Job Introduction
Assistant Head Teacher
L1 - L5
Flexible start for the right candidate
Are you: A passionate middle or senior leader who can do their best every day and who has the ability to inspire and motivate children and teams of teachers to reach their full potential?
You need to be a caring and ambitious leader who is passionate about delivering our stimulating curriculum to exceptional children.
We are looking for someone that has had a big role in developing teaching and learning in a school, you'll need to be sound of strategy, implementation and impact across a whole school and be able to show improved outcomes.
You’ll have a good understanding of statutory assessment across the school, including EYFS, and also have managed a core curriculum subject or been part of a team designing a new curriculum.
You’ll need to be forward-thinking, up-to-date on current educational research, particularly around how children learn, and willing to ‘get stuck in’.
You’ll need to be comfortable with and able to take our curriculum design and curriculum plans and enhance them rather than overhaul or redo.
Do you want to be: Accountable for two key areas of the school?
We have an organised, structured and well-resourced curriculum that we’ve planned and developed over the last for years - see our website for more details.
Our teaching team is great and well supported by our middle leaders responsible for the standards in the team.
You’ll work with the Head Teacher on Curriculum standards and the middle leader (KS and Subject) on the standards in the phases implementing your action plans and reporting back to SLT and the governors.
We have: A track record of developing adults to be the best they can be includes four senior leaders who have gone on to be head teachers within the last five years, while a further three are either Assistant Heads or Deputy Head Teachers.
We are more than happy to support you in taking the next step on the career ladder. In fact, as part of your recruitment to the team we want you to commit to applying to do your NPQSL within your first 6 months if you have not already completed or are completing the course.
We have a well-established senior leadership team who can support your transition into CCSJ and make sure that you have all of the tools and time at your disposal to do the role to the best of your ability.
Come and ask us for more details.
We are looking for an energetic Assistant Head Teacher with specific accountability for teaching and learning across the school to join our positive and friendly team at Church Cowley St James Primary School.
In return for your flair, commitment and passion, we can offer an engaging curriculum, excellent CPD opportunities, fabulous staff to work alongside and brilliant children for you to help grow and develop.
Our school is a consistently Good school with well-behaved pupils, supportive parents, friendly staff and active Governors.
We sit within the heart of Cowley and are proud of our community links.
This is a full-time position. Applications are welcome from experienced teachers/leaders looking to be developed to be the best they can be.
We highly recommend a school visit: Come and see if we’re for you, speak to the Head Teacher and hear more about the role.
If we have whetted your appetite, then please visit our website to find out more www.churchcowley.org
Final Closing date: Friday 14th February at 5.00pm
First short listing: Monday 24th February
Interview week w/b Monday 3rd March
Please apply using an Oxfordshire County Council application form. Please explain any gaps in your employment history on your application form. All references will be taken up and verified. Completed applications should be emailed to head.3210@church-cowley-st-james.oxon.sch.uk
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
