Job title: Deputy Headteacher

Location: Hillingdon, Ruislip

Start date: September 2023

Position: Full-time

Applications close date: August 22^nd 2023

Salary or salary scale: Group 2 L7 - L13 £54,586 - £62,616

Must have qualifications or experiences: QTS, Enhanced DBS

Brief Summary

Aquinas Education are looking for a full-time Deputy Teacher, for a school in Hillingdon, with a September 2023 start.

About the role:

The school are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and inspirational teacher with excellent leadership and management skills to join our team as the new Deputy Headteacher for September 2023.

We are a thriving one-form entry school with a full-time Nursery situated in South Ruislip. We are proud of our inclusive and nurturing environment where pupils demonstrate excellent behaviour and attitudes. Our school is extremely well-supported by our parent community and governing body.

We are looking for a Deputy Head who will assist the Headteacher in driving forward the school's mission and continued pursuit of excellence. We are looking for a leader who has a track record of high expectations and raising standards across all key stages whilst ensuring that all pupils achieve and enjoy their education. Whilst this role is not class-based, it will include some teaching.

We are looking for someone who:  

• is a committed, practising Catholic with a clear vision and strong commitment to Catholic Education.
• is supportive and an active driver in the implementation of the school’s ethos and vision.
• Is a passionate, experienced and ambitious educator, with the vision to articulate clearly the role that he or she will take in further developing our school.
• has the skills and ability to lead on the Quality of Education across the whole school. • is an experienced leader with a proven track record for school improvement.
• is a highly effective teacher and learning leader, with experience delivering a broad, rich and varied curriculum that meets the needs of every pupil.
• has the ability to support, motivate and develop colleagues.
• is an effective communicator and has excellent interpersonal skills.

The school:

School Mission Statement

• The school is a Catholic School where we learn about our faith.
• The school everyone is important.  We all want to learn and do our best.
• At this school, we celebrate everyone's skills, talents and achievements.
• We understand that we need to look after and care for our school and everybody in it.

The school is a popular and oversubscribed one-form-entry Primary school in South Ruislip with a full-time school-based Nursery. 

Our school is committed to achieving excellence with a learning environment built upon the foundations of the gospel values. Our school mission statement reflects our excellent relationship with our parish, St Gregory's and our strong Catholic ethos. We are proud of the caring, supportive and committed school community of staff, children, parents and governors and we work in partnership to ensure that our children leave our school as well-rounded, determined, skilled and confident individuals.

Summary

• September 2023 start
• Hillingdon
• Competitive rates
• Full-time Position
• Streamlined application process
• Enhanced DBS checks essential

How to Apply

If you are looking to join this excellent Primary School as a Deputy Headteacher, please send your cv and a cover letter via email to Pat at pat@aquinaseducation.co.uk

You can also call Pat on 07508317575 or 020 38906767 office number

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About Aquinas Education

Aquinas Education is a unique education recruitment agency with offices across the UK. We specialise in sourcing, supplying and supporting our supply staff personally, ensuring they share the same objectives and ethos we strive to give in our approach. Saint Thomas Aquinas is the Patron Saint of Education, where our name originated.

Our ethos is simple; we vigorously promote ambition in schools and educational environments. We are ambitious for our pupils, schools, teachers and other educational workers in an ethical and modern setting. We want to promote the positive meaning of the phrase

“to be ambitious”.

Not only do we supply the most competent teachers and support staff around, but we also give back to the schools by offering a reward scheme, continued support and the chance for positive role models to visit the schools individually. Working within the education sector we believe schools deliver a very high standard of care and teaching. We endeavour to match these aspirations by providing a highly professional service and the best staff.

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting children's and young people's welfare. The successful candidate must demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and other pre-employment recruitment checks.