Deputy Headteacher
The Emmbrook School
Wokingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- LD20-24 (£79,475-£87,651)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 27 February 2025
Job overview
We are seeking an exceptional leader to join our flourishing school at a crucial stage on the path to making The Emmbrook a truly exceptional school. If you believe that you have the skills and qualities needed to make your essential contribution then we would love to hear from you.
You will have a proven track record of inspiring others to reach challenging goals through effective communication and good judgement. You will be able to work successfully within a team and independently.
As Deputy Headteacher you will:
- Work in partnership with the Senior Leadership Team to provide effective strategic leadership and operational management of the school.
- Share responsibility for driving up standards across the school.
- Embody and promote The Emmbrook’s FAIR values (family, ambition, integrity and respect) in all aspects of your work and interactions.
- Collaborate with colleagues from Circle Trust schools.
We offer:
- A culture and ethos where staff work collaboratively, feel valued and are well supported.
- A thoughtful and impactful approach to continuing professional development.
- A strong commitment to the wellbeing of all staff.
- A school where our pupils “are focused on their learning” and “take pride in rising to the school’s high behaviour expectations” (Ofsted, 2023).
- A strong track record of rising outcomes at KS4 and in the Sixth Form.
- Being part of The Circle Trust, giving you access to a network of experienced educational leaders and mentors.
As Deputy Headteacher you will:
- Be utterly ambitions for every student that you teach.
- Have a love of your subject and the skills, talent and energy to bring that to every lesson.
- Work collaboratively with department and school colleagues.
- Share our FAIR values (family, ambition, integrity and respect).
To arrange a visit or apply:
Please email Sarah Farndon (Head's PA) – vacancies@emmbrook.wokingham.sch.uk or Tel. 0118 978 4406
Applications can be made via the application form on our school website
Closing date: 4pm, Thursday 27 February 2025.
Interview dates: Tuesday 11 & 12 March 2025.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant must be willing to undergo screening appropriate to the post. This will include an enhanced DBS check.
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About The Emmbrook School
The Emmbrook School is a co-educational 11-18 comprehensive school which has been at the heart of the community for over 50 years. We are a good school with the ambition to become a truly great school. Our mission is to secure our position as the first choice school for Wokingham parents, students and staff.
Our actions are guided by our five core values:
- Learning – we are a learning institution, where everyone is always focussed on learning.
- Expectations – we have high expectations of performance for everyone.
- Family – we are diverse, inclusive, caring and respectful.
- Mindset – we are positive, flexible, resilient and engaged.
- Feedback – we value feedback from others in order to improve.
We give our teachers the freedom to plan and teach lessons that deliver outstanding learning for our students. We are seeking colleagues who strive to find new and creative ways to engage learners so that they thrive. We support each other, so that we all develop and grow professionally.
The school has recently benefitted from significant investment in facilities, with new buildings to house both the English & Languages and Maths & Computing faculties. We are continuing our programme of investment, with upgrades to our sporting facilities planned in the near future.
The Emmbrook is located in a quiet residential suburb of the historic market town of Wokingham. Wokingham is a thriving town, which regularly tops nation-wide polls of the best places to live in the UK. In addition to a wide range of local amenities, there are excellent transport links, including to nearby Reading and London.
The school is committed to playing an active role in the community which we serve and our students regularly support the work of local primary schools. We are committed to fundraising for local and national charities, notably through our traditional fundraising week. Our students also support students from Addington School, a nearby special school, with an annual trip to our outward bound centre, Tirabad, located in the beautiful Brecon Beacons.
We are looking to appoint energetic, committed and supportive individuals with a positive approach, as we continue to go from strength to strength. We look forward to meeting you.
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