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Deputy Director of Sixth Form - Full time permanent TLR 2B
Required: September 2024
In Debden Park High School "leaders have successfully established a school where high aspirations and excellence are the norm, and where pupils and staff enjoy coming to work…. The buzz, enthusiasm and energy from staff at all levels is palpable". Ofsted January 2017
This is an exciting opportunity for a talented and driven teacher to join our Sixth Form Leadership Team to work alongside the Director of Sixth Form to help shape and lead the Key Stage 5 provision at our growing Sixth Form. As Deputy Director of Sixth Form, you will play a vital role in helping to support the academic and pastoral needs of our Sixth Formers, as well as being directly responsible for developing the enrichment and extra-curricular provision that enables our student to develop the full range of skills necessary to be successful in their future lives and careers.
Debden Park High School is a heavily oversubscribed Academy that Ofsted judged to be Outstanding in January 2017. Our Sixth Form opened in September 2015 and moved into its own purpose-built building in September 2016. The Sixth Form currently has over 180 students in it and is growing year on year. Since opening, we have established ourselves as a very successful sixth form provision, and are proud to see our students go onto places with some of the most prestigious employers and institutions in the country, such as to many Russell Group universities, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial. As Deputy Director of Sixth Form, you will work closely with the Director of Sixth Form to continue this development.
We are part of a family of schools within the Kemnal Academies Trust. Every week staff take part in 2 hours of Debden Minds which is a bespoke CPD programme focusing primarily on the development of teaching & learning. We provide exceptional career progression for staff, which leads to our Middle and Senior Leadership teams being composed of many teachers who began their career with us. We lead the Essex hub of the TKAT SCITT.
For further information or to make an appointment please email donna.james@debden-tkat.org or call 02084181202 or to download an application form visit our website www.debdenparkhighschool.org.
Closing date: Thursday 23rd May 2024
TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
TKAT is committed to equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic for example race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit. This includes applications from individuals wishing to work full time, part-time or on a flexible basis.
Information about the School
Debden Park High School is a heavily oversubscribed Academy that constantly achieves outstanding outcomes for its students.
Last year’s GCSE results put us in the top 10 most successful non-selective successful schools in Essex, and our growing Sixth Form – first opened in 2015 – achieved a 100% pass rate in our first set of A-Level results.
As a National Teaching School, we lead a family of schools as part of the Kemnal Academies Trust, providing exceptional career progression and bespoke CPD experiences for our staff, which has led to our middle and senior leadership teams being composed of many teachers who began their career with us.