Deputy Headteacher (L20-24)

We are looking for an innovative, forward thinking and energetic Deputy Headteacher to join our outstanding team at Ysgol Eirias in September 2021.

Successful candidates will be experienced teachers and senior leaders with a passion for leadership and progression.

Closing date for applications is Monday 26th April at 9a.m.

Deputy Headteacher (L20-24) at Ysgol Eirias:

This is a wonderful opportunity to play a pivotal role at an outstanding school.

Full of innovation, a commitment to Teaching and Learning and Professional Learning, Ysgol Eirias is the ideal setting to make a lasting contribution to the learners that attend here and work with a fabulous team of staff.

Please use the online Tes application form  (link below) and then send a Curriculum Vitae and written response to the following question to general@eirias.conwy.sch.uk  for the attention of Mrs Sarah Noke:

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The online application pack includes the following:

• Headteacher Letter;
• Job Description;
• Person Specification;
• Leadership Group Matrix;
• Ysgol Eirias Information for Applicants

Ysgol Eirias is a Comprehensive, Foundation Pioneer school of exceptional academic performance which places a high value on bilingualism.  We have a local and national reputation as a very successful school with consistently outstanding GCSE and ‘A’ Level results (rated one of the top ten performing schools by the Sunday Times for 2018).

There are 1354 students on roll with 265 in the sixth form and a teaching staff of 95.

Estyn Comments:

Effective school support for disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils – case studies of good practice  (February 2020):

“Staff at Ysgol Eirias have shared research and successful practice in supporting LAC with cluster primary schools to benefit a wider number of pupils in the area.  Taking a whole school approach, leaders across the cluster shared the vision of ‘Nurture UK’ that no child fails through lack of nurture and educational opportunity.”

The professional learning continuum: mentoring in initial teacher education (October 2018):

“The school has identified career development pathways for staff. This includes a mentoring pathway to support the development of relevant skills, and ensure the ongoing professional development required for mentors, or for those who see this as a future development pathway.”

A levels in sixth forms and further education colleges (November 2018):

“The school uses a range of robust internal and external data to evaluate performance and to formulate strategic action plans for A level performance at whole-school and faculty level. Leaders also make effective use of findings from lesson observations, work scrutiny, and conversations with sixth form learners to evaluate their performance and provision at A level.  Over time, the school has sustained strong learner outcomes at A level across most performance indicators.”

Estyn Comments from the last Inspection October 2014:

Good features in the school’s current performance include:

• good performance in most indicators in key stage 4 over the last three years, which compares well with the average for similar schools;

• the very positive attitudes to learning shown by pupils;

• consistently effective teaching that contributes significantly to the outcomes achieved by pupils;

• the very good progress made by nearly all pupils in Welsh second language at key stages 3 and 4 and in the sixth form and

• the caring environment, which has a positive impact on many aspects of pupils' wellbeing and personal development.

The prospects for improvement are good because:

• the school has a strong culture of self-evaluation and continuous improvement

Please feel free to contact Headteacher's PA, Sarah Noke on 01492 532025 with any enquiries.