We are looking for an exceptional teacher and leader who can build on the extremely solid foundations built over the past two years and ensure teaching and learning across the school is outstanding.
As a member of the Senior Leadership team, you will also be expected to play a full part in the school’s decision making and daily operation. You will need exceptionally high levels of drive and a rock-solid determination to make a very significant difference to our community.
As an Assistant Headteacher, you will be an important part of the Senior Leadership Team. You will be expected to lead the school, setting exceptionally high standards for staff and students, and ensuring they are met. You will be expected to contribute widely to all areas of the school – not just within your remit. You will need to be relentlessly positive and optimistic, hard working, and absolutely obsessive about doing things well.
As our Teaching and Learning lead, you will be responsible for driving forward Teaching and Learning throughout the school. We have a clear philosophy of teaching at Holmleigh Park, based predominantly on Rosenshine’s work, and embedded through the six Greenshaw principles of teaching. You will be expected to further embed and extend this approach, through managing the DDI (Developmental Drop In) process, overseeing all CPD, and managing the Lead Practitioner team. You will be responsible for inducting staff – both into the school, and, in the case of trainees and NQTs, the profession. You will also be responsible for ensuring additional support for staff who require it.
Key Purpose
With the Headteacher and Leadership Team:
i. Share responsibility for school policies, decision-making and strategic planning;
ii. Develop an ethos of extremely high expectations of staff and students
iii. Take full accountability for key areas of the school’s work.
iv. Manage staff and resources
v. Monitor progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives
vi. Be a highly visible presence around the school and model expectations of staff and students;
Holmleigh Park High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in line with the DfE guidelines “Safeguarding Children: Safer Recruitment and Selection in Education Settings”.
The school will adhere to the following guidelines:
1. All new staff will be subject to a criminal background check through the Disclosure & Barring Service. This will be an enhanced check for those whose duties include caring for, training or supervising children.
2. All posts at Holmleigh Park High School require an acceptance of the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
3. The selection procedure for all posts will include a consideration of the applicant’s suitability to work with children as well as the post.
4. All applicants must submit a signed application form. This is taken as verification that all statements are true and that the applicant is not in any way disqualified from working with children eg on List 99.
5. Posts at Holmleigh Park High School are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act of 1974, and if necessary a declaration must be made on the application form.
6. The school will seek references on all short listed candidates prior to interview, and may approach previous employers for information to verify experience or qualifications prior to interviews.
7. Referees should be someone who has had a working or professional relationship with the candidate, and should not be a friend or relative.
8. Referees will be asked about disciplinary offences relating to children including any in which the penalty is time expired, and whether the applicant has been the subject of any child protection concerns and the outcome of that procedure.