LONGDENDALE HIGH SCHOOL-1
Location
Tameside, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Permanent, full-time
Start: September 2024, Negotiable
Salary: Up to £98,615. Salary Scale is £85,145 - £98,615 (L25-L31) depending upon the applicant’s skills and experience.
Relocation: A generous relocation allowance may be available if appropriate.
Pension: Teachers’ Pension Scheme
We are excited to announce an opportunity for an exceptional leader with the right blend of skills, talents, experience, and values to become the next Head of School for Longdendale High School in Hollingworth, Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester. If you have a commitment to excellence, aspiration for our young people and an unwavering focus on improvement, we would like to hear from you. We welcome applications from established Headteachers or Deputy Headteachers for this post.
About the School
Longdendale High School has embarked upon an exciting journey of improvement, with the full support of Stamford Park Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust formed by the ‘Outstanding’ Ashton Sixth Form College. Improvements are gathering pace, both in the quality of provision and in the school’s results. Ofsted rated the school as ‘Requires Improvement’ in February 2023, with personal development and behaviour and attitudes graded as good. This was a significant improvement from the previous inspection in 2020 which rated the school as Inadequate. The school has been on an improvement journey since joining Stamford Park Trust and has seen significant improvement in the quality of provision. Our next Head of School will be tasked with continuing and accelerating these changes with the aim to be at least a good school by the time of the next inspection.
Longdendale High School is a highly inclusive school, and currently holds: 1) The IQM Award and has been designated as a national Flagship School for Inclusion; 2) The AcSeed Award in recognition of the work the school does to promote and support students’ mental health and well-being; 3) The International School Award and 4) the Leading Parent Partnership Award.
Longdendale High School is located on an attractive site in Hollingworth, on the edge of the borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, but bordering on the Peak District National Park. It lies just off the M67 and M60 with a direct commute from much of the North West, Manchester, Bolton, Bury, Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale, Warrington, Merseyside and the towns and cities of South Lancashire, North Cheshire, and South Yorkshire are all within commutable distance.
About the Opportunity – who would be suited to this role
This is a unique opportunity, and you will find different aspects of this role fulfilling, dependent on your existing skills and achievements. The role would suit:
If you are looking for a school where you can make an impact and quickly improve the lives of children, thrive, succeed, and really make a difference, this is the ideal opportunity.
You have shown that you can deliver excellent results. Now you are looking to put what you have learned to a new challenge and a different setting with the support of a truly local Multi-Academy Trust - one where the difference you make can be seen every day– this is the ideal opportunity.
You are already leading a school, either as Deputy Head or Headteacher and you have met challenges and delivered success. Perhaps you would like to be a part of something bigger than a stand-alone Academy, with opportunities to share and grow. Perhaps you want a fresh challenge in a school where your skills and knowledge will make all the difference. Again, this would be the ideal opportunity.
We are looking for an outstanding senior leader with a strong track record of success and the vision and ambition to lead the school under the guidance, assistance and support of Melanie Wicks, the Executive Principal (Secondary) for the Stamford Park Trust’s two secondary schools. Whatever your previous experience, the Trust is committed to lifelong learning and professional development and will ensure you are provided with the skills and knowledge you may require on your own personal educational journey.
The successful applicant will:
About the Benefits
Stamford Park Trust offers a number of benefits for employees including a strong investment in personal and professional development through an extensive CPD programme, free gym membership at Astley Sports Village, an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), free eye tests, access to the cycle to work scheme, a supportive occupational health offer and enhanced sick pay, free parking, tea and coffee across all academies, enhanced entitlements for long service and high street discounts.
If striving for excellence, aspiring to the best for young people and having an unwavering focus on improvement are your characteristics, we would most definitely like to hear from you.
The appointment is, of course, subject to satisfactory references and a successful enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Further details and a full application pack are available from our advisers ASDTi by visiting and downloading from our website via the button below by calling 07736 775776.
ASDTi are available on our behalf on 07736 775776 during evenings and weekends as well and would be pleased to organise a visit to the Academy for interested candidates, or to discuss remuneration, career, or relocation expectations.
Closing date for applications: 2 nd April 2024 at 10am.
Shortlisting will take place on Monday 15 th April 2024 and interviews will be held later that week, on 18 th and 19 th April 2024.
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