Deputy Headteacher
Sir John Lawes School
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership spine 19 - 23
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required from September 2017
- Apply by:
- 14 May 2017
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to appoint an exceptional Deputy Headteacher to help lead our staff and students in the next stage of our development. To be successful, you must have an expert knowledge of the process of learning, coupled with excellent interpersonal and leadership skills. You will have a desire to progress further in your career, and the ability to make a difference. You will also value collaborative working as part of a Trust.
Judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, Sir John Lawes School is a high performing secondary school, which has demonstrated a consistent record of improved standards at all levels over recent years. Key to this improvement has been a relentless focus on high quality teaching and learning and a flexible and innovative curriculum enabling learners to follow individualised pathways to suit their abilities and aspirations. Our Teaching School status reflects the importance we place on recruiting and developing the very best staff in all areas of the school.
Sir John Lawes has been a National Support School since 2009 and formed the Sir John Lawes Academies Trust in 2012. Our vision for our school is to produce responsible young people of whom we can all be proud and who are prepared to make a contribution to their local, national and global communities. If you feel that you have the qualities to help lead such an organisation and can meet our expectations, then we look forward to receiving your application!
Further details and an application pack are available from Shirley O’Donovan, HR Assistant, by telephone: 01582 760043 ext 271 or email: sodonovan@sjl.herts.sch.uk
Alternatively, you can find further details and an application pack at: www.sjl.herts.sch.uk
Closing date: Monday, 15th May 2017.
Interview dates: 22nd & 23rd May 2017.
About Sir John Lawes School
Sir John Lawes is a high performing, consistently over-subscribed, community comprehensive of 1169 11-18 year old students situated in the Harpenden, just north of London, a relatively prosperous dormitory town for London commuters, which falls within the 'fringe'. We have grown dramatically in the past few years and are still growing, particularly in the 6th form, largely because of the very significant popularity and success of the school.
Sir John Lawes has recently been awarded a specialism in Science and is a Specialist School in Community and Media Arts. We have also received an Achievement Award every year for the last few years. We are the only local school to have been awarded a second specialism, and with our Training School status this will make us one of the few schools in the country with three recognitions of this kind. Our most recent full Ofsted Inspection (February 08) graded us “Outstanding” across all areas. In 2006 we were inspected in the area of Education for Sustainable Development and our practice was rated outstanding.
We have established a reputation for innovation, very high standards of teaching and learning, excellent relationships in a warm atmosphere and high levels of student and staff motivation.
At Sir John Lawes we have recognised that it is essential to support staff by providing appropriate training. We have regular INSET sessions for staff and the DfES recently identified us as a centre of excellence for developing teachers.
We would be pleased to see you, if you would like to come in for a look around our school and to meet our Headteacher, Phil Newbury. Please telephone the school on 01582 760043 ext 222, to make an appointment.
You might also like to visit our website at www.sjl.herts.sch.uk for more information.
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