Deputy Headteacher
Swavesey Village College
Cambridgeshire
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- Salary:
- LPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2021
- Apply by:
- 14 October 2020
Job overview
Deputy Headteacher Learning and Teaching / Innovation
Swavesey Village College (L17-21)
We are looking for an energetic, passionate leader to be a Deputy Headteacher of the ‘outstanding’ (Ofsted February 2020) Swavesey Village College (SVC) from January 2021.
The successful candidate will:
• be an inspirational teacher with an understanding of how to structure learning;
• have demonstrated innovative practice which has driven significant improvement;
• have a thorough and detailed knowledge of the national education agenda;
• be able to help move the school to ‘Beyond Outstanding’
• demonstrate commitment to working collaboratively
In collaboration with the Headteacher, you will encourage an infectious and confident culture of achievement that promotes excellence, inclusion and high expectations.
SVC is a fantastic place to teach, lead and develop personally. We are an outstanding, oversubscribed 11-16 non-selective school with a track record of delivering successful outcomes for students within a compassionate and innovative pastoral care system.
Swavesey Village College was the founder member of Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust (CMAT). Now in our tenth year, this exciting MAT has grown organically. Our family is now made up of 9 secondary schools (with 2 free schools in development and a UTC due to join in 2021), 5 primary schools and a special school.
Swavesey and CMAT can offer you:
• motivated staff and students in an oversubscribed, popular school with a strong community presence
• a post that will grow with you with the potential for future progression both within this role and in the wider Trust
• working with a dynamic Headteacher and an experienced, supportive senior leadership team
• the support of the wider Trust network of experts and access to informal and formal professional development
• a successful Teaching School (CTSN www.camteach.org.uk) with a strong track record of staff development, ITTs and supporting other schools
• Attractive semi-rural location close to Cambridge and St Ives
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All staff will be subject to an enhanced check with the DBS.
We welcome visits from candidates. If you wish to do so please contact Claire Newman HR Officer cnewman@swaveseyvc.co.uk 01954 234461
For further information or to apply please visit the school website www.swaveseyvc.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Wednesday 14 October 2020.
Shortlisting will be Thursday 15 October 2020.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 October 2020.
Please note that we are unable to accept CVs.
Attached documents
About Swavesey Village College
- Swavesey Village College
- Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB24 4RS
- United Kingdom
Swavesey Village College was founded in 1958, and has grown in its 63 years from a small village college to a nationally recognised highly performing 11-16 non-selective school with an outstanding academic record and educational experience for its students.
Our most recent Ofsted in February 2020 inspection concluded we are still an Outstanding Provider, confirming the findings in 2011 when they awarded the school outstanding in all 27 categories. The College's GCSE results have been in the top 20% nationally since 2008.
In 2011 the school converted to academy status, as the lead school of the newly-formed Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust (CMAT), a trust which has grown since to run several secondary schools across eastern England.
Swavesey is situated close to the A14, about 8 miles north-west of Cambridge – a rural location but not far from the bustle of an internationally renowned city. The school receives children from seven local village primary schools: Over, Swavesey, Bar Hill, Papworth Everard, Fen Drayton, Fenstanton and Elsworth. We have excellent transport links to Cambridge and St Ives, and especially useful is the Guided Busway for those staff who do not drive, with a stop right in the village.
Still true to the vision of Henry Morris, the visionary director of education at the Local Authority in the 1950s, the school also continues to offer educational activities to adults outside of school hours, and is used extensively for leisure activities by the local community.
Headteacher
Mr Jim Stavrou
Values and vision
Swavesey Village College enshrines its ethos in its Values Statement. This statement regards the most important aspects of life at the school to be the “Pursuit of Excellence, Valuing People, Achievement for All, High Quality Learning Environment, and Extending the Boundaries of Learning”. Swavesey works hard to ensure that the needs of every child are met, regardless of background, and sets high standards and targets for its students to strive for.
Ofsted report
The curriculum provides ‘for pupils’ academic and personal development exceptionally well’, and that ‘teachers are enthusiastic, knowledgeable and highly skilled practitioners’. Moreover, they feel we ‘successfully encourage and enthuse pupils to aim high and fulfil their potential’.
We are very proud that the inspection team saw that all ‘leaders promote pupils’ personal development exceptionally well’ and ‘there are a wealth of sporting, cultural and artistic opportunities available for pupils’.
View Swavesey Village College Latest Ofsted Information Here
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