Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral
Baines School
Lancashire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- LPS 18-22
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/24
- Apply by:
- 19 April 2024
Job overview
Thank you for your interest in the post of Deputy Headteacher at Baines School. I am proud to be the Headteacher here and am delighted you are interested in joining the Baines Family at this exciting time of change. Baines School is a special place that has great potential to be a wonderful place for learning and personal development. There are so many positives to share, as well as a number of areas to improve. We are looking for an inspirational and driven leader to join us at a time where we want to rapidly move the school on the journey back to ‘Good’ and ultimately to achieve ‘Outstanding’. I joined the school on the 1st September 2018 as Deputy Headteacher and have now been appointed as Headteacher. The school has now had four Ofsted inspections that judge the school as ‘Requiring Improvement’. You will be aware that where a school requires a fourth RI judgement, this can lead to an inadequate judgement because the school has not shown the capacity to improve. This definitely does not apply to Baines School. The latest Ofsted judgement (2023) is a testament to the hard work from our whole school community. We have wonderful students and staff and they have risen to the challenges of raised expectations, curriculum change and a focus on teaching and learning. We are now at a time where we are ready to drive our school to the next level. Please do read our latest Ofsted report; you will see that we have many things to be proud about and a few things we are working on to improve. These include the implementation of our curriculum to improve outcomes, and to improve our reputation in the local area.
We are currently in the consultation process as we have applied to become part of Cidari Multi Academy Trust. Being part of Cidari will support our pace of improvement and we hope to convert on 1st September 2024. My vision for the school is that all staff and students are Encouraged, Engaged, Empowered to be the best version of themselves, and that they are Positive, Professional and Persevere in all they do.
It is an excellent leadership opportunity for a committed professional who has energy, drive and a relentless passion to ensure that every pupil in our Baines family not only achieves their full potential but also thrives on their own personal journey to make this happen. It will suit someone who has the aspiration for Headship. It is more important that we employ a dynamic leader who works well as part of a team than someone who has a specific focus area of leadership. The ideal candidate:
· sees themselves as a future Headteacher, ideally within the next five years
· can model excellence inside and outside the classroom
· is flexible, resilient, has a ‘can do’ attitude and is relentlessly positive
· can inspire students and staff to be the best they can be
· is driven by moral purpose to serve the community of Baines School by ensuring students are Encouraged, Engaged, Empowered to achieve the best outcomes
We will offer you:
· excellent CPD opportunities-we will prepare you to lead your own school
· friendly and vibrant staff and students
· staff and governors who are loyal to the school and determined to see the school reputation and popularity restored
· stretch and challenge
· access to a leadership coach once a week or once a fortnight
· support from system leaders across other schools, the Local Authority and Cidari Multi Academy Trust
· opportunity to be part of a school improvement journey and make a real difference to students’ lives.
I would encourage serious candidates to visit the school, or to book a telephone conversation, to be able to fully appreciate the potential of our school.
Nil Sine Labore – Nothing Without Effort
Kind regards
Clare Doherty
Headteacher
March 2024
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About Baines School
We are pleased to provide the following information for candidates interested in applying for a post at Baines School. It is only a snapshot of our school and the area it serves, but we hope that there is enough information here and on website baines.lancs.sch.uk to encourage you to apply.
Baines School has a long and proud heritage. In 2017, it celebrated its 300th anniversary. The school is also unique in the North West in holding its voluntary-aided, non-denominational status. It is proudly comprehensive in nature and renowned in the locality for the support it offers to the social and personal development of its young people at all stages of their school career. Baines is rooted in the local community but owing to its close geographical proximity to Blackpool Authority, the intake each year is wide-ranging and diverse in nature, although ability upon intake is high.
The third ‘Requires Improvement’ judgement from the 2019 Ofsted inspection should not deter applicants. There are challenges facing the school but we have a clear drive to rapidly raise standards. We are working hard to strengthen the typicality of high quality teaching and learning that leads to consistent pupil progress and several active partnerships that have been supporting this drive.
We are proud of the many successes of our young people and of the range of opportunities that our dedicated teaching and associate staff offer them. The work of our governors and of the Former Pupil Association provides additional support and funding for the direct benefit of the pupils. They actively encourage the development of wider activities which further contribute to the enrichment and success in the lives of our young people whilst they are with us and beyond.
The area served by the school
Poulton-le-Fylde is an attractive, small town situated close to Blackpool and the Fylde coast. We are well connected to the rest of the country by an excellent network of motorways and roads, with large centres such as Manchester and Liverpool being just over one hour away. The town has its own railway station, with regular services to Preston and the West Coast Main Line. The school is situated in a pleasant residential area and there is an extensive building plan for new houses in the area.
The school site
We have a spacious site with a number of different buildings ranging from the very oldest which was built 300 years ago, to the most recent additions around twenty years ago. Most recently, the science laboratories and English rooms have undergone major refurbishment and a new Independent Learning Centre and suite of classrooms were completed in 2011. It is an attractive campus with wide corridors, it does not feel cramped and we are surrounded by playing fields, a wooded area and open land.
Our Students
We are an 11-16 school (having previously been an 11-18 school). Students start school in Year 7 with overall levels of attainment that are above the national average.
Our students have a positive attitude to school. The vast majority attend regularly, enjoy lessons and the wide range of other activities provided. In and around school there are high standards of the pupils’ behaviour and politeness. The students speak warmly of the support they receive at Baines and the great majority are confident, polite and friendly young people. They are demanding in that they expect and want to do well, and come to the school with high expectations supported by their parents/carers. We are an over-subscribed school. Our older students are role models who are thoroughly and actively engaged in the work of the school, the quality of what we do and contribute to supporting us in our aim of continual improvement.
The young people of Baines School undertake significant work for charities and there is a varied offer of enrichment activities in which all staff and pupils are actively encouraged to take part. We are the largest school contributor to the Teenage Cancer Trust in the country (over £100,000 so far) and hold the national record for the largest team entry in the Race for Life.
Our skilled and dedicated support staff represent a further strength within the school. These colleagues offer wide-ranging and expert support to some of our most vulnerable young people and they actively engage in the full spectrum of school life both in the classroom and beyond.
We look forward to hearing from you
Clare Doherty
Headteacher
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