Assistant Headteacher

Due to the promotion of the current postholder we are seeking to appoint a dynamic, energetic and driven leader to join our senior team.

Burnside College has gone through a sustained period of improvement in recent years which is testament to the strong leadership in the school. This is an exciting opportunity for a current senior leader, or a middle leader with a strong track record of success, to join our experienced team and contribute to our vision of ensuring that Burnside College provides the very best quality of education for all students

The exact responsibilities for the post will be negotiated with the successful candidate based on their experience and skills but responsibilities might include some of the following:

• Personal development curriculum
• Careers
• Extra-curricular
• Line management of head(s) of year

The successful candidate will have a passion for teaching and learning and an excellent understanding of how to bring out the best in young people. We are seeking an individual who is highly committed to ensuring that all of our students experience the necessary quality of education and pastoral care in order to ensure they can go on to be successful in life.

At Burnside we expect that all senior leaders are highly competent in the following areas:

• Highly effective classroom practice, with the ability to lead by example in terms of pedagogy
• Excellent knowledge of all current educational landscape, including performance and accountability measures
• An up to date understanding of all statutory frameworks and safeguarding requirements that schools must work within
• The ability to lead clear and simple systems for implementing, monitoring and continually improving school effectiveness
• The ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and promote a culture of seeing, and bringing out, the best in all of our young people
• The ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders, from 1:1 situations, to large audiences, to published documents
• All senior leaders work within the principles of the school’s SLT protocol

Please include with your completed application form a covering letter, of no more than two sides of A4, outlining your suitability for the post. Applications should be submitted c/o Mrs Linda Heide at l.heide@burnsidecollege.org.uk

Please contact Mrs Heide If you would like an informal conversation about the post, or tour of the school, with Headteacher, Daniel Jamieson.