Assistant Headteacher
OneSchool Global UK Newtown Campus
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- Salary:
- £49,667.34 - £56,125.50 per annum (OSG London Fringe Pay scales L2-L7) Dependent upon skills & experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 19 September 2024
Job overview
Our vision is to deliver "a global education ecosystem that develops life-ready students who learn how to learn".
REDISCOVER THE JOY OF TEACHING AT ONESCHOOL GLOBAL
Take the next step in your education career within an innovative pedagogy, where students are not only eager to learn, but take ownership of their learning.
Together with a healthy work/life balance, smaller class sizes, strong engagement from the school’s leadership and school community, our teachers are supported to be the best educators they can be.
Globally, OneSchool has 125 campuses, 9,000 students and 2,000 staff and volunteers, across 20 countries… a world of opportunity awaits you at OneSchool Global!
The Campus:
The OneSchool Global Newtown Campus, currently situated 27 miles west of Shrewsbury, in the village of Sarn near Newtown, is moving to a new flagship Campus located in what used to be the Henlle Golf Club, Gobowen near Oswestry in early 2025. This stunning building set in 18 acres of parkland will be integrated with the latest educational technology, to support teaching in a future-proof, innovative, learning space. The Campus boasts vibrant teaching areas proving a world leading experience for both primary and secondary students and outstanding staff teaching resources and wellbeing facilities.
The Position:
We have the opportunity for an Assistant Head Teacher to help lead our amazing Newtown team on a full time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for a forward thinking, highly motivated and truly inspirational practitioner to be an Assistant Head Teacher – with Core subject teaching responsibilities and leadership portfolio for Key Stage 3 Progress lead and Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL). There is a preference for the candidate to be able to teach Maths.
Commencing in January 2025, with responsibility to support the day-to-day management and professional leadership of the Newtown Campus, the Assistant Head Teacher will ensure curriculum delivery focusing on the student as a self-directed learner and the implementation of the school’s policies and programs. Reporting to the Campus Principal and supported by an experienced Executive Team with expert and high-level support in the areas of Curriculum, Administration, HR, Finance, ICT, Property and WHS, the Assistant Head Teacher is a key member of the senior educational leadership team, providing educational and academic leadership to staff and students.
Our School has a clear vision, and our values are the heart of everything we do. Our culture is supportive and dynamic, and our success is enabled by an engaging, passionate team approach.
If you have a genuine love of teaching, possess a "can do" attitude and ability to be flexible within a dynamic workplace environment, please apply today.
You will:
- Ideally have knowledge of the KS3 National Curriculum and assessment framework
- Have experience with pastoral or behavioural management of students
- Have experience in improving the quality of teaching and learning as a department lead or within a whole school setting
- Have previous experience as a middle / senior leader over the last 3 years and experience of implementing strategies to improve progress
- Have experience of online teaching and learning
- Have QTS / QTLS, Honours Degree and GCSE English and Maths at level C / 5 or above
- Set an example of positive personal integrity and professionalism, with positive, appropriate and effective communications and relationships at all levels
- Ensure high standards are maintained, progressed and promoted in all areas of work
- Uphold and promulgate the OneSchool ethos within all areas of responsibility
- Embed the Learning2Learn framework across the campus.
- Ensure the campus has a high performing motivated team culture.
We offer:
- Students who are enthusiastic and highly motivated who want to learn with less behavioural issues.
- Excellent premises and well-equipped classrooms providing a modern and technologically advanced learning environment for students
- The opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of our students.
- A competitive salary (London Fringe pay scales) plus the OSG UK enhancement of 3% after the probation period.
- OSG UK offers its teachers membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Staff Referral scheme for OSG UK colleagues.
- Career growth and support, with weekly CPD sessions
- Our culture of respect and support from leadership, colleagues, students and parents creates a positive work environment and scheduled professional development time in work hours ensures you thrive.
We’d welcome candidates to visit the campus or arrange an informal conversation regarding the role, please email interim Campus Principal Joe Pritchard Joe.Pritchard@uk.oneschoolglobal.com
For further information relating to the Campus or an application pack, please email recruitment@uk.oneschoolglobal.com or for more information about OneSchool Global UK please visit: OneSchool Global UK Employment Opportunities - OneSchool Global or follow us on LinkedIn.
Closing Date for application forms: Thursday 19th September 2024
Interviews will be held Thursday 26th September 2024
Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.
OneSchool Global UK Newtown Campus is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online searches and vetting checks. This post will be subject to a Section 128 Prohibition from the management of independent schools check.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school. This is in line with statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 and The Education Act 2002, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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About OneSchool Global UK Newtown Campus
We are a small school on the border of Wales; a truly scenic and rural school.
Our school is not just about academic success but also about ensuring we develop and nurture students to become good people who have an awareness of the wider global context we live and work.
Our aim is to ensure that all students leaving the school have a set of qualifications that will open doors for them in the future and are prepared for the world of work and life in the future.
Our students are our biggest asset. They are willing to learn, open to new challenges, resilient, and their behaviour for learning is excellent. Students are taught national curriculum subjects and are offered extra-curricular opportunities as well.
The Campus has great facilities, cross-curricular ICT suite, a Learning Centre and individual laptops for students in Years 7-13. In addition to this, students benefit from a volleyball court, tennis courts and a football field. The campus has a dedicated science lab and excellent Primary facilities.
Why should I work at One School Global UK Newtown Campus?
- Newtown Campus is a place where we engender a culture of learning to learn through a self-directed approach to study.
- We are located in the beautiful Welsh countryside in a purpose-built building designed to facilitate student-centred teaching and learning.
- We are a small and friendly campus where everyone knows each other and works collaboratively towards joint goals.
- Team spirit is key to Newtown, we are looking for people to join our team who are flexible in their teaching approach and willing to try something new. Working at Newtown will provide you with new opportunities to teach across the age range from year 3 to 13.
- We are a forward thinking school who wholeheartedly embrace ICT as a tool to support positive learning outcomes. We employ many E- learning platforms and a variety of technology to enhance the learning experience of our students.
Focus Learning Trust was established as a registered charity in 2003 for the advancement of education, primarily providing leadership and support to its network of 23 UK, non-selective, independent schools which are registered as schools with a religious character, following the national curriculum.
We are part of the OneSchool Global network – one of the most extensive and progressive networks of schools and educational support services in the world. With schools in 20 countries worldwide, our 9000 students are benefiting from the amazing results of global collaboration and cutting-edge educational methods.
In April 2019, the entire OneSchool entity rebranded globally, hence our new look and our name change from Focus School to OneSchool Global UK. This better reflects our teaching and learning strategy and makes us truly one global school.
Acting Campus Principal: Mr Joe Pritchard
Number of Campus Staff: 13
Number of Students: 53
Vision & Values:
“A global education ecosystem that develops life-ready students who learn how to learn.”
In coming to this school each student, parent and staff member shall uphold the values of the School:
- Integrity - uprightness and honesty;
- Care and Compassion – kindness, consideration and generosity to the whole community;
- Respect – for all people, property, opinions and those in authority;
- Responsibility – for our actions, progress and the environment;
- Commitment – to self-discipline and the pursuit of excellence.
Our Campus Prospectus and latest Inspection Report can be downloaded from the links lower down the page.
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