Deputy Headteacher
Hackney New School
Hackney
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 20 April 2017
Job overview
Hackney New School - The Next Stage
Hackney New School is a multi-academy trust operating a secondary school and a primary school. We are looking for a Deputy Headteacher for the secondary school who has energy, resilience, and an absolute determination to ensure that students at HNS receive an education that is equal to the best schools in the country.
HNS provides a challenging and unique curriculum. Music is at the heart of school life and our school day is structured carefully to optimise our teaching curriculum and students’ independent work.
The core vision of the school is to provide students with access to the widest range of opportunities in life by fostering academic excellence and instilling self-belief, intellectual curiosity, and a responsibility towards others in society.
HNS is heavily oversubscribed and serves a diverse local community. There are 400 on roll, increasing to 700 in 2018.
The new Deputy Headteacher will work with the Headteacher to lead the secondary school as it approaches capacity and as we prepare to open our 6th Form in 2018. A background in music is not required but a breadth of educational experience and enthusiasm for learning, leadership skills and intellectual rigour in the pursuit of academic excellence are essential. The exact responsibilities will be agreed with the successful candidate – key roles & responsibilities we are considering include:
- further strengthening the school, ensuring its progress from good to outstanding
- line managing and developing the school’s middle leaders
- rolling out the school’s new assessment regime following the abolition of the levels system
- managing the collection, monitoring and interpretation of attainment and progress data
- ensuring that staff, students, parents and carers engage with, and are able to, understand the data
- leading further improvements in our curriculum and assessment programs.
The vision for our school is exciting and we hope you will want to be part of it.
Currently an Assistant Headteacher or an ambitious departmental head, with impeccable personal academic credentials, you are able to demonstrate rapid career progression in a good or outstanding school. An outstanding classroom practitioner, who is happy to assume a teaching commitment, you have a real appreciation of and affinity for data analysis, assessment and the monitoring of progress. Authoritative and able to generate trust, you are a good role model, who has the emotional intelligence required to nurture, lead and performance manage staff. You also possess well developed interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport and create strong relationships with parents and carers.
In return for your skills, energy and commitment, we offer you the unique opportunity to participate in the development of one of the most exciting schools in the country that offers a challenging and stimulating work environment with a very engaged board of governors and senior leadership team that has very high expectations for the school and its pupils. The right candidate will benefit from excellent career prospects and an attractive remuneration arrangement.
For further information about the role and details of how to apply, please visit www.rsacademics.co.uk/vacancies
Deadline for applications: Friday 28th April, 10am
Interviews: 18th and 19th May
Hackney New School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
About Hackney New School
About us
Hackney New School opened in September 2013. The school has embarked on a journey to become an outstanding school, under the new leadership of Charlotte Whelan. As the new Headteacher, Mrs Whelan has outlined a clear vision for the school where students will achieve outstanding outcomes and thrive in their personal development.
Hackney New School’s curriculum focuses on the core subjects of the English Baccalaureate, whilst also allowing students to develop in the creative subjects such as Art, Drama and Music. We were established as a school with an emphasis on Music, and this remains a part of our identity as we are endowed with excellent music facilities.
Our aim is to ensure our students develop into well rounded individuals with excellent qualifications and the skills and qualities required to contribute and participate effectively in society. We want our students to become confident, resilient and responsible citizens.
Who we are
At HNS we pride ourselves on our highly motivated teachers who are committed to providing the best education to all students. As a small school with an intake of 100 students each year, we are in the position to develop exceptional relationships between teachers and students and get to know our students as individuals,
We have a supportive staff and leadership team, where we all challenge and support each other in our respective roles. We have ten HNS Values which we don’t just pay lip service to, but are embodied in everything we do.
Our core vision is to provide students with access to the widest range of opportunities in life by fostering academic excellence and developing students to embody the ten HNS Values which will stand them in good stead for their futures. We want our students to do what’s right, try new things, be kind and work together to improve our community, amongst other key values and attributes. We expect all of our staff team to lead by example in demonstrating these values.
Work for us
We offer you an exceptional workplace to come and develop your teaching career in, with supportive colleagues and bright students who are eager to learn when presented with high expectations and the right level of challenge!
We provide the opportunity to benefit from a comprehensive CPD programme and to work in an environment with an ambitious and experienced leadership team who are determined to make HNS the best school in Hackney. Alongside the excellent CPD programme, we provide numerous opportunities for staff to develop their leadership skills and progress in their careers. We provide our staff with great support, to ensure they are confident and competent in getting the job done to the best standard.
We also focus on ensuring staff wellbeing and that all of our team are supported in their roles, providing a comprehensive induction to all new starters. Being a small school, all of our staff know each other. We hold regular staff socials and recognise the efforts of our staff through a number of means. Finally our leadership team is approachable and used to “sweeping the sheds”. They won’t ask staff to do something that they don’t do. We also offer our staff a three week Christmas break - meaning you’ve got the time to treat yourself to a long haul flight to get some winter sunshine!
We constantly look for ways to reduce staff workload, so we’ve done away with formal lesson observations and introduced a live marking initiative that cuts down on the need to lug home heavy class sets of books! We have centralised behaviour systems, which again reduce workload and let you focus on what we want our teachers to do - teach the best lessons! We have centralised lesson planning to avoid duplication of work, ensure excellence and again to cut down on teacher workload. We also have clear systems and structures for everything from behaviour to rewards, all to make life easy for our staff.
Finally we’re based in a great location in Hackney, surrounded by great bars and cafes. Ideal for a bite to eat at lunch and a drink after work. Even if you’re not quite a hipster, it’s a trendy location and an easy commute given that our state of the art buildings are located on the canal basin in Haggerston and only a minute walk away from Haggerston Overground Station.
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