Deputy Head Teacher - Teaching
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
Nottinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- L21-L25
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2014
Job overview
Deputy Head Teacher - Teaching, Nottinghamshire
We wish to appoint an outstanding professional to join our ambitious, forward thinking and highly successful Senior Leadership Team. This role will make an important contribution to strategic development of the school.
Rushcliffe School is an outstanding school located in West Bridgford, Nottingham, and for the second year running we have been recognised by the DfE as being amongst the top 100 schools in the country for adding value. The school became an academy in 2012 and we are currently developing our links with other schools.
We have a sustained record of high achievement and central to our ethos is that "everyone should be given the chance to shine brightly".
We are keen to encourage and develop the school leaders of tomorrow and we are establishing effective professional development programmes for our leaders at all levels. It is assumed that anyone appointed to a deputy headship at Rushcliffe will hope to be a head teacher within the next few years.
Whilst we are clear about the main focus and purpose of the post, some of the responsibilities will be tailored to take into account the strengths and experience of the successful candidate. However, central to the post will be the proven abilities to provide strong and progressive leadership which will enhance and promote the development of our very able teaching force and our pupils
Rushcliffe School is a welcoming school community in which staff, governors, students and parents work well together and achieve great things. If you have the drive, commitment and talent to join us in our undertaking to continue to provide an outstanding education for our pupils, we would be delighted to hear from you.
"Students receive an excellent education, both academically and in their personal development. This prepares them exceptionally well for the next stage of their education or for employment." Ofsted 2014
Visits to the school are encouraged and may be arranged for either Thursday 27th March 9.30 am or Tuesday 1st April 1.30pm. Please email Jayne Dury PA to The Headteacher to reserve a place jdury@rushcliffe.notts.sch.uk. For other enquiries regarding the post please telephone Marian Beaumont Operations Manager 0115 9744050 Ext 133.
Closing date: Noon 22nd April 2014
Interviews: Week commencing 28th April 2014
Please note that there is an expectation within our school that all staff take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. This post is therefore subject to an enhanced CRB Check.
For further information and an application form, please visit our website at: http://www.rushcliffe.notts.sch.uk/index.php/vacancies
BOUNDARY ROAD
WEST BRIDGFORD
NOTTINGHAM
NG2 7BW
Tel. (0115) 974 4050
About Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
- Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
- Boundary Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- NG2 7BW
- United Kingdom
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy is a highly successful 11-18 comprehensive school located in West Bridgford, Nottingham. Recognised as ‘outstanding’ since 2014, inspectors concluded that “Students receive an excellent education, both academically and in their personal development, preparing them exceptionally well for the next stage of their education or for employment.”
For a number of years Rushcliffe has been one of the highest achieving schools in the region at GCSE and a high percentage of Rushcliffe Sixth Form students move on to study at the most prestigious universities.
In 2015 Rushcliffe were awarded the World Class Schools Quality Mark. The only school in the East Midlands to be awarded such an honour in recognition of taking the school “beyond outstanding”
Everyone at Rushcliffe will be given the chance to shine brightly. Every child, no matter what their ability, their background, their aspirations or the barriers that stand in their way, to be successful.
We have high expectations of everyone in the school community. This leads to an environment where pupils work hard, show respect and courtesy and are expected to try their best in all that they do. We are a happy and harmonious community where children feel safe and talents are nurtured.
We have a committed and talented staff team. They work hard to support, nurture and challenge our pupils. We believe in investing to develop our staff so that they too are the best they can be. We work with other schools, with universities and with a number of other organisations to learn from the latest research and bring the very best practice to Rushcliffe. We are one of eight secondary schools in the Spencer Academies Trust and benefit from the close partnership working that comes from being part of a successful regional trust.
The Spencer Academies Trust aims to be an employer of choice within the East Midlands. We recognise that meeting our recruitment and retention targets depends on creating a leading support offer, which promotes staff wellbeing and allows colleagues to access opportunities including staff discount programmes.
Together, we deliver on the Spencer Academies Trust mission: to provide an outstanding quality of education and improve the life chances of children across the East Midlands.
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