Assistant Headteacher Full Time

Caterham, Surrey
Tempest Resourcing Limited

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

We’re currently looking to recruit an Assistant Headteacher within an SEN school based in Caterham. The successful candidate will be working alongside the Head of School in all aspects of leadership and management and to take responsibility for managing and developing learning and teaching, curriculum, careers & work experience, assessment and enrichment throughout the designated phases of the school. You will take a central role in assisting the Head of School to develop the school in accordance with its shared values and our school development plan.

What’s in it for you? / Why Should You Apply?

• You want to make a difference in the lives of our students and their families.
• You relish the opportunity to lead on a specific curriculum area, such as CE/IAG across all our Surrey Schools
• You want to contribute to our broad and creative curriculum offer.
• You want to work with an inspiring student population.
• You enjoy working as part of a collaborative and committed multi-disciplinary team.
• You have a strong commitment to student and staff well-being and want to work in an organisation with the same strong values.
• You want to work within an organisation that support, develops and invests in their staff.

Key Duties:

You will be accountable to the Head of School to provide the following roles and responsibilities. Below is a small part of the responsibilities that you will hold, for the full job description please apply with your CV and I will be in contact.

• To play a key role in the overall smooth running of the school.
• To spend up to 40% (to be directed by the Head of School) of working time classroom based demonstrating and modelling good practice and ensuring ‘quality teaching first’.
• To lead by example of his/her practice, and by positively encouraging, coaching and mentoring and supporting training and development for all members of the team.
• To take lead responsibility for ensuring the best possible curriculum offer, provision, well-being, progress and achievement for all children especially through enrichment, creative learning, extended services, partnerships and collaboration.
• To work with the Head of School to ensure that the school offers a high quality, exciting, engaging, well resourced, differentiated and well matched curriculum for all children.
• To develop positive relationships within the school, within the Surrey Schools and the wider Team and externally, which support the running and developing of the school towards and sustaining outstanding.
• To act as Exam Officer for the site, working with subject teachers to ensure examinations and accreditation processes are in place and that JCQ requirements are met.
• To lead on Gatsby and work with the wider school team to deliver a Careers Framework that supports KS4 pupils on their pathway to adulthood.

Interested?

If you’re interested, please apply with your CV and I will be in contact!