Deputy Headteacher

Job Description

CLACTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

DEPUTY HEADTEACHER

Pay Range: Leadership Pay Scale, L20 - L24

Actual Salary from: £75,331 - £83,081

Start Date: September 2024

The Role

An opportunity has arisen at Clacton County High School for the position of Deputy Headteacher, with a key responsibility for Behaviour and Attitudes.

This is a key senior leadership team post within the school with overall strategic responsibility and accountability for ensuring exceptional student behaviour and attitudes. The post holder will also lead, develop, and implement the strategic vision for outstanding pastoral care and support, ensuring that inclusive practice and the welfare, safety, health and happiness of every student is at the core of the school's purpose.

As a school we have very high expectations of our students in terms of their academic and personal development. We strive to raise the aspirations of all our students to believe that, with hard work and commitment, there should be no barriers as to what can be achieved. We want our students to think big, dream big and become the very best version of themselves. A CCHS education transforms lives and we are very proud of our students and our community.

Our PROUD values permeate the school. At CCHS students are encouraged never to give up. They are expected to take responsibility for their actions whilst embracing the opportunities on offer.

Our school has its own sixth form college, Sigma Sixth, with a campus in Tendring located within a few minutes' drive from the school. Although, based at a different site it is very much part of CCHS and many of our students move from the main school to Post-16 studies at our college.

As a school and college, we are continually developing and adapting our curriculum offer, facilities, and extra-curricular opportunities to support the changing needs of the young people of this area.

Clacton County High School is part of the Sigma Trust and works closely in collaboration with the other schools within our trust family. As a result, we are innovative and always learning from each other to ensure that we deliver an exciting and progressive learning experience for our students.

We would be delighted to welcome your application if you feel inspired to be part of the CCHS experience, and have a commitment to understanding who we are, what we value and the culture we are creating. We want to recruit the best staff and invest in them believing this will lead to the best education for our students, our commitment is to both our staff and students.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Should you be successful during the shortlisting process interviews will be held face to face at the school.

Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:

Liaise closely and work collaboratively with the Senior Leadership Team to provide strategic vision, leadership and direction for the school which focuses on: improving students' progress and outcomes; enhancing students' personal development and experiences at school; promoting and supporting student and staff welfare.
Play a lead role in the monitoring and evaluation of the School Improvement Plan, taking appropriate actions to ensure the school's goals are achieved.
Play a lead role in the completion and quality assurance of the school's Self Evaluation Form to ensure that an accurate picture of the school's performance and any areas for development are recorded and updated frequently and take actions to secure improvements.
Act as a role model to the rest of the Senior Leadership Team and all staff and students in setting and maintaining the highest standards in all aspects of work and in challenging and supporting others.
To undertake professional duties as delegated by the Executive Headteacher/Head of School.
To implement the aims and objectives of the school/trust and to understand and work within school/ trust policies to achieve these aims and objectives.

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

Why work for The Sigma Trust. Clacton County High School?

We can offer you:

A competitive salary
Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
Free tea and coffee available in all team rooms and communal staff room.
Sociable and friendly staff.
Staff weekly wellbeing opportunities.
Staff social events.

Employee benefits include:

Employee Assistance Programme
Pension scheme
Free membership to Perkbox
Cycle to Work scheme
Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
After school access to school pool and on-site gym

Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.

Additional Information:

For additional information about the Trust and this school, please visit our website www.sigmatrust.org.uk

To Apply

To apply for this post, please follow the URL link provided below:

https://careers.sigmatrust.org.uk/Apply/U2lfeb3enbWEgQXBwbGljYXRpb24gRm9ybSBOb3ZlbWJlciAyMDIzfDQxfDUzNjIzMHwxfHxGYWxzZXwyMTIyfDI5NzM3NTd8MA%3d%3d?i=uRCNv2Ts%2fAI%3d

Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CV's and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.

Closing date: Midnight, Tuesday 16th April 2024
Interviewing will take place week commencing Monday 22nd April 2024

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.

The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision 'To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts', where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.

Information about the School

CCHS is a large, popular and inclusive 11-19 comprehensive school that sits in the heart of our community. We operate across two sites, with colleagues teaching both at Walton Road (11-16) and our sixth form college (16-19), Sigma Sixth, based at the Tendring Education Centre.

Our PROUD ideals permeate the school. At CCHS students are encouraged never to give up. They are expected to take responsibility for their actions whilst embracing the opportunities on offer. We believe that together we are stronger, developing a sense of community; school, local and global. We teach our students the importance of community whilst accepting and respecting our differences and being open to the views and ideas of others.

Our school rules are simple, we expect every student to be: Ready, Respectful, Safe. Our behaviour policy was devised by staff and students to ensure that it supports students to make good choices and become the best version of themselves.

The curriculum at CCHS is thoughtfully considered and sequenced to ensure that all students are supported with the acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills. We aim to ensure that all students are prepared for their next steps and have a deep understanding of themselves so that when they leave us they have the academic and life skills plus the confidence to move onto highly aspirational careers and destinations.

Many of our students continue their post-16 studies at Sigma Sixth, our college. The college has around 400 enrollments and is large enough to have a genuine college feel but small enough to ensure that every student is known as an individual. There are over 30 subjects on offer to cater for the interests and aspirations of all students alongside a great enrichment programme. The Sigma Sixth experience is designed to allow our students to self-discover where they want to go and what they want to be, they are the architects of their own futures. The Sigma Sixth tagline of 'Discover Yourself, Define Your Future' reflects the entire ethos of our commitment to our students. Every year we continue to be amazed and inspired by the careers and University destinations of our college students.

At both CCHS and Sigma Sixth, we believe that our staff are the most important resource we have to deliver a holistic education. Our CPD programme is designed to nourish staff and to enable them to develop professionally and personally. Quite simply we believe that the more skilled and expert our staff are, the more effectively they can educate our students. 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 a 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.

Higher Expectation, Raising Aspirations, Transforming Lives

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.