Deputy Headteacher
Northampton School for Girls
Northamptonshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale 24 - 28 (£68,643 - £75,708)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter 2017
- Apply by:
- 27 January 2017
Job overview
Are you a current or aspiring Deputy Headteacher looking for an opportunity to lead and teach in a school that shares your values of inclusion, high achievement and the development of the whole child? Do you believe that all children deserve access to the very best learning experiences?
At Northampton School for Girls we value, respect and care for our students. We are committed to ensuring that every single child, not only achieves their full academic potential, but also develops as a respectful, compassionate and rounded individual. Our school is characterised by strong relationships based on respect. Students and staff work together to create a learning climate that is productive, calm and happy. Staff at Northampton School for Girls are committed to mixed-ability, creative and autonomous teaching which has the student experience at its heart. We believe that children learn best when they are happy, well and feel valued. For this reason, we invest heavily in the pastoral care which forms the pulse of our school.
We require a Deputy Headteacher who shares our values and will champion children. This crucial post will suit someone who believes that strong, principled leadership is what makes the difference to young people. The successful candidate will be part of a leadership team who are supportive, enabling and focused on learners.
Although all members of the leadership team share responsibility for the pastoral and curricular, the specific nature of this role is negotiable and can be personalised to play to the strengths of the successful candidate. Experience of being, or willingness to become, the Designated Safeguarding Lead would be welcomed.
Closing date for all posts: Friday 27 January 2017
Interviews to be held: Wednesday 8 February 2017 and Thursday 9 February 2017
For further information and an application pack, please visit www.nsg.northants.sch.uk
For an informal discussion or to request a school visit, please call Sally Tattersfield on (01604) 679548 or email personnel@nsg.northants.sch.uk.
Northampton School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Northampton School for Girls
Spinney Hill Road,
Northampton
NN3 6DG
About Northampton School for Girls
- Northampton School for Girls
- Spinney Hill Rd, Spinney Hill, Northampton
- Northamptonshire
- NN3 6DG
- United Kingdom
Underpinned by our values of ‘Respect for Self, Respect for Others and Respect for Learning’, together our staff and students strive to exceed the limits of their potential through a rigorous and ambitious curriculum which meets the needs of individual learners’ talents and interests, building the foundation for their future successes in a fast-changing world.
From its inception in 1915, Northampton School for Girls has recognised and celebrated everyone as individuals and has also understood the power of the community. Our students recognise the impact that they have on others and particularly the responsibility that they have to give of their time, talents and charity to the wider community. We foster an environment where students can expand their minds, think flexibly, develop the skills of leadership that they all have within them, and grow as individuals.
We are a school with an impressive reputation, rich cultural diversity and a long-standing track record of success: we are proud to be Northampton School for Girls.
Please visit our website to find out more.
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