Associate Assistant Headteacher
The Arthur Terry School
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale: L8 – L12
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- To start September 2021
- Apply by:
- 17 May 2021
Job overview
The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership is a highly successful Multi Academy Trust (MAT) encompassing 5 secondary schools, 11 primary schools, a Teaching School, and School Centred Initial Teacher Training provider. Our schools are based in North Birmingham, Tamworth, Lichfield and North Warwickshire. A further secondary school and 2 primary schools have submitted applications to join ATLP during the next 12 months.
An opportunity has arisen for an Associate Assistant Headteacher at Arthur Terry School, with responsibility for:
• Strategic leadership of SEND provision and strategy across the school in liaison with the SENDCO
• Leadership Group link for SEND and SENDCO
• Strategic lead for DA strategy
• Strategic lead for Transition Programme from Y6 to Y7 including Summer School
• Strategic lead for Nurture Group provision (curriculum and pastoral care)
• Educational Visit Coordinator (EVC) inc. DofE
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and outstanding practitioner who can work collaboratively with the Headteacher and leadership teams to support strategically in the leadership and management of the school.
Our community sits at the heart of all that we do. We are seeking someone who recognises and can demonstrate that relationships with students and staff are at the centre of what makes an outstanding school community. We want someone who is imaginative, creative and confident; a talented leader with excellent leadership and communication skills.
The successful candidate will be expected to attend Leadership Group meetings as well as fulfilling Leadership Group roles and responsibilities including the Leadership Group duty rota. You will have a teaching allocation of no greater than 25 periods over a fortnight.
We can offer you:
• Leadership and management time, training and support for your own professional development
• The opportunity to network within our trust of secondary schools
• A fully supportive Local Governing Body
Arthur Terry was one of the first Teaching Schools in the country, is a National Support School, and offers an exciting school-based teacher training route through the Arthur Terry SCITT. It has also recently been awarded Teaching Hub status to lead teacher development across over 200 schools in North Birmingham.
As part of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership – a multi academy trust, the opportunities are endless. If you want to develop your career in the best possible surroundings where you will be supported fully and have a wide range of opportunities and possibilities, we want to hear from you.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.
For further details, including job description and person specification for the role, and to download an application form, please visit www.atlp.org.uk.
Closing date: 12.00pm midday, Monday 17th May 2021
For enquiries about the role please contact Mr Gannon on mgannon@arthurterry.bham.sch.uk
Candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible, as preliminary discussions may begin as soon as expressions of interest are received. Please note we do not accept CVs, applications will only be considered with the completion of an ATLP Application Form
Despite the challenges we face, recruitment will continue for all ATLP vacancies over the coming weeks. We intend to continue to adhere to the government’s social distancing guidelines but we will use a range of virtual platforms to conduct online interviews and other activities where appropriate for the nature of the role in a timely manner. Informal discussions prior to applying for roles are warmly welcomed. We continue to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and robust safer recruitment practices remain in place.
The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS, prohibition check, qualifications (where applicable), medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. The ATLP is an equal opportunities employer.
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About The Arthur Terry School
- The Arthur Terry School
- Kittoe Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield
- West Midlands
- B74 4RZ
- United Kingdom
OVERVIEW
The Arthur Terry School is a large, popular and heavily oversubscribed Academy with a fully-comprehensive, mixed, 11-18 intake. There are over 1750 students on roll, including over 400 students in the Arthur Terry Sixth Form. We pride ourselves on our local accountability and comprehensive values which befits our motto, “where everyone achieves”. Our students are at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to providing opportunities to develop the whole child. Our students are cared for, nurtured and helped to be the very best person that they can be.
We are part of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, a Multi-Academy Trust of five secondary schools and seven primary schools. Our distributed leadership group structure, including the Director of Secondary Education for the ATLP, Headteacher, two Deputy Headteachers and wider leadership group gives us the capacity to deliver an outstanding education whilst supporting and working with other schools and institutions within and beyond the MAT.
We are a Cohort 1 Teaching School with over 30 schools in the alliance, a major School Direct provider and successful SCITT provider. We have one of the largest school based Sixth Forms in the West Midlands drawing students from Birmingham, Walsall, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Our status as a National Support School enables our CEO and Director of Secondary Education as NLEs together with many SLEs amongst our staff body to provide powerful and effective support and collaborative working within our multi-academy trust and wider school alliance. Our teaching, support staff and governors benefit from a comprehensive and personalised talent development and leadership programme.
ABOUT US
In the summer of 2019, we celebrated our best ever GCSE results, over 80% of our students achieved a grade 4 in English and Maths. In addition, over 60% of our students achieved a grade 5, strong pass, which is well above the expected national average. Over a quarter of GSCE academic entries were graded at 7 or above with over 75 entries being awarded a grade 9. The Progress 8 headline measure was validated at 0.35.
Our last OFSTED inspection concluded that we are an outstanding school and a further HMI subject inspection for History confirmed outstanding teaching and learning, provision and leadership and management.
Our curriculum vision is to create outstanding, personalised learning and enrichment opportunities that develop our young people into confident, independent, lifelong learners, who are equipped with the qualifications and skills to make a positive contribution to the local community and beyond.
Planning has been undertaken, in line with the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership Curriculum Philosophy to provide students with a broad and balanced academic programme that enables students to follow the National Curriculum and study subjects from the academic core as well as subjects from the Performing Arts, Art, Design and Technology, Business and Computing.
Our provision is a coherent and carefully sequenced “knowledge engaged” curriculum based on the principles of cognitive science. There is a focus on development of literacy and the application of acquired knowledge to ensure children access the curriculum at a depth to ensure a deep and enduring understanding in discrete subject areas. The curriculum framework of cognitive education is planned to enable children to think independently and contribute positively to society and the wider world.
The content and experiences within in our curriculum are designed to accumulate and address the gaps in cultural capital of all our students in particularly the disadvantaged. Our extra-curricular offer supports our provision, with a focus within each subject on helping students to form stronger schemata for long-term retention of knowledge.
Standards in teaching, learning and behaviour are exemplary and the school has a range of strategies such as vertical tutoring and an extensive range of extra-curricular and enrichment activities that promote student potential.
We enjoy extremely strong links with parents, the vast majority of whom are highly supportive of the school and engage fully in the development of their child's learning.
The local Governing Body of Arthur Terry are a very highly-skilled, astute and intelligent group of people who offer real support for the school based on informed judgements and robust yet fair challenge and support. Their effectiveness was rated Outstanding in both separate Ofsted inspections.
Academic success is important to us, but it is also important for us to acknowledge that schools are about more than excellent examination results. Whilst we want our children to succeed, we also want them to be happy, to enjoy coming to school and to thrive and participate fully in all that we have to offer, both in lessons and in the wider curriculum. Our school is about developing, in partnership with parents, rounded, responsible, caring young adults who contribute to the society that they live in.
As you can see, we all feel passionately about The Arthur Terry School. Come and visit us and see for yourself!
WORKING FOR US
Staff development and wellbeing are at the top of our agenda. All teaching takes place in state-of-the-art buildings with exceptional facilities with excellent transport links and on-site parking. An attractive salary, an excellent induction programme, a laptop, and a plethora of high quality CPD opportunities within our Learning Partnership and Teaching School networks are available to everyone.
If you're searching for your next teaching post or support role, why not contact us now? You'll be working at a great school and be part of a friendly, supportive, and helpful team. We're always interested to hear from enthusiastic, committed teachers and support professionals.
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The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS, prohibition check, qualifications (where applicable), medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. The ATLP is an equal opportunities employer.
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