Deputy Headteacher
George Green's School
Tower Hamlets
- £86,391 - £94,415 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale, Points 24-28
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April or September 2023
- Apply by:
- 30 January 2023
Job overview
We are seeking a talented, hard-working and inspirational teacher to join our high-functioning senior leadership as one of three Deputy Headteachers.
We celebrate diversity and always welcome applications from a wide range of backgrounds. We advocate for representation of all groups at all levels of leadership in our school. We especially welcome highly effective candidates from ethnic minority groups to apply for this senior leadership position.
Roles and responsibilities will be decided after appointment, but the person appointed will be able to emphatically demonstrate all of the following:
• Outstandingly strong teaching skills, with high levels of expertise in pedagogy, learning and teaching.
• Extensive, relevant, successful experience at Assistant Headteacher level or higher.
• An unswerving belief in the power of education as a tool for social transformation.
• An understanding of and absolute commitment to the importance of celebrating the diversity of our school community and furthering the personal growth of every individual.
• A complete and unwavering understanding of and commitment to the George Green’s School values.
Whilst we already have very high levels of academic success, with excellent exam outcomes in Key Stage 4 and 5, we remain restless for further improvement. Our overriding ambition is to be an exceptional school, characterised by high expectations, inclusion and anti-racism. This includes a commitment to ensuring that all levels of leadership of the school, including the senior leadership team, reflect the diversity of our community.
We are an unapologetically values-driven organisation. We want every young person at our school to live happy, safe and economically secure lives. We expect every one of our students to be a change-maker, with an uncompromising commitment to social justice. Everybody who works at George Green’s School believes in our mission to teach our students to be the best possible people they can be.
We are a UNICEF Rights Respecting School Gold Award winner, which means that the rights of the child are at the heart of everything we do. We are a traditional school with a traditional approach to the curriculum and behaviour. Most importantly, we are a happy school, where children from a wide mixture of backgrounds, thrive and flourish on a daily basis. We are delighted that Ofsted recognised these things when they visited us in May 2022.
Aside from an opportunity to transform lives, a career at George Green’s School has many benefits. These include:
• A first-class CPL programme, including dedicated weekly CPL sessions and the opportunity to take part in NPQ programmes at a senior level
• A large A level cohort
• Embedded strategies for supporting the work-life balance of staff, including through our marking policy
• Excellent amenities on site, including a gym, secure cycle storage and free parking
• A fantastic and convenient London location
If you believe that you are the exceptional candidate we are seeking for our exceptional school,we would love to hear from you.
If applying, before doing so, we strongly advise you to download the Deputy Headteacher Candidate Job Pack available on both the TES and the school’s website.
Please make sure also that you apply using the bespoke Deputy Headteacher application form, also available on the school’s website.
Tours with the Principal:
Friday 20th January, 1.30-3.00
Thursday 26th January, 8.30-10.00
To arrange a tour please email fbegum3@georgegreens.com
Regrettably tours cannot be conducted at other times, but a 10-minute telephone or video callcan be arranged with the Principal as an alternative. To book, please use the email above.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 30th January
Interviews: Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th February
Attached documents
About George Green's School
- George Green's School
- 100 Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs
- London
- E14 3DW
- United Kingdom
George Greens’ School was founded 184 years ago by George Green, a local businessman and philanthropist. The site on which the school now stands – and a number of other properties in the area - are owned by the charitable trust, established by George Green. The trust uses the income that derives from its properties to support enrichment opportunities for students attending the school.
At the time the school moved to its current site in 1976, it was very much smaller than it is today and much of the current building did not exist. Over the years, however, with the numbers of prospective Year 7 parents putting George Green’s as their first preference regularly outstripping the numbers of places available, the school took the decision to embark on a building programme - which not only increased its overall capacity but also maximised disabled access.
A number of years ago now, George Green’s also welcomed into the school a number of students with complex and additional needs, from a local special school, which was closing – ensuring, through judicious use of the additional funding made available at the time, that these students were and remain fully integrated into the daily life of the school.
The school is very ambitious for its students. The school is part of the ‘Teach East London Teaching Schools Alliance’ (Morpeth and Bonner Group) as well as ‘The Isle of Dogs Collaborative’ comprising GGS and all the primary school on the Isle of Dogs. This enables us to be actively involved in education debate and development on a wider scale.
At the core of the school is the ‘Rights Respecting’ status. Pastoral care is excellent at George Green’s School. Students receive high levels of care, guidance and support from both the school and outside organisations resulting in strong personal development.
In addition, the school has also, over more recent years, enjoyed very good financial and other support from the many businesses operating out of nearby Canary Wharf – and from the many community organisations with which it has partnered. Local companies, such as Barclays, provide us with reading partners, mentors and allow us to take students to their HQ to see work environments. We work closely with many partners, such as ‘Think Forward’, who awarded us Best School/Firm Partnership, commending us for ‘some of the best examples of business engagement within the programme’.
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