Prior Pursglove College - Deputy Head of Centre
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: SFCA Leadership Range L10 – L13 (£68,426 - £73,472 per annum) pay award pending
Closing Date: 11:59pm Sunday 13th October
Interview Date: Week commencing 21st October
Start Date: January 2025
Are you an experienced college or secondary school teacher looking for career progression?
Tees Valley Collaborative Trust
Tees Valley Collaborative Trust, based in the North East of England, is a well-established organisation with social inclusion, educational excellence and widening participation at the heart of its values.
The Trust comprises of Errington Primary School, Bishopton Pupil Referral Unit, Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College.
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College is a highly regarded 16-19 academy spanning two sites in Guisborough and Stockton on Tees. Formed from two sixth form colleges which merged in 2016, it is one of the most successful colleges on Teesside.
Prior Pursglove College
Expanding opportunities, enhancing futures
A blend of state-of-the-art facilities and a passionate institution for learning dating back 500 years, serving the community of Guisborough and beyond since the 16th century; Prior Pursglove’s excellence has withstood the test of time.
Prior Pursglove is a wonderful place for to study and work, we provide our students and staff with wonderful facilities, such as newly refurbished specialist science labs, arts and media suite complete with photography dark rooms, performing arts theatre, a gym, a canteen, and social spaces.
We are passionate about giving our students to the tools they need to succeed, education can open up a world of opportunity. That’s why we offer a wide range of qualifications and courses, such as A-Levels, BTECs, and vocational courses to help our students and adult learners to achieve their career path goals.
Our students are the life and soul of our community and our dedicated staff are the fabric, together we strive for the very best for all.
Our Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Senior Leadership Team. You will be working closely with our Head of Centre to manage and maintain operations to allow our staff to do what they do best, deliver quality education to our pupils.
Your key focus will be to drive high standards of teaching and learning; under the guidance of our Head of Centre, you will work closely with our Director of Quality and Curriculum to plan, adapt and implement curriculum strategies to push for excellence.
This role is wonderfully varied, you will be able to collaborate with our staff on various projects, such as working with our Marketing Team to promote our college to prospective students or working with our Finance Staff on budgeting.
You will be joining our team at an exciting point in our Trust’s journey. Your valuable work will ensure that Priors Pursglove strives for excellence and runs smoothly day-to-day, allowing students to focus on building the foundations of their lifelong careers.
The ideal candidate will have:
- A proven track record of driving improvement in teaching and learning and delivering outstanding outcomes as a teacher or manager in a mainstream educational setting.
- Experience of taking a lead role for a department or theme during an Ofsted Inspection.
- Knowledge, understanding and experience of aspects of alternative and high needs provision.
- Extensive experience of managing and motivating staff.
- High levels of emotional intelligence deployed effectively when dealing with staff, students and parents.
- Confidence in using data forensically to inform and diagnose weaknesses that need addressing and the ability to effectively action plan to raise performance.
- Experience of effective leadership in business initiatives, such as student recruitment or contracting.
- Experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships with external stakeholders such as partner schools, employers and parents.
Focus on Career Development & Staff Welfare
We recruit and retain staff by investing in their professional development through training and progression opportunities. Our schools and colleges will offer a friendly, caring environment with high expectations, aspirations and supporting the highest levels of achievement.
Our Trust will work through partnership with employers, community groups and other agencies to make the Tees Valley a great place to live, learn and work.
We are passionate about staff wellbeing as we value and care about our workforce and believe wellbeing is at the heart of championing better working lives.
We have recently trained a number of staff to be staff-focussed Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA). This is an internationally recognised approach that teaches us to spot the first signs and symptoms of common mental health problems and to guide individuals to appropriate help and support.
We commit to placing wellbeing and mental health at the heart of our decision making. We will support staff to make positive choices for their own wellbeing and encourage a collegiate culture across and between all roles in the school or college.
Employee Benefits include:
- Membership of the Teacher’s Pension Scheme for all our teaching staff
- Opportunities for training and professional development
- Childcare Vouchers
- Cycle Scheme
- Free on-site parking
- Discounted nursery provision on the Prior Pursglove College site (available to all Trust employees)
Key Documents
Queries
For an informal, confidential conversation about the role please call Helen on 01609 532254 or email. Helen has been engaged to support us with recruitment to this exciting opportunity.
Visits
We strongly recommend that you visit us so we can share with you why we are so proud of our school, and you will have the opportunity to see what we have to offer. If you would like the opportunity to visit, please email Helen.
How to Apply
Please apply via the NYC jobs portal. Unfortunately CVs will not be accepted.
We are an inclusive employer and we actively encourage applications from people from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. If you need any assistance with your application in terms of reasonable adjustments, please let us know.
When applying please take into account the following:
Supporting Information
The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the person specification (see application pack). This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.
References
When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this is your current and most recent employer. Please note your referee should ideally be a previous line manager or someone in a position of authority.
Safeguarding Information
Tees Valley Collaborative Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please note this post is in regulated activity and exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS criminal records and barred list check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
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Prior Pursglove College - Deputy Head of Centre
Location: Prior Pursglove College