Job description
Northwood School
Hillingdon
• £57,124 - £62,703 per year
• Quick apply
• ExpiredSalary:L6-10Job type:Full Time, PermanentStart date:April or September StartApply by
Job overview
Job Overview
We are looking to appoint an inspiring, dynamic and committed Associate Assistant Headteacher who will work closely with the Leadership group of the school. We are looking for someone who believes that high standards of behaviour and personal development are the key to unlocking a child's potential. Someone who will work with staff, students and parents to ensure that every child is given the support needed to succeed. The exact role will depend on the experience and interests of the successful candidate together with the needs of the school. Behaviour systems and support are already highly developed at the school so we are looking for someone who can innovate and connect the dots between pastoral and academic teams. There is great scope in the role to design and implement new pastoral projects which can address the disadvantage gap. You will be given the training and challenge needed to become a highly effective leader as part of the role.
The successful candidate will be:
• Committed to enhancing all aspects of students’ lives and making a real difference to students’ life chances.
• Have a proven track record of improvement across a year group or pastoral area.
• An excellent classroom teacher
• Highly analytical, emotionally astute and able to deploy appropriate strategies to maximise impact
• Think and act strategically based on the collation of a range of evidence.
• Experience of helping develop others and be committed to our values of excellence and achievement.
Why apply for this role?
• Ambitious, polite and well mannered students - our staffing body can teach students the subject they love
• Staff wellbeing is a top priority with behaviour and marking policies designed to reduce workload. Many staff enjoy 'Well being Mondays', staff yoga, social events, and a generous leave of absence policy
• Co-planning meetings within the school day to support sharing of best practice and departmental support
• A school consistently in the top 10% of schools for progress Nationally
• Small class sizes at KS4 and 5
• Support for new members of staff via our renowned Induction programme
• Potential for additional responsibilities (pastoral and or academic)
• Professional development with progression opportunities
• A well-embedded performance management structure
• Bike to Work scheme
• The full support of the Headteacher, senior leaders and colleagues
• You will lead talented and hard-working staff who are highly motivated to provide our children with stimulating, challenging and memorable learning experiences.
• You will have the opportunity to play a strategic role in shaping the future of Northwood School
• You will benefit from a range of bespoke and effective support, from individual coaching to national programmes, such as NPQSL and Challenge Partner Hub participation.
Next Steps
Visits to the school in advance of applications are encouraged.
Applications will be considered until closing date of 21st Feb, with interviews to commence w/b 26th Feb.
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WELCOME TO NORTHWOOD SCHOOL
It is my pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to the Northwood School career site, which I hope you find both interesting and informative.
Northwood is a rapidly growing, popular, 11-18, fully-inclusive co-educational school where students make outstanding progress. As a result of rapidly rising student numbers, we are looking to increase our staff for next year. The school which is located in Northwood, North West London is easily accessible due to the area’s excellent transport links. The nearest tube station is Northwood Hills which is on the Metropolitan line.
We recently moved into a brand new, state-of-the-art building with fantastic facilities for both our staff and students. We are a forward-thinking, caring, and most important of all, happy school, where students of all abilities and social backgrounds achieve very well.
What we offer
• Support for new colleagues is excellent at Northwood
• We have well-established induction and extensive CPD programmes as well as a well-embedded performance management structure
• Bike to Work scheme
• Staff Fitness club
• A fantastic social life and loads more
• Staff and students enjoy varied day trips as well as residential trips both abroad and in the UK
• We know that having motivated, well-supported staff is key to our future success and therefore we believe in supporting staff and providing outstanding opportunities for everyone
The most recent Ofsted inspection (October 2018) rated Northwood as ‘Outstanding’, please use the link below to see the report.
Northwood is a friendly, happy, welcoming school where the young people we teach are enabled to make excellent academic progress and develop the knowledge, skills, qualities, and values required to lead successful and fulfilling adult lives. Extra-curricular provision is excellent, our students appreciate having access to our state-of-the-art drama, dance, art, music, sports, and creative facilities many are also members of our academic clubs such as the Brilliant Club.
We also have highly effective Pastoral Care with guidance and support systems to meet all our students’ needs and as a result, our students are happy, hardworking, courteous, and well-behaved. Students are keen to learn and our Value Added has been outstanding for the past five years. Northwood School makes a significant difference to the lives of young people and I very much look forward to welcoming you to the school at some point in the future; in the meantime, I hope you enjoy reading our career site.
Our Ethos
• Northwood School has an ethos of ambition and achievement for all its students
• As a school, we put our students at the heart of everything we do
• We are a caring community where every student is known and valued as an individual. As a consequence, this allows every child to flourish in a friendly and safe environment
• We wish to empower our students to recognise and value their individuality so that they grow in self-worth and play a full role in shaping their own futures
Our Aims
• To continue to be judged as an outstanding school delivering education that enables all students to excel
• To provide an educational experience that inspires a lifelong love of learning and enables all students to become well-rounded individuals: confident; creative; self-respecting and respectful of others; with the ability to lead in and contribute to society
• To ensure the well-being of both students and staff
• To be a school that embraces and supports the community
Our Beliefs and Values
• All students can achieve
• Every student is known and valued as an individual
• All students have immense, natural abilities
• Intelligence is not fixed and through effort and determination all students can grow and succeed
• We value diversity and seek to give everyone in the school an equal chance to learn, work and succeed through creating a safe, calm and respectful environment
• If staff, students, governors, and parents work as a team and have high expectations of ourselves and each other we can achieve our aims
Please explore our website – www.northwoodschool.org.uk/ - to gain a flavour of what it means to be part of the Northwood School community. We sincerely hope that you will be inspired to apply to join us.
Train with us at Northwood
We’re working with Teach West London (local Teaching School Hub) to recruit, train and support new trainee teachers for the West London region. We look forward to welcoming new talented and committed trainee teachers to Northwood School to begin their training and join our school community from September 2024. For more information about training to teach in West London, visit the Teach West London Initial Teacher Training page .
Mehul Shah
Headteacher
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