Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher

Start Date: 1 September 2022

Closing Date: 3pm, Tuesday 24 May 2022 

Interviews: Friday 27 May 2022

Salary: Leadership Pay Scale 11 to 15

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Headteacher at Shaftesbury School. 

   

Sherborne Area Schools Trust are seeking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Head to join our Leadership team at Shaftesbury School, Dorset.  

The exact duties for this post will be strategically and operationally designed around the skills and experience of the successful applicant. If you an experienced middle leader who is ready for Leadership or if you are an existing Senior Leader ready for a change, this post is ideal for you.  This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic school community with a very dedicated and hardworking staff team, excellent facilities and wonderful students in a beautiful part of the world.

You will be someone who understands and enjoys working with young people, is well organised, flexible, adaptable and enjoys variety in your work. You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to motivate students and gain their respect. The successful candidate will be able to influence and motivate others via their own excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Each of the four SAST Secondary Schools will be adopting a new Senior Leadership Structure in the new academic year.  The revised SLT structure will support the Ofsted framework with senior leaders being responsible for one of the four key areas:

• Quality of Education
• Personal Development
• Behaviour & Attitudes
• Head of Sixth Form

The final area of the Ofsted framework is Leadership & Management and although this is most effective when it is seen as a collective approach, it is one of the Headteacher’s key roles and responsibilities. 

The specific roles and responsibilities of this position will be decided on appointment, and we would therefore like you to articulate how your knowledge, skills and experience supports any of the four areas identified above. 

We can provide you:

• Supportive, experienced school team of staff and governors
• Great leadership opportunities to develop your career
• An attractive location
• The chance to make a difference and contribute to the school’s future development
• Training and leadership development
• The opportunity to work within SAST, a forward-thinking and growing multi-academy trust
• Support and collaboration with other schools across the Trust.

To apply for this opportunity, please share your vision and values on school leadership whilst referring to the one of the four areas in a concise application of no longer than two sides of A4. 

Your application should be emailed to recruitment@sast.org.uk by 3pm on Tuesday 24 May. Interviews will be held at Shaftesbury School on Friday 27 May.

The school, part of the Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust, has an absolute commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

The Trust values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.