Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral or Inclusion

About us

Rated Good by Ofsted in 2023, and Outstanding for Leadership and Management, Thornhill Community Academy is ‘A School, A Family, A Community’. Our mission is to improve the life chances of every single student through a clear focus on our ABC - attendance, behaviour and curriculum. Quite simply, our expectations are for everyone at the academy to be nice and work hard in all we do.

The academy is a proud member of the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust and the Calderdale and Kirklees Teaching School Hub. This means we can offer our colleagues and prospective candidates access to a fantastic support network, CPD, and opportunities to develop best practice across the trust.

The academy is situated in a close-knit, diverse community, and is in good commuting distance from Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wakefield.

Thornhill is proud to offer:

• A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key.
• A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in students’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own.
• Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated.
• Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development.
• Supportive leadership, encouraging a healthy work-life balance.
• A supportive and ambitious environment where all students are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives.
• A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities.
• A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.

About the role

An aspiring or existing Senior Leader to join a highly performing, well established Senior Leadership Team that will springboard the right person towards pastoral Deputy Headship in the future.

With a start date of January 2025, we are seeking to appoint a highly driven and self motivated leader who can support the Deputy Headteacher in leading and developing elements of pastoral or inclusion in the Academy, based on the candidate’s previous experience and expertise.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be QTS qualified and well established as an outstanding classroom practitioner who inspires and motivates students and staff alike.
• Have a range of successful leadership experiences at a whole-school level.
• Be able to demonstrate impact of experience of improving standards at a whole-school level, including leadership.
• Confidently evidence the impact of continuing professional development on their practice, and be willing to undertake further development as appropriate.
• Be data driven to ensure strategies have impact, and improve pastoral and inclusion outcomes.
• Understand, and be committed to, our belief at Thornhill Community Academy, that people achieve their best when they enjoy what they are doing, feel safe and are rewarded for their commitment and success.
• Be aligned fully with our expectations for all our stakeholders – be nice, work hard.

For more information and to apply, please visit our vacancies page.

Closing date: 11:00pm on Sunday 20th October 2024.

Interview dates: Thursday 24th October 2024.

This post requires the post holder to work in settings with children and young adults. Any employment offer is therefore subject to the results of an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). People who may have contact with younger children (i.e. primary school age) are also required to complete a declaration about family or other members of their household. Applicants MUST complete the MAT’s standard application form to be considered, will be required to provide evidence of identity and qualifications and offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references. For applicants who work or have recently worked in a school, one of the references must be from the Headteacher.