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Marketing and Community Leader

Marketing and Community Leader

Wade Deacon High School

Widnes, Cheshire

  • Expired
Salary:
Grade 6 SCP 26-28
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASPA
Apply by:
23 May 2018

Job overview

Wade Deacon High School  

Birchfield Road, Widnes, WA8 7TD 

Telephone: 0151 423 2721 

Principal: Mr S Corner  

Marketing and Community Leader 

Application Information   

Grade 6 SCP 26-28 – Term time plus 4 weeks – 29.6 hours pw 


To start: ASAP Permanent.  We seek to appoint a highly skilled, enthusiastic and inspiring colleague to join our successful school. The role is a newly created one, and we require someone who can both lead the effective marketing of the school’s corporate identity and build on our already strong links with the local community. The post holder will also be responsible for writing bids to secure grants for new and exciting initiatives involving both the school and the wider community. The post holder must have excellent literacy and ICT skills to enable them to lead on all communication internally and externally, including creating newsletters, news articles and website materials to inform and celebrate the school’s successes and achievements.  

Our school is a supportive and rewarding place to work. 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.  A comprehensive programme of CPD supports colleagues at all career stages; through the Teaching School and the Multi-Academy 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 the lead school of a cross-phase, cross-regional Teaching School Alliance, and also the lead school in a growing Multi-Academy Trust: The Wade Deacon Trust. With a range of exciting opportunities for aspiring teachers, support staff and current educational leaders, we provide the very best support and training to ensure that our staff achieve their goals.  

Wade Deacon High School is friendly, dynamic and innovative. Our last OFSTED described us as “an outstanding school" in every category. Our passion is to not only maintain this status but achieve our goal to be truly exceptional. We have developed outstanding International links with top schools in Japan, China and India. In 2014 we were shortlisted for both 'Employer of the Year' in the Investors in People Awards, and ‘Excellence in Learning and Development’ in the Personnel Today Awards. We are also accredited as Investors in People ‘Champions’, a prestigious recognition of our commitment to growth and excellence through supporting, recognising and encouraging our staff. In April 2018, we achieved Arts Mark Platinum status reflecting the excellence within our school and our commitment to providing the best opportunities for our students.   

The successful applicant will have to meet the requirements of our Personnel Recruitment specification and be subject to an enhanced DBS (CRB) check and medical clearance. 

 Application form and further details are available via the school website 

https://wadedeacontrust.com/vacancies.html

 or on request by telephoning the school on 0151 423 2721.  

Closing Date: Thursday 24 May 2018 at 9.00am.  (Interviews will be Monday 4th June 2018)

Attached documents

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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Applications closed