Assistant Headteacher

3 weeks ago


Tunbridge Wells Kent, United Kingdom Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to appoint an exceptional Assistant Headteacher and qualified SENCO to join our Senior Leadership Team.

Purpose of the Job

  • To work closely with the Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team, and Governors in the strategic development of staff performance and standards.
  • The Assistant Headteacher will lead provision for our most vulnerable pupils.
  • The postholder will be fundamental in developing and motivating staff, setting high expectations, embedding learning and teaching strategies and raising achievement, contributing to our rigorous and on-going self-evaluation and taking responsibility for leading specific areas/initiatives to secure further school wide improvements.

SENCO

The Assistant Headteacher will have specific responsibility for:

•SEND and Inclusion

•Provision and outcomes for specified groups of vulnerable students

•Mental wellbeing of students and staff

•Safeguarding

This position would suit an experienced and successful Middle Leader or a current Assistant Headteacher, who is looking to increase their leadership skills and impact. Alongside having strong leadership skills and the ability to inspire and motivate a team, you will be an outstanding practitioner with a strong and consistent record of success, who will be committed to raising the achievement of all learners.

We can offer you the opportunity to work with highly able young people in a supportive, well-equipped and forward-thinking school. It is likely that the responsibilities of this position will evolve over time based on the strengths of the successful candidate.

It is expected that you have an informal conversation (in-person visit or Teams call) with the Headteacher before you make an application, please contact Clare Peck (HR) on cpeck@twgsboys.kent.sch.uk in order for this to be arranged.

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys is an expanding and rapidly improving selective grammar school. It is undergoing a period of transformational change benefitting from a multi-million pound investment in Tunbridge Wells and a brand new building at our Sevenoaks campus, which opened in September 2021.

Staff will benefit from a positive working environment, with strong support for professional development and specialist teaching rooms. We aim for high standards and the pursuit of academic excellence, helping every student to reach their full potential through the development of skills, concepts and knowledge, within the framework of a caring community. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust, mutual respect and a determination to succeed.

Please note that we will only accept CV’s if they are accompanied by an application form, which can be found on our website: Staff Vacancies We shall review applications as we receive them so apply soon

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post

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