Deputy Headteacher - Quality of Education
St Dunstan’s School
Somerset
- £58,135 - £65,735 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Pay Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 21 April 2021
Job overview
At St Dunstan’s we aim to provide a high quality of education and an environment that supports, nurtures and challenges students to fulfil their potential. St Dunstan’s is part of the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership (MNSP), a Multi-Academy Trust.
We are seeking an outstanding and inspirational Deputy Headteacher responsible for Quality of Education to join the dedicated and forward thinking leadership team of our friendly and supportive school.
Our new Deputy Headteacher will ensure teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do to achieve the best education for our students. You will be an outstanding practitioner, with a passion for developing impactful teaching and learning practices, coupled with the expertise to lead and coach others to achieve the best for all students through quality teaching. You will lead on the strategic planning, management and development of the curriculum, in line with other Trust schools, ensuring that it delivers the aspirations and qualifications to enable all students to achieve.
The successful candidate will;
• Be an excellent classroom practitioner
• Have a proven ability to lead, develop and motivate staff and students to raise aspirations and achievements
• Share fully in the strategic leadership of the school
• Contribute to the development of the school improvement plan
• Be excited by the prospect and opportunities of working in a Multi Academy Trust
• Be able to deal with parents, students and colleagues with integrity, experience and kindness
In return, we can offer you excellent support within an ambitious and growing Trust to ensure your success and, most importantly, we have the most amazing students, who are ready to learn.
If you are a committed individual who believes passionately about making a difference to the life of every student, if you feel that you have the required attributes and skills and you are a suitably qualified and highly motivated professional, then we would like to hear from you.
Please be aware that the school will close for the Easter break from Friday 2 April and will re-open on Monday 19 April.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th May 2021
For further information, please email: stucker@stdunstansschool.com
Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant pre-employment checks, including checks with past employers.
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About St Dunstan’s School
St Dunstan’s is a special place to learn. The ethos for learning is very strong. This is generated through a skilled and strong team of staff with students that are engaged, wellbehaved and focused on learning.
St Dunstan’s is a small school and this is a strength. Students and families are well known and the pastoral care is excellent. GCSE classes are often quite small and this supports the students in achieving very strong value added outcomes. In 2015 the value added score was 1013 against a national figure of 1000. This means, across a students’ best 10 GCSE grades, they get 4 grades better than expected when compared to national results.
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