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Deputy Headteacher

Deputy Headteacher

Haverstock School

Camden

Salary:
ISR L22 (£71,302) to L26 (£77,893)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2015
Apply by:
30 September 2014

Job overview

An ambitious, accomplished senior leader required to contribute at the highest level towards our journey to outstanding. 
             
The appointment of the current deputy to a headship presents us with an opportunity to appoint an outstanding, ambitious deputy head aspiring to headship. 

Haverstock is a mixed, comprehensive school of over 1250 pupils. The school was re-built in 2004 and now provides state-of-the-art facilities for the students as well as for the community in a rich programme of community activities and extended services.

Haverstock is a popular school, well regarded by the local community, which continues to make significant improvement in all areas.  Our exam results have continued to improve and projections for this year do the same. Attainment is now in line with national average with rates of progress significantly above the national average.

Our most recent Ofsted inspection judged us to be 'good,' with many areas judged as outstanding.  We are now working very hard to become the outstanding school that we know we can be.  We have the capacity and experience within the curriculum and want to continue to build our teaching and leadership capacity at all levels.

'Haverstock is a good school, where attainment is rising quickly and students make good progress.  It has many outstanding features, including the curriculum and the quality of care, guidance and support.  Since the previous inspection, leaders have focused resolutely on improving teaching and learning in order to raise students' attainment, especially in English and mathematics.'
'Outstanding care, guidance and support contribute greatly to students' security, enjoyment and achievement.'
'Students' artistic, sporting, cultural, moral and spiritual development is outstanding.'
'Students enjoy very harmonious relationships with each other.'
'The headteacher and senior leadership team are passionate, determined and effective.'

Ofsted December 2011

This is an excellent time to join a confident, successful, ambitious and improving school.  

  • Attainment and progress are following a steep upward trajectory and are on or significantly above the national average.
  • We have developed a strong and bespoke pedagogy to meet the needs of all our students.
  • We have outstanding links with a range of partners, from business to the wider community, and with other education providers.
  • Staff welfare and professional development are high priorities and five deputies have gone on to headship in the last seven years.
  • We have a strong and developing reputation in our local area.
  • We have an outstanding governing body with very clear ambitions for the future.

We have well motivated, committed staff with excellent support and a comprehensive induction programme for all staff.  

The leadership team comprises the head, three deputies and five assistant heads.  Each deputy has a responsibility for a Key Stage, as well as whole school responsibility.  The current team has expertise in all areas of management and we want to appoint a visionary and innovative teacher who can inspire and lead on a wide portfolio.  The post includes significant curricular, pastoral and inclusive responsibility and an extensive understanding of how schools work strategically and operationally at a whole school level, a commitment to excellence in teaching and learning and a high level of ICT competence are essential.  This post would be an opportunity for an ambitious leader to gain experience leading to Headship within 3 years.  

If you would like to discuss the post please contact John Dowd at school.

Application form and further details available from jobs@haverstock.camden.sch.uk

Closing date: Tuesday 30th September 2014
First round selection and final interviews will take place during week beginning 6th October

Haverstock School
24 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London, NW3 2BQ           
Tel: 020 7267 0975     
Headteacher: John Dowd

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About Haverstock School

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+44 20 7267 0975

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H3 is a values-based group of three schools who believe in the benefts of collaboration to achieve our aim of being a place where all can learn and grow. Comprised of Haverstock (mainstream secondary and Sixth Form), Harmood (SEMH secondary special school) and Heath (secondary pupil referral unit), our schools share expertise and resources and create opportunities and better outcomes for young people, whilst at the same time allowing each school to flourish with its own identity and community.

H3 was created in April 2023 following a two-year trial collaboration between Haverstock and Camden Centre for Learning under the leadership of the outgoing Executive Headteacher. Having seen the benefts of collaboration, the Governing Bodies of Haverstock and Camden Centre for Learning worked together to form a ‘hard Federation’ with a single Governing Body, whilst at the same time renaming the Camden Centre for Learning Schools Heath and Harmood. The Governing Body also has delegated authority from the Local Authority as the Management Committee of Heath School (pupil referral unit). H3 works closely with the Camden family of schools to enhance inclusion across the borough and our provision also includes the Camden Reintegration Base (CRiB), a short-term intervention for Key Stage 3 students in all Camden schools at risk of permanent exclusion and the Camden Pathways Programme, which commissions, places and quality assures alternative education placements in local settings for Key Stage 4 students. 

Each H3 School has its own Head of School with responsibility for the day-to-day management of their school. They are supported by the H3 central team under the overall leadership of the Executive Headteacher. The central team has developed a service level agreement with Heads of School with the aim of providing high quality advice and support and value for money for each school. 

As our collaborative work has grown and developed, we are increasingly able to provide bespoke pathways for young people, provide a range of career and professional development opportunities for staff and develop our inclusive practice in order to work towards achieving our aims.



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