Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour and Transition
Our Lady's Catholic College
Lancashire
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- Salary:
- LSP 11-15
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 7 October 2024
Job overview
The Assistant Headteacher for behaviour role is a pivotal post in our school which will work closely with the rest of the Senior Leadership Team to lead and implement the school behaviour management strategy, including how pupils are rewarded.
In recent years Our Lady's Catholic College has made many improvements; in March 2024, Ofsted judged behaviour in school as 'good'. We are looking for someone to continue the sterling work of the previous post holder, who has moved on following promotion.
The successful candidate will:
- be a visible leader, confidently holding students and staff to the highest standards
- maintain and develop further the strong Catholic ethos of our school
- be responsible for ensuring the behaviour strategy is carefully implemented, based upon consistency, to ensure that behaviour in and out of lessons is exemplary.
- be expected to deliver training to staff to enable them to use the behaviour strategies consistently and effectively.
- line manage Progress Leaders
- be responsible for the tracking and monitoring of behaviour and working with both the middle and senior leadership teams.
- be passionate about making a real difference to the lives of our children, families and community
- have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to promote and encourage parental engagement
- be able to form positive relationships with pupils, parents and staff
- be able to engage and motivate young people
- assist in the day-to-day running of the school
- be an excellent classroom teacher
- contribute to the vision and strategic direction of the school
- embed the virtues as character education through the pastoral team
- liaise with Year 7 Progress Leader and primary schools line managing the transition process
This opportunity will provide the chance to join a Leadership Team of established professionals. You will need to share our dedication to ensuring that all our young people can succeed in all aspects of their life. You will also need to be a highly skilled classroom practitioner, as all members of the Leadership Team model good practice and contribute to the development of research led pedagogy.
Closing date: Monday 7th October at 9am
Interviews: 16th/17th October (TBC)
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About Our Lady's Catholic College
Our Ladys’ Catholic College is a successful comprehensive school with an excellent sixth form provision situated in Lancaster, Lancashire. We are growing in popularity and currently oversubscribed due to recent improvements not only in results but also in pupils’ behaviour.
Parents recognise the excellent standard of pastoral care and we have a culture of high expectations resulting in a happy school to work and learn in.
We belong to a Catholic Teaching Alliance and have a sharp focus on research based CPD which allows our staff to engage in the current approaches to understand how learning takes place. This inspires our staff to give the best possible learning experience to enable our pupils to be more effective learners.
If you are considering relocating we strongly recommend you come and explore Lancaster and the surrounding areas. You can get a flavour of what we have to offer by some of the links below.
Lancaster is a beautiful city filled with a rich history and stunning surroundings. According to Ch4’s ‘Best Place to Live in the UK’ programme, the Lancaster district is one of the 10 best places to live in the country! Property guru Sarah Beeny took into account affordability of housing, jobs, business, well-being, culture and family life resulting in ranking Lancaster ninth over hundreds of other UK areas.
The area is very well connected for transport; there are two motorway junctions from the M6 and the newly opened bypass has greatly improved traffic congestion into the city centre. If you want to visit larger cities, Lancaster is on the main train line making it a very easy journey to Manchester (1hr), Glasgow/Edinburgh (2hrs) and London (2.5hrs). The nearby port of Heysham has car ferries to the Isle of Man and Ireland.
Due to its universities, Lancaster has a vibrant cultural scene and is becoming quite cosmopolitan. There are many bars, restaurants and pubs with lots of live music. The city hosts food festivals, beer festivals, jazz festivals and music festivals. https://visitlancaster.org.uk/blog/19-events-in-2019/. Thespians benefit from two theatres and two cinemas, there are 3 museums and exhibitions are regularly held in the city’s art galleries.
Walkers are spoilt for choice with the Lake District, the Forest of Bowland and the Dales all nearby offering outstanding natural beauty in the countryside.
https://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/out-about/walks/10-great-spring-walks-in-lancashire-1-4931810. The Lune Valley has lots of pretty and popular villages and there are safe cycle tracks, perfect for families, along the river - upstream to the Crook O’Lune, downstream to Glasson Dock and along the old railway track to the nearby seaside town of Morecambe.
Morecambe also offers a variety of festivals such as Vintage by the Sea, A Splendid Day Out, Morecambe Comic Con and Catch the Wind Kite Festival.
https://morecambebid.com/festivals-events-2019/. Concerts are regularly held at the resorts’s Platform venue. The famous 1930’s Art Deco hotel, The Midland, is a very popular spot for afternoon tea or cocktails as it looks out over the bay. https://englishlakes.co.uk/the-midland/. There is a lovely safe promenade which is fabulous for prams, bikes, or just feet as all 5 miles of it are totally flat making it ideal for family walks.
If you are considering applying for a post in our school please feel free to contact the headteacher's assistant, c.rowlands@olcc.lancs.sch.uk, to arrange a visit so you can see for yourself how wonderful our school is.
A link to the Ofsted report on the Ofsted site: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/119798
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