Senior Assistant Headteacher (Teaching & Learning including SEND provision)
Deyes High School
Sefton
- £65,010 - £71,729 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership L14 - L18 (pay award pending)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 18 October 2024
Job overview
Engage, Enable, Empower
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational Senior Assistant Headteacher who is dynamic, creative and ambitious.
The successful candidate will work alongside the Head of School and Senior Leadership team to secure high quality and engaging curriculum experiences that inspires, enables and empowers our students to reach their individual potential.
You will have a proven track record of successful leadership at middle or senior leadership level. You will be able to demonstrate personal skills and qualities that align to an already established positive, hardworking and committed team. You will be fully committed to the Lydiate Learning Trusts ethos.
Deyes High School is proud to have been the founding school in Lydiate Learning Trust. As a Trust we are expanding and working together across both the primary and secondary sectors with the ambition of becoming outstanding. Our place in Lydiate Learning Trust enables us to benefit from a wealth of collaboration in all aspects of school life, from leadership and teaching and learning to professional development and our people strategy.
Deyes High School is a vibrant, ambitious and oversubscribed school that is rated ’good’ by Ofsted. Our ambition is to be ‘outstanding’ in all areas and welcome your application to be part of that journey.
In April 2024, our new state of the art building was completed and is now fully operational. Staff and students are now benefitting from our modern building which spans three floors and boasts a host of state-of- the-art facilities, including high-tech classrooms, specialist science laboratories, a learning resource centre, an art studio and a multi-use games area. Our new building is net zero carbon in operation, with photovoltaic panels for solar power, hybrid natural vent units and three air source heat pumps. When Phase Two is completed in 2025, the school grounds will include large playing fields and sports pitches, a wildlife garden, a nature trail, and a habitat area to support learning and promote wellbeing for our 1,400 students.
Alongside, and no less important, is our excellent performance. We work hard to ensure that Deyes offers a friendly, welcoming and enriching environment for all, including those who work, visit and study here. Whilst we are proud of our achievements, we strive to improve year on year whilst maintaining the happy atmosphere for which we are renowned. We match our goals by the whole school community working together as a team.
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.
If you feel you are up to the challenge, keen to do well and would enjoy working at Deyes High School, then please apply.
We do hope you are that special person we are looking for and we look forward to hearing from you.
A full job description can be found in our Job Pack which can be downloaded below.
To apply please use the TES Quick Apply.
Please ensure you complete the supporting statement within the application form addressing the following points:
- Why you are interested in the post and your experience so far
- What contributions you could make to students' development within our school
- Any particular areas of strength and expertise you have to offer.
Lydiate Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Unfortunately, as an employer we do not hold a sponsorship licence, so are unable to support overseas applicants obtain right to work in the UK.
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About Deyes High School
I am delighted you are considering an application to join the team of staff at Deyes High School: part of the Lydiate Learning Trust.
Deyes High School has a long and successful history of both academic excellence and a supportive, caring culture. We are a vibrant and forward thinking school where teaching and learning is at the centre of all we do. We are a proper school where everyone is welcome and everyone is given the opportunity to thrive and succeed. We are proud of our high standards in every aspect of daily life at Deyes High School. Core values bind our community together and provide us with a common purpose. The challenge is to provide all this and more, to enable the aspirations of our whole community to be realised.
Our vision is clear. We will engage, enable and empower our students by making the process of learning vivid, challenging and enjoyable. We will focus on the development of the whole student, treating each of them with the same kindness, dedication and consideration we would wish for our own children. We will have high expectations of every member of our school community because standards matter. As a result, our polite, enthusiastic and ambitious students develop a love of learning and a passion for subject knowledge which enables them not just to dream about achieving, but to truly succeed.
Deyes High School is an extensive learning community in which we are all active participants. Our subject specialist staff are part of a culture of self improvement which promotes expertise that is infectious in a classroom. Consequently our environment is stimulating and supportive. Our classrooms are dynamic and purposeful. Our school is a happy place to grow and learn, feel valued and respected.
The curriculum we deliver is underpinned by the responsibility we have to prepare our students for college, university, apprenticeship and future employment not only with their exceptional academic results but also their confidence, resilience and citizenship. Deyes High School students will always consider the interests of others as well as themselves. They will always think globally, weighing judiciously how they can effect change for the better. They will always be proud to say that they are part of our school.
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