Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral
Parkside School
Cullingworth, Bradford
- Expired
- Salary:
- LPS 22-26
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 4 February 2022
Job overview
This is a great opportunity for an experienced senior leader to join the Parkside Team.
This leadership role will naturally be varied and challenging and will provide ideal preparation for full headship. You will enjoy a high level of visibility, autonomy and impact, and we are seeking an individual who can recognise our existing strengths – but challenge our community to be the best that they can be. You will be empowered to improve policy, process and practice in all areas of our work. You will work alongside the senior team to secure an exceptional climate for learning to support student ambition.
You will have responsibility for the all elements of pastoral care including:
Leading the school’s safeguarding strategy as Designated Safeguarding Lead
Leading the school’s Relational and Restorative practice strategy providing high challenge and high support
Leading the school’s anti-bullying strategy
About Us
We are a 11-18 school just outside Bradford, close to Bronte country. The school is a truly comprehensive school intaking from both rural communities and the Keighley area. We pride ourselves on having an excellent staff team, committed to providing the best for every child. Our mission is to provide a culture of excellence based on:
Excellent partnerships for learning
Excellent achievement
Excellent preparation for the future
Excellent personal development
The values through which this mission is developed are wellbeing, resilience and courage.
The ideal candidate will:
• Have the vision, leadership skills and experience to successfully take a leading role in improving the quality of pastoral care we offer
• Be a strong advocate for an inclusive educational approach
• Be a team player, who is imaginative and reflective in his/her approach
• Enjoy the hard work and responsibility that comes with senior leadership
In return we offer:
• The opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people
• A thoroughly supportive team
• A leadership experience that will prepare you for Headship
Excellent opportunities for career progression and access to CPD to enhance your professional growth.
We believe in looking after the people who make a huge difference to our children, their families and the communities we serve.
If you would like to have an informal phone conversation about this role with the Headteacher please contact Jill Britton (Head's PA) on jill.britton@parksideschool.net to arrange a suitable time.
If you are as excited by this challenge as we are and you think this might be the role for you, please apply by following the link below, having taken note of the attachments, by the closing date of Friday 4th February 2022 at 10:00 am
Interviews for successfully shortlisted candidates will be undertaken on 14th/15th February.
The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Parkside School is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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About Parkside School
- Parkside School
- Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford
- West Yorkshire
- BD13 5AD
- United Kingdom
It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Parkside School which recently joined Wellspring Academy Trust who were recently awarded the title of Multi Academy Trust of the year. As such, we are at the start of an exciting journey and we are looking for a like-minded, talented people to join us. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and these values are matched by Parkside School.
Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside. The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery. The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.
We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.
We believe that education is the vehicle for improved outcomes for all. Improved outcomes for all aid the cause of social justice through equity. This is why we are so passionate about what we do. We champion inclusive education, stronger communities and improving life chances. We are passionate about our social purpose: to make a difference. Ethics and values are at the heart of our culture. We have taken the harder path many times in order to remain true to our values. Our organisational thinking, philosophy of education and way of being place people and positive relationships at their heart. We invest in our workforce. We invest in our children and young people. We invest in our communities.
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