Associate Assistant Headteacher; English & Literacy

We are a welcoming and inclusive 11-16 school that has, due to its popularity, grown rapidly in size, with c.725 students on roll. Our mission is ‘Creating and Achieving a Brighter Future’ and we live by our mantra ‘Be Kind, Aspire, Persevere, Achieve’ by providing the very best education for our young people.

The rapid improvement journey of the school over the last three years has seen significant improvements in behaviour, attendance and achievement with most measures now at least at national average. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to support this continued journey of improvement.

We want our students to be equally supported and challenged during the five years they spend with us and for them to enjoy their time with us as we nurture them to become confident, happy and successful young adults. We are deeply ambitious for every individual and upon leaving us, we are determined they will be able to access the very best opportunities in further and higher education.

We are seeking to appoint a talented, committed and inspirational teacher as our Associate Assistant Headteacher with oversight of English. We are a school where we pride ourselves in knowing our students really well. By working closely together as a team we can ensure individual student achievement is at the heart of everything we do. This is an opportunity for an outstanding English teacher and for someone who wants to broaden their skills as you can, and will be, fully involved in all aspects of our school’s life.

You will be joining a committed team, on both a senior leadership and departmental level and be willing to drive change for the benefit of our young people.

• Have a passion for English and an enthusiasm for teaching and learning
• Have student achievement at the heart of everything they do
• Have a clear vision for how the English curriculum should be sequenced and delivered to allow for both support and challenge
• Have knowledge of how to use data to inform next steps and departmental priorities
• Have a clear vision of what impactful literacy intervention looks like both within English and across the school as a whole
• Be committed to the all-round development of both staff and students under their care
• Have the drive and ability to raise the profile of the subject within and outside the school

We have a ‘New Staff Induction Programme’ for all staff that join our school, run by our Deputy Head who leads on staff development. As a school we are committed to staff wellbeing, every decision we make considers this aspect and we constantly strive to work smarter not harder.

This position is open to full-time or part-time 0.8fte working.

Maiden hill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.