Leader of MFL
Wade Deacon High School
Halton
- £54,816 - £58,959 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £54,816 – £58,959 (L7 – L10) + recruitment incentive of £4,000 for a suitable candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 1 May 2024
Job overview
We seek to appoint a committed, dynamic and forward-thinking Leader of Modern Foreign Languages who can support Wade Deacon High School in continuing to provide an exceptional quality of education for all students and contribute to an already thriving learning community. You will lead an exceptionally hardworking, compassionate and collegiate team of very experienced staff in an extremely successful department. You will oversee the ongoing evolution of our highly developed flagship curriculum, ensuring that it continues to offer challenge, breadth and extensive opportunities to foster a love of Modern Foreign Languages.
The successful candidate will be an outstanding teacher with a proven track record of high-quality leadership and the ability to secure excellent outcomes. We pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring student progress and high-quality teaching and learning provision for all. You will share these values and play an active part in delivering on this commitment. Applications are invited from motivated and inspirational leaders who are eager to develop their leadership and contribute towards moving our school forward.
We can offer the successful candidate an opportunity to work with highly trained and supportive staff, as well as a whole-school commitment to professional development since we believe that staff development is a fundamental aspect of raising standards further for our students. Our school community is also a highly rewarding place to work. A comprehensive programme of CPD and a commitment to wellbeing supports colleagues at all career stages; through the School and the Trust, we provide excellent career opportunities for our staff. Colleagues seeking a varied, challenging and rewarding career can find this in the Wade Deacon family.
Wade Deacon High School is friendly, dynamic and innovative. Our latest OFSTED report from November 2022 described us as “an Outstanding School" in all areas, praising the school for providing pupils with a ‘first-rate education’ and an ‘aspirational curriculum’, describing pupils as ‘extremely happy’ and their behaviour as ‘exemplary’.
We pride ourselves on the quality and diversity of our curriculum, including our personal development and extracurricular provision, which not only enable our students to enjoy their learning but also allow them to be able to meet the many challenges that they will face in the future, understanding the wider world and their place within it.
Above all else, we are a school that believes that every student, regardless of their context or starting point, can and should achieve their full potential. If you believe that you have the motivation, belief and leadership qualities to contribute to our future success, we would welcome an application from you.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 1st May 2024
Interview date: Thursday 9th May 2024
The Wade Deacon Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory medical clearance.
About Wade Deacon High School
Wade Deacon High School is a mixed, non-denominational academy secondary school for pupils aged 11-16. It is located in Widnes, Cheshire and has about 1,500 pupils.
The school was formerly Wade Deacon Grammar School for Boys and Wade Deacon Grammar School for Girls. It became the Wade Deacon High School in 1974, and converted to academy status in March 2013.
It is operated by the Wade Deacon Trust, a multi-academy trust that also includes Hillside High School, Widnes Academy and Halewood Academy.
Principal
Mr Simon Corner NPQH, MA Maths, PGCE
Values and vision
Schools in the Wade Deacon Trust believe that all children are entitled to “an educational environment in which their individual abilities and talents are fully developed”.
Deacon High School aims to provide pupils with highly motivated teachers and support staff, offering quality teaching, delivered to the highest standards. Thes school hopes that this will produce excellent learning and achievement.
The school cultivates an environment in which respect, courtesy and integrity towards other people abound. It aspires to be an outstanding school where all pupils receive an exceptional education.
It believes that all children should be encouraged to achieve their full potential, attain the highest standards of which they are capable, and to have high aspirations and expectations for their future.
It aims to develop in students an attitude of care and responsibility towards others and their surroundings, and to encourage them to have a positive impact on their community.
Ofsted
Wade Deacon High School has yet to be assessed by Ofsted. When it has been assessed, you will be able to access its latest report on the Ofsted website.
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