Deputy Headteacher

Deputy Headteacher

Salary: Depending on experience

Start date: May or September 2023

The Forest School Academy Trust in Winnersh is continuing to grow due to outstanding results and feedback, and we are looking to recruit for a leader of exceptional quality to join our Senior Leadership Team at our ‘Good’ school. You will either be an experienced Deputy or Assistant Headteacher, or have a proven track record of school improvement with the belief that you can make a difference. You will need to have outstanding leadership skills, energy and passion to bring out the best in our school, staff and students.

As a sole Deputy Headteacher you will be expected to be at the centre of the team, leading the school community by example. We expect you to provide professional leadership for the school which secures its success and continuous improvement, ensuring high quality education for all its students and outstanding standards of learning and achievement.

The successful candidate will lead the school with the Headteacher to obtain outstanding in all aspects of the school ensuring the closing of achievement gaps, with a focus on raising the aspirations of the developing the cultural capital of under-achieving groups, and leading effective whole school intervention strategies to address differences in achievement and outcomes. Our aspiration is to ensure our boys outperform girls nationally. You would be the driving force to ensure an exceptional quality of education at all levels.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• The opportunity to help shape the strategic direction of the school and sculpt its future to outstanding.
• The opportunity to develop further the ethos that enables secure and effective teaching and results for all Forest students.
• The scope to work in partnership with staff, students, the academy trust and the community and lead them on a journey to educational success.
• A growing school and sixth form with opportunities to further develop by driving results to well above national average through clear data analysis.
• To further support the school’s journey to Outstanding.
• To be supported and developed for Headship preparation if that is your aspiration.

We are an established academy school from year 7 to year 13 with a growing roll and an Ofsted ‘Good’ under the new framework. The main school is a single sex non-selective boys school, with a modern 6th form centre that is co-educational. We have a long tradition of academic and sporting success and have close links with Reading Football Club, athletics, swimming and cricket clubs in addition to links with businesses and education partners nationwide.

For further information, please click here to download the information pack from our website. For a tour of our school and to answer any questions, please telephone Jaquie Blaney, PA to the Headteacher, on 0118 978 1626 x 1091 to arrange.

Closing date for applications: 12:00noon Thursday, 9th March 2023.

Please note, we may consider and interview as applications are received; we have the right to appoint a suitable candidate on receipt of application. This is policy procedure as we are aware of the competitive market and wish to recruit the correct person. Submissions from agencies will not be accepted.

We look forward to hearing from you.