Assistant Headteacher of Post 16 - Chiltern Way Academy
Location: Wendover
Overview
Term time only: Yes
Required: ASAP
Salary Type: Leadership
Salary details: Leadership Spine L1 – L7
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Standard teaching hours
Closing date: 07/02/2025 00:00
Interviews to be held: TBC
About us
An exciting life changing career with fabulous opportunities! Be part of something extraordinary!
We don't do ordinary; we are rewriting the future with our Ofsted 'Outstanding' cutting edge and transformational approaches to educating students with ASC and SEMH.
We are on a mission to turn around the futures of our young people and we are looking for exceptional individuals to help us achieve this.
Together we can make a huge positive impact on the lives and life chances of our students.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our amazing school so please contact us and come and see for yourself.
Website: www.chilternway.org
About the role
To carry out the duties of a school teacher as set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document and subject to any amendments due to government legislation. This includes any duties as may be reasonably directed by the Headteacher.
To demonstrate good inclusive practice with particular reference to children with special educational needs, more able children and children with English as an additional language.
To be committed to and actively promote the school’s equal opportunities policy.
To uphold the school’s principles and policies which underpin good practice and the raising of standards.
JOB PURPOSE Section 1 - Job purpose and accountability
Work with the Head of Campus (HoC) and Head of Post 16 (HoP16) to provide professional leadership for the school which secures its success and improvement, ensuring high quality education for all its learners and improved standards of teaching.
Work with the HoC/HoP16 to ensure that our Academy has a calm, safe and purposeful culture.
Work with the HoC/HoP16 in the development of an innovative, creative curriculum that meets our need to motivate our leaners and provide them with future sustainable employment.
Support the HoC/HoP16 to ensure the school is a safe and happy environment in which students and staff can learn and thrive.
Performance management of teachers.
Specific areas of responsibility as clearly delegated by the HoC/HoP16.
Contribute directly to the development of CWAT’s Post 16 provision.
General duties and responsibilities:
To carry out the duties of the Assistant Head Teacher as set out in the School Teachers Pay & Conditions Document.
To ensure that the vision and mission are embedded in everything we do.
Teaching and Learning
Work with the HoC/Hop16 to create and sustain an environment and code of behaviour and discipline that secures and sustains effective teaching and learning.
Provide a model of good to outstanding teaching and be able to coach and share that expertise with colleagues.
Support planning and designing a curriculum, that motivates our learners and leads to sustainable employment.
Ensure there are personalised learning opportunities and success through a differentiated curriculum offer.
Support the maintenance of effective teaching and learning by:
Coaching and mentoring, sharing best practice.
Observing teaching and learning in order to support and develop colleagues to meet personal and professional targets.
Monitoring planning and learners work.
Analysing pupil progress using tracking systems to set targets and inform school improvement.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
In addition to the generic personal attributes of CWA’s teachers the Assistant Head will have:
Essential:
• Essential requirement to have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• A minimum of three years teaching experience.
• Measurable positive achievement as a classroom practitioner.
• Evidence of wider success across school life.
• Experience of working successfully with children with ASC or SEMH.
• Experience of working successfully with children who present with challenging behaviour.
• Leadership and management experience.
• High standards of personal presentation, punctuality and courtesy.
• The skills and experience demanded of a successful team leader including ability to innovate and a high level of interpersonal skills.
• Places a high value on the students.
• Committed to equality of opportunity.
• Very high standards of integrity.
• A willingness to apply sanctions and discipline in an assertive, measured and fair way.
• A willingness to give freely of time and commit wholly and fully to the post.
• Rigorously observing and maintaining the routines and conventions of school life.
• An ability to reflect, change, adapt, develop and improve.
Desirable Characteristics
• Recent appropriate professional development including preparation for management.
• Led an area(s) of school improvement or project
• Skills, qualifications or significant experience in a vocational context, industry or setting.
• Knowledge of supported internships, apprenticeships and work experience regulations.
For further information please see attached Person specification.
Other information
For more information please contact Natasha Wakley on 01296 622 157 ext 280 or email [email protected]
Please send all completed application forms to [email protected]
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS clearance.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
