Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher (L12-16) permanent, required for September 2019

Steyning Grammar School is a unique comprehensive school, with 2250 students on roll (450 are in the Sixth Form College), set in the beautiful South Downs countryside, close to Brighton, Worthing and Horsham.  The campus spreads across three sites: Shooting Field, Steyning (KS4-5), Church Street, Steyning (KS3) and Rock Road, Storrington (KS3). We are a day and residential school, with an Outstanding boarding provision based at the Church Street campus and a thriving Sixth Form College based at the Shooting Field campus. 

This is an opportunity to lead an exceptional school on its ‘Transformational’ journey. We do things our own way at Steyning Grammar, leading with moral purpose to ensure every student progresses holistically and academically, ensuring their outcomes are exceptional and that they flourish as adults. This is built on the highest quality teaching and learning, supported by a deep and well planned CPD and Leadership Development offer. We are proud to be a Teaching School and are a founding school of the Pavilion and Downs Teaching School Alliance. 

Our staff are impressive and inspirational practitioners and leaders, with a strong team ethic and our students are fantastic – polite, confident and eager to learn, preparing for their exciting futures. Ofsted (March 2017) rated our school ‘Good with Outstanding features’.

We are delighted that you are interested in applying to SGS. Our Leadership Team is skills based and we are looking for leadership potential and capacity in applicants to this post, rather than specific experience.  The role for this Assistant Headship will include supporting one of Key Stage 3 to 5, reporting to the Deputy Head for that Key Stage. There will also be KS3-5 whole school strategic responsibilities; these could include, for example, Teaching and Learning, Data and Assessment, CPD, Standards and Accountability or Stakeholder Voice - specific responsibilities for this post will be agreed after appointment, informed by our development plans. 

If you would like to join our transformational school and our ‘Steyning Family’, please complete our application form and a letter of application and e-mail it to Sam Austwick, Heads PA by 9am Monday 25th March 2019. Please note: we will be interviewing for this position during the week beginning 1st April 2019. 

 

We are very proud of our school and welcome any visits or questions to share our vision and practice. We are holding the following opportunities to visit the school ahead of the closing date:

9:00am - 10:00am Monday 18th March 2019

2.30pm - 3.30pm Monday 18th March 2019

11.30am - 12.30pm Thursday 21st March 2019

Please contact Sam, Heads PA, at Headspa@sgs.uk.net if you would like to book onto of one the tours.

We will acknowledge receipt of your application by email.  We will contact you again, only, if your name appears on the short list and apologise in advance for not confirming back to you if you have not been shortlisted.

Please note, because of the nature of this job, if you are successful in your application you will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service with barred lists check. This will be done by means of applying for a DBS certificate through the Disclosure and Barring Service.  Disclosures include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions, spent or unspent.

You will be requested therefore to complete an on-line application at a later date. The evidence that will be required confirming your identity and eligibility to work in the UK in order to complete the disclosure, will be explained in due course.

Steyning Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.