Deputy Headteacher L22-26
Littleover Community School
Derby
- £70,744 - £78,024 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2022
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2022
Job overview
We are looking to appoint someone to our school with a commitment to upholding our traditional high standards and expectations, whilst also willing to lead on developments and changes we will need to make in the years ahead. With this in mind, we are inviting applications from candidates with varying backgrounds and experiences, who feel their skills can make a positive contribution to our school.
The position of Deputy Headteacher has become available after the retirement, at the end of this academic year, of a long-standing and highly respected Deputy Headteacher, who, historically, has held a curriculum leadership and management role. With this new appointment, however, we are not necessarily looking for a ‘like for like’ replacement, as we have existing members of our SMT who can take on the necessary responsibilities.
Littleover Community School is a diverse and highly successful 11-18 comprehensive school, with consistently outstanding levels of attainment and progress across the curriculum. We are proud of our academic record, and of the pastoral care which maintains a feeling of community in a large and expanding school. We are looking for a candidate who:
• Has experience as an effective senior manager/leader, for a minimum of 3 years in a comparable school.
• Has the ability to use a range of leadership and management styles in order to ‘bring staff along’ with proposed developments and projects.
• Is able to lead by example and have a high profile in the school, including challenging students, staff and others to produce positive outcomes.
• Is able to take difficult decisions, conveying outcomes clearly, positively and with sensitivity.
• Is able to develop and share the collective vision for Littleover Community School.
In addition, we offer:
• A strong and experienced leadership team.
• A dedicated and loyal team of staff.
• A friendly and positive working environment.
• A well-established programme of CPD for staff, with support and opportunities for career development.
• Consistently good examination results both at GCSE and A Level.
• Emphasis placed on both staff and student wellbeing.
If you feel you have the vision, dedication and experience to join this Outstanding school, we look forward to hearing from you.
Completed application forms, with supporting letter explaining why you feel you have the qualifications, experience and personal qualities required for this post, should be returned by email to: jobs@littleover.derby.sch.uk
The school will only contact successful candidates.
Closing date for applications is 12pm on Monday 7th February
Information and application forms are available from the school website: www.littleover.derby.sch.uk
Interviews
Interviews will be held on: Tuesday 1st March and Wednesday 2nd March, 2022
School Visits
Applicants who would like to visit the school for a tour with a member of our Senior Management Team, should contact Mrs. Janis Page on: 01332 513219 or email at: j.page@littleover.derby.sch.uk Tours will take place on 27th January, 31st January and/or 1st February, depending on demand.
Should you require any further information, please contact Janis Page at the above.
Littleover Community School welcomes enquiries from everyone and values diversity in our workforce. Our school actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records.
As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Littleover Community School complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice (link below)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice
and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. Littleover Community School undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a criminal record check on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed and can only ask an individual to provide details of convictions and cautions the school is legally entitled to know about.
Where a DBS certificate at either standard or enhanced level can legally be requested (where the position is one that is included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 as amended) and where appropriate Police Act Regulations (as amended), Littleover Community School can only ask an individual about convictions and cautions that are not protected.
Littleover Community School selects all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful candidates.
Copies of our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, along with other school policies, are available on our website at:
https://www.littleover.derby.sch.uk/information.php#policies
We would advise anyone considering applying for a position at Littleover Community School to read the above information prior to submitting an application, along with the following Keeping Children Safe in Education document:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2
Attached documents
About Littleover Community School
- Littleover Community School
- Pastures Hill, Littleover, Derby
- Derbyshire
- DE23 4BZ
- United Kingdom
Leaders have high expectations. They have created an inclusive and academic culture. Teachers have excellent subject knowledge. They use their expertise to engage pupils. Pupils’ behaviour in lessons is calm and focused. Learning is not disrupted by any poor behaviour. (Ofsted Inspection Report – October 2022)
As a school, we are committed to continuous improvement so that we can continue to evolve to match the changing needs of our students, parents and carers, staff and wider school community. We are keen to utilise the latest thinking and technologies to ensure all our students are best equipped to achieve success in the future.
Our governors and staff are fully committed to serving the needs of our school community in these challenging social times, including continuing to develop the very strong academic performance of our school. If you feel you could contribute to this vision, we would be very pleased to receive your application.
Littleover Community School is an 11-18 comprehensive, community school. We are a Local Authority maintained school and have a positive working relationship with Derby City Council. We are not an Academy and have no current plans to join a new, or existing, Academy chain.
Our school is situated four miles to the south west of the centre of Derby, in pleasant, spacious grounds. We have a proud academic and pastoral record and the school is always popular with parents and carers looking for school places, within our own catchment area and beyond.
We currently welcome 295 students into Year 7 each year, giving us a current roll of approximately 1850, including a Sixth form of over 350 students.
The excellent examination results our students achieve are above local and national averages with a Progress 8 score of +0.46 in the summer of 2022. The attainment of our students is consistently within the top 20% of schools nationally. In October 2022, we received our first full OFSTED Inspection since 2007. We were pleased to be judged as ‘Good’ in every category with ‘Outstanding’ Sixth Form provision. We would urge anyone interested in working at LCS to read our most recent OFSTED Report, to help understand our overall school ethos.
It will always be our aim at Littleover Community School to care for all of our students as individuals. We also wish to provide each of them with an enjoyable and varied learning experience and help them to fulfil their potential. We aim to help students develop the resilience they will need to manage the challenges they may face, not only in school but also in the wider world. Our aim is simple, to assist our students to flourish now and in the future.
We have made a strong commitment to safeguarding children and young people and recognise the importance of providing an environment within school that will help children feel safe and respected, with a clear understanding of their needs and views. We have an excellent safeguarding and wellbeing team with considerable experience and expertise to promote positive mental health and to ensure that every child receives appropriate support.
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