Associate Assistant Headteacher KS3

Required from January 2024 an ambitious teacher with pastoral experience to join us as we continue to build on our achievements and success. Salary negotiable based on experience.

Buckler’s Mead is an ambitious school on the rise. Following a hugely successful summer where the Academy recorded the best results in its history we are now looking to recruit to key positions to continue this exceptional school improvement journey. We seek to significantly invest in developing all staff and this has been strengthened by our work with Trust partners. If you would like the opportunity to teach in a rapidly improving school, this could be the ideal post for you.

The successful candidate will work alongside members of the wider pastoral support team, line managing the KS3 Pastoral Year Coordinators. Duties will include responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students, monitoring and supporting student progress and development, monitoring student attendance and ensuring the Behaviour for Learning policy is implemented consistently across KS3 and the wider academy so that effective learning can take place. This role will also involve working closely with the wider senior leadership team to deliver on whole school priorities and the organisation of various events across the year, including Year 6 to Year 7 Transition and induction.

(Please see the accompanying job description for full details of the role).

 The successful candidate should be:

• Hard working and fully committed to the ethos of the academy
• A confident teacher with experience of teaching at KS3 and KS4, with excellent management skills and evidence of sustained and successful classroom practice.
• Someone with a pastoral background who is capable of working and building good relationships with students, parents and staff from all areas of the academy.
• Enthusiastic and willing to try new ideas, taking responsibility for new initiatives and measuring impact
• Someone with sky high expectations of students, colleagues and themselves whilst fully appreciating the need to provide encouragement and support to students of all abilities
• Highly organised with an eye for detail
• A role model of professional behaviour
• Interested in continuing professional development

In return we can offer you the opportunity to work with motivated students, the full support of a dedicated and committed team of staff, a supportive induction programme and ongoing professional development, plus the opportunity to work in a developing academy in a beautiful area of the South West. Staff benefits include free on-site parking, membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and access for all staff to the Employee Assistance Programme “Health Assured”, which is a telephone based advice, information and counselling service. A selection of meals, snacks (hot and cold) and drinks is available for staff to purchase at lunch and break times.

Buckler’s Mead Academy is a highly inclusive academy in the east of Yeovil, close to the Dorset border. Our vision as an academy is “an inspiring education for all”. We believe that all members of our community should be given the opportunity to be happy, to achieve, participate and become successful. Our job as professionals is to ensure this happens. All our staff sign up to these aspirations and play a full role in contributing to this vision through inclusive teaching. We seek to recruit dedicated and talented staff, highly committed to making a difference. We are part of the Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership – a highly successful Multi Academy Trust, often considered the ‘market leader’ in the South West for school improvement. The successful candidate will benefit from trust wide opportunities, such as early careers induction, CPD and working with colleagues across trust schools.

The academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to references and a full Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that we may carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of our Safer Recruitment and Due Diligence checks. Buckler’s Mead Academy is an equal opportunities employer. The campus is a no smoking site.

If you think this could be the role for you, we would love to hear from you. Applications should be sent for the attention of Mr Mark Lawrence, Headteacher and should include details of your current experience and suitability for the role as well as your particular areas of expertise and interest.

Thank you for your interest in this post. We look forward to receiving your application.

CLOSING DATE: Friday 13 October 2023 (9.00 am)

(We review all applications on receipt and reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient applications)