Assistant Headteacher

Job Description

Assistant Headteacher

Pay Range: Leadership Pay Scale point L13-L17

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher to join our Senior Leadership Team. The position will suit you if you have recent comprehensive school experience of leadership at senior leader level or post of equivalent responsibility within the education sector.

The start date for this post is 1st January 2020

We're looking for you if you have:

· Experience of leading whole school change and innovation in an educational context;

· Substantial and sustained professional development in support of leadership at senior/whole school level;

· Ability to inspire and motivate students and staff;

· Ability to create a culture and ethos of challenge and support where all students can achieve success and become engaged in their own learning.

(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Role Specification).

What we can offer:

· A competitive Salary;

· Employee benefits: Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme;

· A full continuous Professional Development Programme;

· Training Opportunities through our membership of The Sigma Trust.

Additional Information:

The Philip Morant and College is an oversubscribed, mixed comprehensive, in north-east Essex. The school has served the town of Colchester for over half a century and has a tradition, not only of excellence in education but also caring for its young people. Philip Morant is a happy school in which, overwhelmingly, students feel safe and achieve well.

We have made significant progress since our last Ofsted inspection, including a set of examination results that are the best they have been for many years.

Information about the School

We are a large secondary school in Colchester and also enjoy a thriving Sixth Form College. We are a popular School with waiting lists for every year and are proud of our strong academic record. We have an excellent and enthusiastic staff led by a strong senior leadership team and we work hard to provide an environment where every student is valued and their varying needs met. Our pastoral care is based upon a highly successful house system and ensures support both for students and parents.

Safeguarding The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.