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Deputy Headteacher - Full-time

The Gordon Children's Academy, Rochester

  • Ref:MED887-2010-32T
  • Posted:22/04/2020
  • Pay:TSAT Salary Grade L10 – L14 £52,033 - £58,113
  • Start Date:September 2020
  • App Close Date:24/04/2020 at 23:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Start Date: September 2020

Interviews to be held remotely

 

An exciting opportunity for a motivated and inspirational Deputy Headteacher to join the Leadership team at a large three form entry Ofsted rated ‘Good’ School (February 2017).

 

Your new role:

  • You will work alongside experienced and new teams, who will be on hand to support and guide you with resources and planning
  • Some teaching commitments but you will have dedicated release time
  • You will be part of a large team in managing, leading and developing the school to attain high standards of pupil progress and achievement for all
  • The post-holder will provide guidance and support to other members of staff 
  • You will support and develop assessment to enable consistency and identify gaps within children’s learning across all years
  • The Deputy Headteacher will encourage positive behaviour and promote the school’s vision 

 

What you will need to succeed:

  • QTS and recent experience of working within a Primary setting within the leadership team
  • Dedicated to ensure that all of our children achieve their very best
  • Passionate about teaching and learning and improving the life chances of our children
  • Positive outlook and excellent interpersonal skills
  • We want to employ practitioners who have Good or Outstanding practice, along with high expectations for yourself and the children
  • Aspiring leader of learning
  • Happy to grasp exciting opportunities and contribute to the values, ethos and the development of our new school

 

What you will get in return from The Gordon’s Children’s Academy:

  • The opportunity to work with happy children who come into school ready and excited to learn each morning. 
  • Support from a vast network of senior leaders and other teachers within the school and our trust, our teachers regularly get the opportunity to meet and share best practice with the relevant year group teachers of the other 4 Medway Primary Schools within our trust.
  • As a teacher at The Thinking Schools Academy Trust you can also benefit from an internationally accredited pedagogy approach to thinking and learning, which has been proven to enhance classroom practice. 
  • We can offer excellent CPD opportunities, particularly through the New Horizons Teaching School’s alliance, which also offers a great support network for our staff. 

Our Primary Academy offers lots of space and intervention and breakout areas.

Teachers who join our happy and friendly academy can also benefit from a discounted price of £10 a month for a membership of the Thinking Fitness gym, which is located on site at New Horizons Children’s Academy in Chatham. .

 

What you need to do now:

If you are interested in working in a large Primary academy, benefiting from a large support network and you are keen to progress your career, then please apply today!

We also encourage any early applications and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we suitable candidate is found. 

 

Information about the school

The Gordon’s Children’s Academy is based in the Strood area. Our Junior and Infant school work closely together to ensure that all staff and children work together as one. We are lucky enough have a passionate workforce at our school who all care for and respect the fantastic children of our school.

We are dedicated to school improvement and we all aim to provide a happy, safe and fun school environment for the children, and our staff too. We have high expectations of behaviour and we recognise that it is our responsibility to listen to the children verbally or by interpreting their behaviour. Pupils of Gordon’s Children’s Academy are proud of their school and have an exciting environment around them to learn in, we encourage use of a creative curriculum and all children enjoy decorating their classroom whilst they focus on a particular topic across the curriculum.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.