Headteacher

GUERNSEY FEDERATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ST ANNE’S SCHOOL, ALDERNEY

The States of Guernsey Education Department is seeking an ambitious, committed and well-qualified Headteacher for St Anne’s School in Alderney. This unique post offers the opportunity to lead an all age (4 – 16) school of 135 children and be a key member of the Guernsey Federation of Secondary Schools in the Bailiwick.

St Anne’s School in Alderney, together with the three High Schools (11-16) and the Grammar School & Sixth Form Centre (11-18) in Guernsey, are part of a federated model of partnership led by the Federation Executive Leadership Team and line managed by the Director of Education.

You will be required to maximise opportunities for collaborative working, teaching and learning across Key Stages and shared professional development across schools. It is essential that you work collaboratively and effectively with the Federation and support cross-school initiatives with participation as is reasonable for the context of St Anne’s.

You will be the leader of the school community and the principal representative of the school in its relationships with the States Education Department, the School Committee, staff and parents. You will be responsible for the quality and efficiency of both primary and secondary education and will lead St Anne’s in its provision of outstanding teaching and learning.

We are looking for an experienced leader who has high expectations of themselves, with a proven track record of outstanding teaching and learning, the ability to raise standards of achievement and to make a significant difference to the lives of young people. You will have excellent communication skills, the ability to foster productive relationships with staff and an understanding of effective performance and management of staff. Visionary leadership and significant change management experience in an educational context will be required to develop outstanding provision for all learners of St Anne’s. Whilst putting the learner outcomes at the centre of any change, leadership of St Anne’s will require excellent communication and effective links within the Island community.

In return, you can expect to:

• Work in a well resourced school that follows an innovative Bailiwick curriculum based on the English National Curriculum and which has favourable PTRs;
• Be part of a leading development of ICT in education and be allocated a personal laptop;
• Receive a generous relocation package to the island, including rent allowance;
• Enjoy the benefits of more generous tax allowances on an island with no VAT.

Salary will be in accordance with the Guernsey Leadership Spine, Level 13 to 17: £61,775 - £68,186.

For further information about the post, please initially contact Mrs Dany Adams, HR Advisor on 01481 733034 or email: dany.adams@education.gov.gg.

Applications can be made via www.gov.gg/educationjobs via the search jobs icon.

Closing date: Sunday, 5th July 2015.
Interview dates: Wednesday, 15th and Thursday, 16th July 2015.