THE DETAILS:
  • Location: Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, NP13 1YL
  • Subject: Deputy Headteacher
  • Hours: Full Time
  • Contract: Fixed Term
  • Start Date: 01 January, 2025
  • End Date: 31 August, 2025
  • Salary Type: Annually
  • Language: English
  • Closing Date: 04 November, 2024 9:00 AM
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Deputy Headteacher

Abertillery Learning Community 3-16
Secondment opportunity for the Academic Year (to commence as soon as possible)

Are you looking for your next exciting leadership opportunity? Do you want to work within a proud Welsh valley, changing lives and securing the futures of the next generation?

If you are a leader who wants to make real and long-lasting change to a community and its young people, then consider working with the headteacher at Abertillery Learning Community.

A vibrant, multi-campus 3-16 school with a committed staff and governing body welcomes applications from leaders with a passion for education and its power to transform lives.

The successful candidate will fill a key whole school strategic role, they will work shoulder to shoulder with the headteacher and be fully supported in finely tuning and enhancing their leadership of the educational journey for all pupils, from nursery to year eleven.

The governors are seeking to appoint a leader with vision who can embrace the whole school community and lead the school forward on its continued journey of improvement.

Closing Date: 4th November 2024 – 9am

Interviews: To be confirmed

JOB REQUIREMENTS
The successful candidate will:

● Have recent significant experience of leadership at a senior level
● Lead whole school anti-racist practices, to actively promote and celebrate diversity across the school community
● Be highly visible within the community, actively developing effective and integrated community and school working relationships
● Believe in the importance of strong, positive pupil well-being and will promote values that develop our pupils’’ wellbeing and love of learning
● Be an exemplary teacher with the highest expectations of themselves and others
● Be an advocate of children’s rights
● Have high expectations for the teaching, learning, behaviour and attitude across the school to ensure high expectations and appropriate challenge for all
● Have a passion for teaching and learning, with high aspirations for all
● Demonstrate an appetite for professional learning that impacts upon pedagogy, supporting professional growth across our school
● Have proven skills to model and develop high quality teaching and learning across school
● Demonstrate a strong commitment to securing the highest quality provision and outcomes for children
● Lead by example, and have proven experience and success, with an understanding of and a working knowledge of KS4 qualifications reform and accountability measures
● Have a good understanding of the National Mission for Wales and curriculum reform
● Be a strategic thinker with proven leadership experience, good organisational, interpersonal, and communication skills

If you require further information about this post, please contact the chair of governors on Darryl.Tovey@abertillery3-16.co.uk

You can also visit our website on Abertillery 3-16 Learning Community | Wales