ASSISTANT HEAD OF YEAR 7 (NON-TEACHING)

Permanent, Term Time Only plus 5 INSET Days

Monday to Friday 37 Hours per week

Starting at 8.30am

JG6 SCP19 £25,481 – SCP23 £27,741 pa pro rata

Actual salary £22,185 pa

Plus contributory pension

The School

Gordano School is a large and highly successful 11-18 comprehensive secondary school approximately eight miles outside Bristol. This includes a thriving Sixth Form of over 350 students that is strongly integrated into the school and offers significant opportunities for Post-16 teaching in over 30 courses. We are the sole secondary school serving the popular town of Portishead, and benefit greatly from being a central part of our community.

We view education as something bigger than just academic achievement. We have a record of considerable academic success, but believe that an education should be about preparing young people for their future lives in a complete sense. As well as consistently positive Progress 8 and Level 3 Value Added outcomes at GCSE and A Level respectively we place great emphasis on student leadership, an unparalleled extra-curricular programme and student progression to their next steps in a wide range of academic and vocational routes.

We value our membership of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, the North Somerset Teaching Alliance and our role as a Teaching School in delivering high quality support and development for colleagues, both new to the profession and more established. Our size allows regular opportunities for progression into leadership roles.

We were judged Outstanding in all categories in our last Ofsted inspection, but, just as importantly, seek to be a very happy school community with a big heart. This has never been more evident than in the last year, where we have been incredibly proud of the response of our brilliant staff, children and families in response to the Covid pandemic.

The Role

We are restructuring parts of our Pastoral support and are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated Assistant Head of Year 7 to join us on a permanent contract to work with and support the Head of Year 7 and the wider Pastoral and Inclusion Teams. The Assistant Head of Year 7 is required to start at 8.30 am Monday to Friday.

We welcome applications from non-teaching or qualified teaching staff (the role post does not involve any classroom teaching). The pattern of working hours (37hrs per week) are negotiable with the successful candidate.

To be considered for this position you must have:

• Previous experience of working with children in an educational setting
• Previous experience of working as part of a team
• An ability to make sound and logical judgments in decision making
• A proven team player, adding value to the team
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills
• An ability to stay calm and to use a measured, informed approach to deal with conflict or pressured situations
• An ability to work under pressure whilst helping others to remain calm and measured
• Resilience and positivity in equal measure
• An ability to multi-task even when under pressure

The Light House Schools Partnership offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping), discounted on-site gym membership and on-site parking.

Application forms should be submitted with a covering letter (curriculum vitae optional) to Jenny Perry, HR Officer by:

Closing Date: 9am on Friday 9th July 2021

Interviews: 14th July 2021

Gordano School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the School be able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

Gordano School supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

Gordano School is committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Appointment is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for regulated activity.

The Lighthouse Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.