Assistant Headteacher

The Elton High School

Walshaw Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 1RN

Assistant Headteacher (Teaching & Learning) – Leadership Spine (L13 – L17)

The Governors of The Elton High School are seeking to appoint a dynamic and energetic Assistant Headteacher working within the existing Leadership Team. We are looking for an individual with enthusiasm and commitment, to lead on the continued development of all aspects of curriculum provision in relation to Teaching and Learning from 1 September 2024.

The successful candidate will work with the Headteacher and the Deputy Headteacher responsible for the school curriculum, taking responsibility for the leadership of whole school Teaching and Learning. The postholder will be a full member of the school’s Senior Leadership Team and will be expected to play a full part in SLT’s collective responsibility for the leadership of school quality and provision.

Applications must demonstrate, with evidence, how you meet the person specification and how your experience has equipped you to take on the role set out in the job description.

We are looking for someone who:

Is an experienced, strategic and creative leader, committed to ensuring that all of our students progress and achieve their potential at The Elton High School Is an excellent role model of consistently high expectations With resilience, who will go the extra mile for students, not because they are asked to but because they want to Will inspire students and the staff they work with and build strong relationships with our parents, carers and community partners.

The Elton High School is a significantly oversubscribed school with a tradition of excellence. We have a history of high achievement and our recent Ofsted inspection reflects this. The most recent inspection (February 2022) reiterated the strengths that had been confirmed in the previous report (2017) and are firmly embedded across our school. The inspection team noted that ‘pupils are proud to attend’ Elton with an established culture of ‘high aspirations for what pupils can achieve’. Our students achieve well, with the inspectors being particularly impressed with the climate for learning and behaviour of our students – their ‘positive behaviour at all times is characteristic of the respectful culture of this school [and] their positive conduct reflects leaders’ high standards’. 

The success of our school is built on the expertise of our high-quality staff. We have a strong system of staff training in place aimed at developing the very best practice, moreover we have a constant focus on ensuring that all of our team feel supported to give of their best and to have a work life balance. We pride ourselves on taking a proactive approach to promoting the well-being of everyone in our school community and consistently review opportunities to further promote staff well-being. Initiatives include a half termly Golden Week (no meetings scheduled) and an annual Well-being Day for every member of staff.

The school has excellent transport links with the M60, M61, M62 and M66 Motorways crisscrossing the area plus the Metrolink Light Rapid Transit system with a fast and frequent service from Bury centre through Manchester city centre to East Didsbury.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the DBS.

Further details can be provided by our Deputy Headteacher, Ms Warden, and by our Headteacher, Mr Wilton, We encourage you to contact them if you wish to arrange a visit to the school or if you need more information.

Please visit our website for further details and to download an application pack.

Closing date: 10.00am on Tuesday 16 April 2024.

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