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Assistant Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Assistant Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Aston Manor Academy

Birmingham

  • £59,581 - £65,735 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
L15 - L19
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
28 November 2022

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher with a breadth of knowledge and experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead to join our fantastic existing and committed leadership team. The ideal candidate will support the headteacher in the strategic leadership of the school to achieve the outcomes that are legally required by government legislation and the school improvement plan. You will be able to take lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across the school (including online safety). Lead whole school training, support and advise all staff on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters, and liaise with relevant agencies such as the local authority and police.

Equitas Academies Trust was formed in September 2012 and incorporates Aston Manor Academy (Secondary) and Chilwell Croft Academy (Primary). Both Academies are happy, exciting and inspiring learning environments for their children who are from a vibrant mix of cultures. The staff and Trustees have a great sense of pride in their schools and care passionately about the pupils they serve. We are consistently in the top 15% of schools nationally for achievement.

Aston Manor Academy serves a culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged catchment area yet year on year produces excellent results for its very deserving student’s. We firmly believe that one of the key hallmarks of Aston Manor Academy is the positive, friendly and supportive ethos which enables all of our students to make progress, both academically and in their personal development. In our last Ofsted inspection (June 2017) we were judged to be Outstanding in all areas. In addition, our Sixth Form is rated best for progress in Birmingham!

 

As an employer, Equitas Academies Trust offers:

  • A supportive and nurturing working environment
  • A commitment to CPD opportunities
  • Employee wellbeing benefits including access to a bus pass scheme, Voluntary Health Care Cash Plan and a cycle to work scheme, 1-2-1 Clinical Supervision for DSLs
  • Employer contributions to Local Government Pensions Scheme (support staff) or Teacher Pensions Scheme (teaching staff)
  • Pay progression cantered around a robust performance management process
  • An inclusive and caring ethos.

The successful candidate should have a commitment to the Trust and community ethos.

We pride ourselves on improving the lives of our students, as well as supporting the fantastic team who dedicate themselves to students every single day. This is an opportunity to really make a difference and enjoy a varied, challenging, and ultimately rewarding role.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of all children and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all pre-employment checks necessary to meet safer recruitment requirements, including a satisfactory enhanced DBS check, right-to-work check, and references.

For further information and to download an application form, the Job Description / Person Specification please visit the school website https://www.equitasacademiestrust.com/work-for-us/.

Please email your completed application form to: jobs@equitasacademiestrust.com 

On the 24th November 2022 the opportunity to have a tour of the school and an informal discussion with the Headteacher is available. Please contact the People and Organisational Development team by calling 0121 359 8108 to book your place.

Closing date for application forms: 28th November 2022 at 12 midday

Interviews will be held the w/c 5th December 2022.

 

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About Aston Manor Academy

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School Information

Aston Manor has a strong reputation for providing an excellent education for all its pupils in a friendly and caring environment.

Our school caters for children of all abilities in a well-disciplined environment and through a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Our staff are highly qualified, experienced and committed to ensuring that every pupil reaches his or her potential.

We currently have over 830 pupils on roll and pride ourselves on being a close-knit community, in which everyone feels valued and involved. This enables children transferring from primary schools to settle in very quickly.

We are proud of the way in which our pupils conduct themselves both in school and outside. Visitors frequently compliment them on their 'confident and courteous behaviour'. During every lesson, pupils' efforts and conduct are monitored by staff.

Commendation stamps are recorded in their planners at the end of a lesson. These are monitored by form tutors in afternoon registration. This programme ensures that pupils who are working well are rewarded; it also indicates those pupils who could try harder.

This reward system keeps parents informed, lesson by lesson, about how their child is progressing. It draws on a support network which involves form tutors, heads of department, heads of year, assistant head teachers, parents and ultimately, the head teacher and school governors.

 

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