Assistant Head Teacher
Gonville Academy
Croydon
- Expired
- Salary:
- Attractive Salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 19 March 2015
Job overview
(Full Time with 0.6 teaching timetable)
Passion – Urgency – Positivity – Aspiration – Commitment
Due to the promotion of our Assistant Headteacher, Gonville Academy is looking for a talented, innovative leader to join our senior leadership team. We are part of the STEP Academy Trust (Striving Together for Excellence in Partnership) and are dedicated to driving rapid school improvement. Gonville Academy is an exciting, dynamic place to work that can offer great opportunities to the right candidate. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, join us as we ‘strive together for excellence’.
We can offer you:
- polite and enthusiastic children, who are keen to learn;
- a Rights Respecting School, where children and adults appreciate each others’ rights and responsibilities;
- a dedicated leadership team, and excellent professional development opportunities;
- support in applying for the ‘Future Leaders’ headship programme;
- a talented staff team, who welcome new challenges;
- a well-resourced school, with excellent ICT resources.
You will be:
- an outstanding teacher and leader, with a track record of raising standards;
- a reflective practitioner, with the ability to plan strategically;
- a positive role model, who will inspire and motivate others;
- passionate about improving the life chances of every child.
Visits are strongly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Jacqueline Wright in the Academy office, on 020 8684 4006. You are welcome to contact us for an informal discussion about this post prior to application.
An application pack can be obtained by calling the Academy office or downloading from the website. Completed application forms should be returned to Gonville Academy.
Closing date: Thursday 19th March, 4pm.
Interviews: Thursday 26th March.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to an Enhanced CRB check.
CVs are not accepted.
The STEP Academy Trust - Gonville Academy
Gonville Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 6DL
Tel: 020 8684 4006
Fax: 020 8665 9207
Email: gonvilleoffice@gonvilleacademy.croydon.sch.uk
Academy website: http://gonvilleacademy.croydon.sch.uk/
Trust website: http://www.stepacademytrust.org/
Executive Headteacher: Paul Glover
Headteacher: Sarah Mitchell
About Gonville Academy
Gonville is a great place to develop your career. As well as being part of a highly driven team, you will teach enthusiastic students who are eager to learn.
Our multicultural school is in the heart of Croydon, south London. We are a larger than average primary with a nursery and are very much mission and values led. Our values - Passion, Urgency, Positivity, Aspiration and Commitment – are at the heart of everything we do.
Our culture
We have extremely high expectations for learning and behaviour, hence our Ofsted rating of ‘outstanding’ for behaviour. Pupils feel safe, valuable and respected with us, and as a Rights Respecting School, we create many opportunities for them to take leading roles throughout the school. This means our pupils become very confident and self-assured individuals.
Why work with us?
We are committed to high quality staff development. Currently we are engaged in research projects and development work with partners including Future Leaders, Teaching Leaders, Teach First, NCETM and Roehampton University.
As part of STEP Academy trust, we also provide regular opportunities for staff to share good practice with other teachers within the Trust. We are committed to developing national and international partner schools, and teachers have had the opportunity to work with schools in Cornwall, Devon, Nigeria, Norway and France.
Location
Gonville Academy has excellent transport links, being close to Thornton Heath bus garage and train station. There is easy access to central Croydon, Streatham and Brixton as well as being a short train journey away from central London.
STEP Academy Trust
We know that it is the exceptional quality of our staff that is key to our success. That’s why we’ll invest in your career and give you an unrivalled benefits package.
We are a growing family of primary academies that strive together for excellence. So we spread best practice, transfer staff to support partner academies, share specialist knowledge and consistently challenge the status quo. Giving you every opportunity to grow and develop in your role.
We want you to do well, that’s why we offer:
- Great opportunities for accelerated promotion – right across our nine-academy trust
- Fully funded leadership training courses (NPQML, NPQSL, NPQH)
- Fully funded Masters and PhD courses
- At least seven NQT development days each year
And with free lunch everyday, we’ll keep you well fed too.
We are always looking for talented professionals who share our mission. If you share our drive to improve the life chances of all children, we’d love to hear from you.
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