Deputy Headteacher (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning)

Northgate High School, Ipswich Suffolk IP4 3DL

Deputy Headteacher (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning)

L21 - L25 (£77,195 - £85,146 per annum)

Full Time

Permanent

Required from September 2024

Your role

An opportunity has arisen for an inspirational professional with outstanding leadership skills to join us from September 2024. You will take the lead within our heavily over-subscribed and forward-looking school for all aspects of the curriculum and teaching and learning.

This post is not suitable for ECTs.

Your responsibilities

With the current post holder stepping down from this role, an opportunity exists for a suitably experienced, inspirational and outstanding senior leader to take on this significant post holding responsibility for curriculum and teaching and learning. You will spearhead our drive to deliver an excellent quality of education to all our students and work with experienced and passionate colleagues in delivering this.

Supporting subject leaders with curriculum development, keeping up to date with Ofsted requirements and maintaining oversight of CPD for all teaching staff are key roles aligned to this post. It is essential that you can work effectively with others as the role requires collaboration with equally passionate senior colleagues around ensuring that teaching and learning is accessible by all students and consistently delivered in safe and supportive learning environments; and in ensuring that our quality assurance process remains rigorous, focussed and inclusive of student voice. Running the teaching and learning group, supporting the ECT, ITT and DfE internship programmes, and delivering various information evenings to our community are also crucial parts of the role.

You will need:

Required from September 2024 an outstanding professional with evidence of recent and sustained successful leadership at a senior leadership level in a secondary school setting. You will have a genuine commitment to collaboration and teamwork, recognising that working together enables the best outcomes for our students. You will have exceptional interpersonal skills, a warm professional rapport and a genuine empathy for students' needs. Excellent communication skills suitable for a range of audiences, a capacity to manage a significant workload and determination, resilience and tenacity are requisite personal characteristics.

About us

Northgate High School and Sixth Form is an 11-18 school situated on the edge of Ipswich. Our school is an impressive site, with purpose-built centres maintained and equipped to the highest standards, including recent investment in technology.

We embrace three core values of Respect, Determination and Teamwork. These values are fundamental to the calm and positive learning environment that we strive to achieve at all levels across the school.

Following Ofsted's 2019 inspection we remain a 'Good' school. Ofsted noted that "pupils enjoy coming to this school" and that "the Sixth form is a vibrant learning community, where every student is valued as an individual.

The ethos at Northgate is underpinned by our genuine desire to support the wellbeing of every student and staff member ensuring that they can realise their full potential. We value our staff highly and, if you join us, you will be working in a school that is committed to staff wellbeing and offers a first-class professional development programme carefully linked to the School Improvement Plan and Performance Management Objectives. This means that our CPD programme strengthens the link between personal autonomy and our aims as a school. We maintain positive links with other local schools and universities.

Along with the extensive CPD programme we offer a competitive pension scheme and benefit package available to all staff.

We will offer you:

Being an employee of Northgate High School allows you access to an Employee Benefits scheme saving you money on many High Street brands, a Cycle2work Scheme, use of the sports facilities, library and free parking. Hot meals are available on-site during term time. We also offer entry into the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

To find out more:

For any interested applicants please email or call the Headteacher's Personal Assistant, Trish Finch: tfinch@northgate.suffolk.sch.uk from Monday 26 February to seek further information about this post or to arrange a visit and tour of the school.

How to apply:

Apply via: https://jobsearch.teacheroo.io/northgate-high-school

Closing date: 11 March 2024.

All vacancies appear on: www.suffolkjobsdirect.org

Suffolk County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.