What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and inspirational Assistant Head for Northern Lights Learning Trust, to join the Senior Leadership Team at Venerable Bede CE Academy. This role involves working closely with the Head of School and the education team at Northern Lights to drive continuous improvements across the school.
Do you have experience in developing teaching and learning?
Do you have a passion for driving forward improvements and supporting colleagues to be great practitioners?
Do you understand what effective assessment, curriculum and pedagogy looks like?
Are you a highly effective practitioner?
Do you want to be part of the change at Venerable Bede and make a difference to children’s lives?
What the school offers its staff
• A supportive working environment that puts people at the heart of the organisation
• The opportunity to work as part of a growing Trust and shape this role
• Continuous professional development
• A range of Trust initiatives that improve wellbeing. Current initiatives include an annual wellbeing day
• National Terms and Conditions of Employment
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme/ Local Government Pension Scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.