Deputy Headteacher

Deputy Headteacher  Curriculum, Standards and People Development

Required for September 2020 

Highly Competitive Salary

This is an exciting time for the academy and the chance to shape the future direction of travel along with the recently appointed Headteacher. We are on a transformative journey of improvement and this post will contribute significantly to ensuring our community flourish. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding, motivated, inspirational teacher and creative leader who is passionate about developing others and ensuring all students within our care have access to an excellent education.

The successful candidate will join a recently established leadership team who are committed to changing the lives of our students at TEMA. We are proud to serve our diverse and inclusive community and are committed our values allowing students to have equality of opportunity. Together, we will work collaboratively to embed innovative practice that is efficient and effective and achieves outcomes. This is a critical appointment for our academy and the successful candidate will receive high levels of support and training to be truly effective in this role. We wish to appoint a practitioner who shares our commitment to young people in challenging circumstances who believes that excellent leadership can leverage high levels of performance and remains optimistic in the face of adversity. 

This role requires someone who is passionate about curriculum and curriculum development. You will work alongside the headteacher to further enhance the curriculum and entitlement for all students. We wish someone to join the team who understands the importance of curriculum in narrowing achievement gaps and developing the cultural capital and the wider personal development of our students. You will be supported by two assistant headteachers to ensure vision and strategy are translated into excellent learning experiences for students. 

This role will also oversee standards of effectiveness and performance of students. Our ideal candidate will be someone who can not only analyse data but understands what will make a difference to supporting effective performance for both staff and students and work with colleagues in a collaborative way to raise standards in all aspects of the academy’s performance. 

In this role you will ensure all members of staff are supported to be highly effective. You will lead a team of middle and senior leaders to ensure standards of performance are monitored and evaluated. You will support all staff to have access to the highest levels of professional development, support and research to be exceptional in their role whilst cultivating a culture of openness, honesty and professional learning. You will be highly engaged in pedagogical developments and use research to inform all strategy and policy. You will be highly committed to excellence in teaching and ensuring staff can work efficiently and effectively maintain a positive work life balance whilst supporting our team to work together collaboratively securing excellent outcomes for our young people. 

You will make a difference to the whole TEMA community by creating innovative and effective systems and structures and provide professional development and support for all members of staff at all career stages. You will provide vision and strategic leadership to a team committed to improving outcomes for our young people and our community as a whole.  You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work with and motivate a wide range of staff, stakeholders and students.  You will be a passionate advocate for students’ learning and development and be relentless in your pursuit of excellence whilst providing high levels of challenge and support. You will work with a wide range of people both internally and externally to develop best practice and supportive relationships which enable staff to ensure students realise their full potential. In return you will benefit from a highly supportive senior leadership team both within the academy and across the trust and have personalised support and development to be exceptional in this role. We are utterly committed to working with people and developing potential.

You will join a team of ambitious senior leaders and will provide high level strategic, management and operational direction for the academy.  You will have the opportunity to make a considerable impact on the future direction and outcomes the academy achieves. This post offers an outstanding opportunity for professional development in a supportive and highly collaborative environment. 

The East Manchester Academy is committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the well-being of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check prior to starting.

We value our colleagues and also offer the following: 

CPD both internal and external leading to accreditation 

Bike2work scheme

Gym membership

Employee Assistance

Teachers’ Pension Fund

Staff Well-being

The academy participates in the childcare voucher scheme 

Free annual flu jabs

Modern staff room with quiet space for marking with free tea and coffee

The academy is part of The Education and Leadership Trust. The Trust is a multi-academy Co-operative Trust, which came into effect in September 2014 comprising three schools; The East Manchester Academy, a mixed school of nearly 1,000 students in the heart of Manchester’s re-generation area, Whalley Range 11-18 High School, a girls school of 1,500 students and Levenshulme High School, a girls school which is three miles away with a very similar, diverse community.

We are entering an exciting phase in the Trust’s development and we are keen to make the most of the potential of three schools coming together to create better teaching and learning and more opportunities for our students and staff. We pride ourselves on our links with community partners and businesses.

Our staff really do make the difference in the Trust. This demands a focus on teaching and learning, on staff development, satisfying career aspirations and supporting innovation.

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If you have any questions please contact the school at the above address or telephone number or email:  recruitment@temac.co.uk

Please return your application form to recruitment@temac.co.uk by 08.00am on Monday, 27th April 2020. 

As it is not possible to inform each applicant if they have been selected for interview, if you have not been contacted before the interview date please be aware that you will not have been successful on this occasion.

Successful applicants are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service

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