Assistant Principal: Head of School
Thurston Community College
Assistant Principal: Head of School
Salary Not Specified
Thurston Community College, Thurston, Suffolk
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 3 days ago, 15 Sep | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 54f522037d82423e9cb566c74d3102d0
Full Job Description
Thurston Community College
Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3PB
Tel:
Email: recruitment@thurstoncollege.org - Website: www.thurstoncollege.org
Principal: Maéve Taylor BA, NPQH
Current Roll: 1474; Years 7-11: 1338; Sixth Form: 136
Permanent Role - Assistant Principal: Head of School
Full Time - Required to start January 2025
Leadership: L13 - L17
The Opportunity?
We seek to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking Assistant Principal
with the ability to support the further development of a positive culture and ethos where
every child is empowered and inspired to achieve excellence.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and inspirational
professional to join an open minded, collegiate and forward thinking leadership team.
Our successful candidate will be a talented and highly motivated leader with the drive and
commitment to effect change for individual students and promote the highest standards for all. You will be resilient and dynamic with high expectations, a can-do attitude and the ability to inspire both staff and students.
Passionate about pastoral support, you will lead a team dedicated to developing our culture through ensuring our students in KS4:
- Have positive attitudes to learning, behave respectfully and maintain good
- Have opportunities for personal development, underpinned by making healthy
- Are successful and make good progress.
- A proven track record in their current role, evidenced by strong student outcomes;
- The ability to lead effectively, but also someone who is a team player;
- A strategic vision and proven ability to make things happen and effect positive
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
- High quality organisational and management skills;
- Personal qualities to inspire, motivate, support and challenge others.
- An opportunity to help shape the future of the school using your skills and talents to
- Opportunities to develop both professionally and personally;
- An experience that will develop your leadership skills and pathway to future
- Work with a dedicated staff who work effectively together to secure positive
- Join a talented Senior Leadership team with a shared vision and the energy and
- Benefit from ongoing Professional Development, including NPQ courses to support
- Make a difference to our talented and creative students;
- Benefit from our Employee Assistance Programme;
- Enjoy a rural location with free parking and convenient transport links to Cambridge,
- 2.30 pm Monday 23 September
- 11.00 am Friday 27 September
- 9.00 am Tuesday 01 October
- 12.00 noon Friday 04 October
- 11.30 am Tuesday 08 October
- Have positive attitudes to learning, behave respectfully and maintain good
- Have opportunities for personal development, underpinned by making healthy
- Are successful and make good progress., A proven track record in their current role, evidenced by strong student outcomes;
- The ability to lead effectively, but also someone who is a team player;
- A strategic vision and proven ability to make things happen and effect positive
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
- High quality organisational and management skills;
- Personal qualities to inspire, motivate, support and challenge others.
We would welcome applications from existing Assistant Principals/Assistant Headteachers wanting to further their career in a larger school, as well as those from talented and ambitious Middle Leaders looking to take step up into senior leadership. - An opportunity to help shape the future of the school using your skills and talents to
- Opportunities to develop both professionally and personally;
- An experience that will develop your leadership skills and pathway to future
- Work with a dedicated staff who work effectively together to secure positive
attendance;
choices, becoming good citizens and being prepared to thrive in an ever changing
and diverse world;
We would welcome applications from existing Assistant Principals/Assistant Headteachers wanting to further their career in a larger school, as well as those from talented and ambitious Middle Leaders looking to take step up into senior leadership.
This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who has the energy to make a difference, to join a newly formed leadership team who have the shared ambition and drive to ensure that Thurston Community College is a place where all students and staff thrive and succeed.
Who are we?
Thurston Community College is a large popular mixed comprehensive school. It comprises of two distinct and specialist sites. Our Thurston Campus, for students in Years 7 to 11 is situated four miles east of Bury St Edmunds. Thurston Sixth is located in the nearby village of Beyton, offering a bespoke campus for students in Year 12 and Year 13 to study.
Our purpose is simple; to inspire a love of learning, empower our College community with
the knowledge and skills to help them make meaningful choices and contribute positively to the world in which we live to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life.
We require a Senior Leader who has:
change;
In return we will provide:
make our vision a reality;
promotion to a more senior position.
We offer the opportunity to:
outcomes for our students including a team who provide administrative, pastoral and
wellbeing support specifically for students in Key Stage 4;
drive to bring about change;
this role and future career aspirations;
Ipswich and London.
If you are excited by this post, its challenges and opportunities; if you relish the prospect of joining our team of committed and excellent staff; we very much look forward to hearing from you. Please visit our website for further information or if you would like to discuss this post further please do not hesitate to contact recruitment@thurstoncollege.org.
Tours for prospective candidates, with the Principal, are available at the following times:
Other requests for tours, with a member of the Senior Leadership Team, will be considered but will be dependent upon availability.
Applications should be completed electronically and returned to
recruitment@thurstoncollege.org
Deadline: Midday Monday 14 October 2024
Interviews: Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 October 2024
We seek to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking Assistant Principal
with the ability to support the further development of a positive culture and ethos where
every child is empowered and inspired to achieve excellence.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and inspirational
professional to join an open minded, collegiate and forward thinking leadership team.
Our successful candidate will be a talented and highly motivated leader with the drive and
commitment to effect change for individual students and promote the highest standards for all. You will be resilient and dynamic with high expectations, a can-do attitude and the ability to inspire both staff and students.
Passionate about pastoral support, you will lead a team dedicated to developing our culture through ensuring our students in KS4:
attendance;
choices, becoming good citizens and being prepared to thrive in an ever changing
and diverse world;
change;
This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who has the energy to make a difference, to join a newly formed leadership team who have the shared ambition and drive to ensure that Thurston Community College is a place where all students and staff thrive and succeed.
Who are we?
Thurston Community College is a large popular mixed comprehensive school. It comprises of two distinct and specialist sites. Our Thurston Campus, for students in Years 7 to 11 is situated four miles east of Bury St Edmunds. Thurston Sixth is located in the nearby village of Beyton, offering a bespoke campus for students in Year 12 and Year 13 to study.
Our purpose is simple; to inspire a love of learning, empower our College community with
the knowledge and skills to help them make meaningful choices and contribute positively to the world in which we live to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life.
In return we will provide:
make our vision a reality;
promotion to a more senior position.
We offer the opportunity to:
outcomes for our students including a team who provide administrative, pastoral and