Assistant Principal
Heathside School
Surrey
- £60,785 - £66,933 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- L13-17 (fringe) £60,785 - £66,933
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2023
- Apply by:
- 23 January 2023
Job overview
Assistant Principal
Personal Development
Starting April 2023 - permanent
L13-17 (fringe) £60,785 - £66,933
An excellent opportunity for an inspiring leader to join an established and highly successful school.
The Board of ElmWey Learning Trust seek a dynamic and progressive Assistant Principal to help lead Heathside School setting pastoral excellence, high academic standards and ensure all pupils make outstanding progress. The successful candidate:
- aspires to become a Vice Principal position in the future
- is a team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- is flexible and willing to go to great lengths to ensure the success of the school
- is able to contribute to key areas of the School Development Plan
- is able to demonstrate proven leadership qualities
- is able to make a full contribution in the duties and line management of the school
- exact responsibilities to be agreed upon appointment but main areas include leading on Personal Development (PSHE, RSHE, SMSC), Mentoring & Mediation, British Values, Assemblies, PTA, Well Being Lead (staff and students) and Diversity. DSL experience would be desirable but is not essential.
To apply please submit the school’s Teaching Application Form (available on the school website) and a letter of application to:jobapplications@heathside.surrey.sch.uk This should be addressed to the Executive Principal, explaining how your experience and skills meet the job profile and person specification and what makes you an ideal candidate to become Assistant Principal of this high performing school.
Closing date: midday on Monday 23rd January 2023.
Interviews will be held week commencing 30th January 2023.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Enhanced DBS disclosure with Children’s Barred List check. Committed to equal opportunities, we welcome applications from all sections of the community
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About Heathside School
Heathside is a high achieving 11-18 co-educational converter academy with 7 forms of entry totalling 1264 students on roll, 202 of whom are in the sixth form. In 2019 91% of students achieved Grade 4 English and Mathematics. At A level 71% of students gained A*/B and our 3 year Alps T score was 3.44. The school’s value added has risen year on year together with its GCSE average point score. Although we are pleased with this progress, which places us in the top 20% of schools nationally, (P8 0.41) we think we can do even better and our aim is to be one of the highest achieving schools not just in Surrey but nationally.
Our staff are extremely dedicated. Many began their teaching careers at Heathside and have grown and developed into both pastoral and curriculum leaders. CPD is valued and tailored to meeting the needs of our staff and improving teaching and learning. We have a small team of Lead Practitioners, who work with the Assistant Principal, CPD, to offer a wide-ranging training programme to staff.
Our students predominately come from Weybridge and travel to school by foot, bicycle or train, with the furthest catchment area distance being 1.6 miles from the school. Year on year the school is heavily over-subscribed. The prior attainment of students at KS2 is above the National average and they make very good progress at expected and more than expected measures. Like all schools though, we still feel that there is more that we could be doing to achieve even better outcomes. We are a self- evaluating school and regularly look to see what we can do better to improve all areas of provision.
The school was graded as 'Good' in the last Ofsted inspection. In the 2018 report, Leadership and management, Behaviour and safety and the Sixth Form were judged outstanding. Governance was also found to be a key strength. You can read all of the reports on our website.
The School is at an exciting phase of development, having become a converter Academy in September 2015 and a single multi-academy under the ElmWey Learning Trust. With the support of Surrey County Council the Trust has successfully bid to set up a 6 form entry free school in 2021. This is to fulfil a basic need for more school places within Elmbridge, where pupil numbers are set to rise markedly by this point in time.
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