Assistant Headteacher- DSL
Hayes School
Bromley
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- Salary:
- Leadership Pay Range L11-L15
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 7 October 2024
Job overview
Start Date: January 2025
Salary: Leadership Pay Range L11- L15 (Outer London)
Closing Date: Monday 7th October at 9:00am
Interview Date: Thursday 10th October
We are looking to appoint an exceptional leader to the position of Assistant Headteacher with the responsibility for Safeguarding.
You will have excellent inter-personal skills, high expectations of yourself and others and a commitment to supporting our teachers and learners to be the best they can be. We are looking for someone who has the experience of liaising with relevant agencies, including the local authority, to lead on all areas of safeguarding and child protection across the school.
The successful candidate will be part of the Senior Leadership team and will be the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) for the school. They will lead on day-to-day safeguarding matters as they arise and have up-to-date knowledge of legal issues
that impact child protection. They will be expected to work with external agencies, students, parents and staff and be an advocate for the importance of safeguarding and child protection. They will provide strategic leadership and oversight of our
schools’ wellbeing provision, in support of some of our most vulnerable students.
Attached documents
About Hayes School
Hayes School is a mixed, non-denominational academy secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18. It is located in Bromley, Kent, and has about 1700 pupils.
Head of School
Ms Claire Thompson
Values and vision
Hayes School’s vision is to have “uncompromising aspirations” for every individual, and for the school to be an inspirational, exceptional community of lifelong learners.
The school aims to achieve these goals by encouraging high quality, inspirational and innovative teaching and learning. The school aspires to inspirational and accountable leadership at all levels, and wants to see consistently high academic standards and expectations for every individual.
The school hopes to offer pupils creative, exciting and memorable experiences inside and outside the classroom, and cultivates a safe, secure and caring environment in which to work and learn.
The school values all students’ need to develop the characteristics, attitudes and self-belief to tackle the challenges they will face in future life. It also acknowledges that they should enjoy their time at Hayes, bew recognised as individuals, and receive recognition and praise for their achievements and efforts.
Ofsted
“Exceptional leadership by the Principal and Head of School has ensured that the school has gone from strength to strength since converting to become an academy. Leaders’ and governors’ impact on teaching and achievement is very effective.Teaching and achievement are outstanding.”
“Consistently good and, often, outstanding teaching over time ensures that all groups of students make excellent progress. During the inspection, outstanding teaching was seen in almost half the lessons observed.”
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