outward facing, forward thinking and collaborative Senior Leadership Team.

•       Students who, through the wide and diverse academic and extra-curricular opportunities they are offered, grow as individuals and happily contribute to the school community.

•       Regular opportunities for staff development through national recognised qualifications and a culture of collaboration and the dissemination of best practice.

How to apply:

This role is full time and permanent. If this advert incorporates your strengths and interests and you wish to be part of our extremely successful and constantly evolving school, then please see the job description, person specification, application form, child protection policy, code of conduct – Safer working practice guidance, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 form, consent to obtain reference form, Disqualification Policy, model reasonable adjustments statement is available on the school website www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk

Email application forms and covering letters to Lynn Lewington (l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk) by midday, Friday 17th May 2024. Interviews will commence week beginning 20th May 2024. 

Applicants from overseas outside the EEA should obtain an overseas criminal check before applying for a visit as the post is in an education sector.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory pre-employment checks, including satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS and Barred-List checks. This post is exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview.

The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance