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Deputy Headteacher

Deputy Headteacher

Stillness Infant School

Lewisham

Salary:
Group 2, ISR L10-14
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2015
Apply by:
3 October 2014

Job overview

"Stillness Infant School is an outstanding school where you all make super progress by the end of Year 2. Some of you told us that you thought your school was 'fantastic'. We agree. Standards are high but, just as important you are all being helped to grow into sensible, confident young people." (Ofsted letter to children, 2008).

We are looking for an exceptional leader who shares our passion for infant education and well-being to join our happy, high-achieving school. Our new Deputy Headteacher should have excellent subject knowledge across the Early Years and Key Stage One curriculum, as a key aspect of the role will be to support and develop staff in order to continually improve the quality of teaching and learning. We are especially interested in anyone aspiring to headship in the next 5-7 years.

We can offer you:

  • friendly and enthusiastic children who love to learn
  • a staff team committed to ensuring the best outcomes for all children
  • an inviting and well-resourced learning environment
  • supportive parents and governors, keen to involve you in our community
  • excellent opportunities for professional development including NPQH support

Visits to the school are very welcome. Please contact Cherryl Leacock, School Business Manager, to make an appointment to view the school with Annie Grimes, Headteacher.

Application packs are available online or from the school office admin@stillness-inf.lewisham.sch.uk, 020 8690 1209.

We are committed to the safeguarding of all children and we implement all elements of safer recruitment. The appointment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.

Closing date: 12:00pm Friday 3rd October
Interviews: Thursday 16th October

3-form entry

NOR: 270 + 50 pt Nursery

About Stillness Infant School

The Saxons named this area Levesham, which means ‘the house among the meadows’. Since then the name has changed slightly and so has the landscape, but even a hundred years ago, when you stepped out of the local highwayman’s pub The Brockley Jack, you were looking at hayfields. Then the railways came. The houses came. The workers came. And the children came. Stillness Infant School was inaugurated in 1905 to educate these children. Today the school isn’t surrounded by hayfields, but London has more green spaces (approximately 1,500) than any of the world’s great cities, and Lewisham has its fair share.

The school is located in a residential valley between three green hills: Hilly Fields, Blythe Hill, and One Tree Hill. The latter is named after the oak tree on the summit where Elizabeth I paused for a picnic on 1 May 1602. The tree became known as the Oak of Honor and gave its name to our local train station, Honor Oak.

Local residents have made innumerable contributions to the nation’s cultural history. The anthem The Red Flag was composed by Jim Connell who lived in a house around the corner from the school; he wrote the lyrics while on a train journey from Charing Cross to Honor Oak. Many artists, actors, writers and musicians live locally. One of our former local residents, Spike Milligan, remarked: “I’d like to go to Heaven. But if Jeffrey Archer is there, I want to go to Lewisham.” The school is fortunate to be sited next to 14.8 acres of Urban Green Space comprising King’s College Sportsground. The governing body has a contract with the King’s College management to allow Stillness children access to these flagship sports facilities. Next to Stillness Infant School is a successful and popular Junior School. The governing bodies of the two schools have established a Joint Committee to facilitate transition arrangements and all other areas of shared interest.

Stillness Infant School has won several awards for its ecological activities and the school’s philosophy has informed our approach to improving our infrastructure. Last year the school acquired a new lobby which provides a welcoming entrance for children and parents and also functions as a bright and cheerful place to host school events such as the recent book-signing by the award-winning children’s author Paul Geraghty. This Easter we will transform an Edwardian brick shelter on the edge of the playground into a modern glass-clad dining area.

Roughly 23 languages are spoken by the children at Stillness. The diversity of our community is something we cherish and celebrate as part of the curriculum. Our recent International Evening featured African story-telling and Indian dancing. Parents provided food in generous quantities and national dishes from every continent were represented. What matters most to the parents, staff and governors at Stillness Infant School is the welfare of the children. We work together to give all our children a welcoming and nurturing environment where they can develop their interests and talents.

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Applications closed