Deputy Headteacher – Whole School Curriculum & Quality Assurance
Salary Range: L21 – L25 (£77,195 - £85,146 – to increase by 5.5% this term in line with the teachers’ pay rise to £81,440 - £89,829)
Start Date: 1st January 2025
The Governing Board at St Gregory’s Catholic High School seeks to appoint a Deputy Headteacher following the successful promotion of the previous post holder to a headship post. This post is for an outstanding candidate who is a practising Catholic with a successful track record of school improvement and a vision that matches our ambition for all children to realise their maximum potential.
Following our very recent positive Ofsted inspection in July 2024, the new candidate will have a strong foundation to build upon, time and opportunity to develop and grow within the role. Starting in January provides a positive platform in which to get to know the school for the long term.
This post was first advertised in June 2024 but was deferred until now as the school was inspected by Ofsted at that time and this meant governors and the head teacher were unavailable to be involved in a recruitment process.
St Gregory’s is at the heart of the Warrington Parishes within the Deanery of Warrington and Widnes situated in an area of substantial growth next to all of the key motorway routes in the North West. We take pride in our relationship with the local community, partner primary schools and our partnerships within the archdiocese.
Our school has been on an exciting journey of substantial growth and success over the past eight years. Our PAN has increased from 192 to 240 per year group and we are now well oversubscribed with a waiting list for admissions. A new building project which has seen the addition of a new teaching block including a STEM area, a new chapel and a new sports hall, is now complete and well established.
In February 2019, St Gregory’s was graded as ‘Outstanding’ by Liverpool Archdiocese under Section 48. As mentioned above, Ofsted inspected our school very recently in July 2024 and we were graded once again as a ‘Good’ school. The opening lines of the report read as follows:
“Pupils are proud to attend this school. They value the strong relationships that they have with their teachers. Pupils, including those who attend the specially resourced provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are well supported. This helps them to feel safe and happy. Pupils positively embrace the school’s values. For example, they are respectful and empathetic towards other people regardless of their culture or background.”
Behaviour and attendance is excellent at St Gregory’s and our community thrives on respectful and positive relationships between our staff and our pupils. Our parent body is extremely supportive and works in positive partnership with the school community. Academic outcomes are very strong and highly competitive nationally with all subjects performing above the national averages. We are proud that all of our pupils go on to successfully study at college and university or attain apprenticeships when they leave our school. Our class of 2024 have recently achieved record progress outcomes in their GCSE examinations.
We are now relishing the challenge of continuing our successful journey towards providing an outstanding whole school provision. Your qualities will include being an outstanding communicator, demonstrating commitment and resilience in the face of challenges and showing passion and an ambition for all children. You will lead by example and be a team player.
You will become part of an experienced and hardworking senior team that will consist of the headteacher, two deputy headteachers (including this post) and four assistant headteachers. We also have an excellent finance director who is part of the senior team and two additional associate assistant headteachers.
If selected for interview, you will need to demonstrate a successful track record of senior leadership experience and will currently be an experienced assistant headteacher or an existing and successful deputy headteacher at your current school who is looking for a fresh challenge and a different school context to work in.
St Gregory’s will provide a very strong platform to move on to successful headship if that is a route you wish to take in the future.
As the Deputy headteacher for Whole School Curriculum & Quality Assurance, your key responsibilities will be:
· Devising and leading on a strategic approach to ensure the highest standards of achievement for our pupils
· Whole school quality assurance and monitoring of academic standards as well as other key areas of school life
· Overseeing strategic leadership of the subject leaders and academic staff
· Ensuring the best CPD is in place for our staff members across the school
Opportunity to complete the NPQH will be available as will the opportunity to work with our wider network of partnership schools.
Tours of the school and meetings / phone calls with the Headteacher are warmly welcomed and will be treated with the strictest of confidentiality. Please email the Head teacher’s PA Mrs Hutton (shutton@stgregoryshigh.com) to arrange a visit / discussion.
We look forward to welcoming you to discuss the great opportunity further with you.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.
Online checks of shortlisted candidates may be obtained which forms part of our Safer Recruitment procedures and KCSIE Guidance.
Closing date for applications which must be completed on a CES Senior Leadership Application Form, clearly addressing the main roles and responsibilities as listed above must be received by: Thursday 3rd October 2024 at 2pm.
Shortlisting and notice of selection for interview: Tuesday 8th October 2024.
Interview Dates: Week commencing 14th October 2024 – interviews will be over 2 days with day 1 being a full day and day 2 having the potential of being a partial day.
Teacher of Religious Education
St Gregory's Catholic High School
Warrington
Salary: M1 to UPS3 - £30,000 - £46,525 per year (there will be a 5.5% increase on commencement of this post this due to the recent teacher’s pay rise.
(For exceptional candidates that are not currently paid at the top end of the pay scale, we will be happy to negotiate an accelerated pay scale if strong performance can be demonstrated at interview).
Job Type: Maternity cover
Apply by: Wednesday 25th September 2024
Start date: Around October half term or as soon as possible after this
Job overview
St.Gregory’s Catholic High School is offering a great opportunity for a teacher of Religious Education to join our successful and thriving school community for the duration of a maternity cover. St Gregory’s has once again been judged as a ‘Good’ school in our inspection of July 2024 and the report will be available from 11th September 2024.
This post is a full time or 0.8 maternity cover position. Candidates have the option of taking the post full time or at 0.8 (having Thursdays off work) to suit your personal work life balance if this would be of use to you.
The time table is for 15 hours of teaching per week over 4 or 5 days (depending on your contract choice) and you will be teaching KS3 classes only (Years 7 to 9).
Whilst the cover is for a maternity leave, it can also potentially pave the way for a permanent position should future vacancies in the department arise. This has happened many times before at St Gregory’s.
What is great about working at St Gregory’s is that you will have the privilege of working with wonderful students who have a thirst for learning in an environment which is focused on positivity and strong relationships.
St Gregory’s is an incredible place to work, staff are positive and have excellent relationships with each other and the students that they work with. We have the highest pupil attendance levels in Warrington and at national level and the behaviour of pupils is excellent enabling high levels of teaching practice to take place without disruption.
The Religious Education team are a collaborative group of people to work with and you will be well supported in your career development to progress further. The team consists of 6 colleagues who produce competitive outcomes at both local and national level.
The Religious Education curriculum can be accessed here:
https://www.stgregoryshigh.com/curriculum/subjects/religious-education
In January 2020, Ofsted’s inspection report, conducted under the new inspection framework, graded the school as ‘Good’ in every area and the school was graded as ‘Outstanding’ in our Section 48 Inspection of the Catholic Life provision of the school in February 2019. We encourage all applicants to read both reports and to review our school website too.
The opening paragraph from the Ofsted report reads: “There is a strong sense of community across the school which reflects the school vision. One pupil said “we are cared about as individuals, but because everyone cares, that makes us all one”
If you want to work in one of the best schools in the North West, this is the opportunity too good to miss for you to grow and be happy and successful in your career.
The school welcome and encourage potential applicants to discuss role with the Headteacher but this is not a formal requirement. We also encourage you to review our school website: https://www.stgregoryshigh.com/
Closing Date: 25th September 2024 at 8am
Shortlisting and Notification of Interview: 25th September 2024
Interviews: w/c 30th September 2024
Further details and application forms are available from www.stgregoryshigh.com. Please return a completed CES application
form to recruitment@stgregoryshigh.com.
We welcome application discussions and school visits with the headteacher subject to availability.
Only CES application forms will be accepted.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.
Online checks of shortlisted candidates may be obtained which forms part of our Safer Recruitment procedures and KCSIE Guidance.