Assistant Headteacher with oversight of English (maternity cover)

CHESTERTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

11-18 mixed College with 1005 pupils on roll

Executive Headteacher: Rolf Purvis

CEO: Lucy Scott

OFSTED RATED OUTSTANDING

Required for January 2025

Leadership Scale: competitive salary to be negotiated.

Chesterton require an innovative and highly motivated Assistant Headteacher to join the leadership team of our outstanding school.

The ideal candidate will bring creativity and leadership skills to support and inspire the wider school community. You will have a proven track record of effective leadership and success, exemplary classroom practice as well as an ability to lead and motivate staff, to think proactively and work collaboratively.

The applicant should have strong experience in leading a faculty area in a written subject, and should have A-Level or degree level English qualifications.

Chesterton Community College is part of the Eastern Learning Alliance, a family of schools across Cambridgeshire and East Anglia.

 Informal visits are welcome please contact Mrs

Suzanne Izzard, sizzard@ccc.tela.org.uk

Closing date: 9am 27th September 2024

 Interview date: TBC

What can ELA offer you?

ELA offer a sector leading staff benefits offer alongside bespoke, high quality CPD programmes, cross-trust events, and exceptional opportunities for career development within our innovative family of schools. 

ELA staff benefits include:

Reduced contact time to enable professional development;

EAP with access to counselling & physiotherapy;

Health care cash plan;

Paid annual family day;

Extensive discount club access;

Cycle to work & electric car lease schemes;

Enhanced parental leave;

Flexible work practices;

Laptop & mobile phone payment plans;

Ticket ballots for high profile events;

Generous annual leave allowance for support staff;

Discounted gym membership for all staff.

Details of our Trust and application forms are available via are website

Contact Us – Eastern Learning Alliance (click on Vacancies and follow the links) or telephone 01223 712150 Ext 142.

Please send a completed application form and covering letter to Mrs Suzanne Izzard, Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY or e-mail: sizzard@ccc.tela.org.uk

Our Trust is committed to equal opportunities, to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff are expected to chare this commitment and undergo the appropriate checks. All positions within the Trust are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references. Only applications submitted on using the ELA application form will be accepted. We do not accept applications by CV.  

Chesterton Community College Safeguarding Policy: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (chestertoncc.org)

All shortlisted applicants should expect to be called for interview no more than 5 working days after the closing date. If you have not heard from us by then you can expect that your application to be unsuccessful. Visits to the college are welcome